The San Francisco call., 1913-10-02
NONE ! IS
OFFERED F
To HUSH
Up GIRL
Alleged Companion of Young
. Multimillionaire Refuses to
+. Drop Her Charges of
Assault


NEW YORK. Oct 2-when Fl year
old Herman oelrichs. second richest
bachelor in America and chum of VIM
cent Astor was arraigned in Hsrlem
: police court today charged with stab
bing Miss Lucille Singleton. a pretty
1s year old girl of so West One hun
dred and fifteenth street. during a
quarrel in an automobile, the case
was postponed until October be-
cause the complainant was too i'll to
appear.
- A PHYSICIANS certificate was pre-
sented TO the court saying that Miss
Singleton must remain in bed several
days. Through his lawyer. young
Oeirichs issued a statement to the
public denying the charge against
him.
i ! Mrs oelrichs. mother of the pris-
oner and a sister of Mrs. William K.
Vanderbilt J--. was not in court.
Representatives of the oelrichs
family made efforts today to have
Miss Singleton drop the charge OF
felontous assault.
- After much contradiction and mys-
terry. the original charge made by
Miss Singleton that she had been
stabbed during an automobile ride
was sustained
Although doctors who attended her
at the knickerbocker hospital de-
.clared that the injuries were the re-
suit OF an automobile accident. the
;. girls story convinced the police. and
: oelrichs was arrested in Miss Single
tons apartments, where he is alleged
on. Later he was bailed out at
$1,000 by his mother, who formerly
=: was Theresa Fair and who is a sister
of Mrs. William K Vanderbilt Jr.
OFFERED s4co, DEMANDS $4,000
- Consequently oelrichs was at lib
erty pending his arraignment in Har-
lem police court. According to Miss
+ Singleton, who is the daughter of
wealthy mine owner in Mexico and
Texas and student IN Bryn Mawr.
i Martin Taylor, lawyer, offered her
s400 If she would Withdraw the
: charge against OeIrichs. but she held
out for $1,000.
Deputy Police Commissioner Dough-
:. erty said that Miss Singleton would
be prevailed upon to press the charge
against Oeirichs.
!: because this young man is a multi
millionaire he should not be allowed
to escape X he really stabbed the girl"
sale Sir Dougherty
. : ung woman said that she
knew oelrichs as billy claghorn." :"
and again she said she knew him as
mfr Creighton Previously 1t had
!. been said that she knew the real
: identity Of her companion.
LONG NEEDLE THE WEAPON
THE police were puzzled because
they could not find the weapon with
which the girl claimed to have been
stabbed. but this was cleared UP when
Miss Singleton said that after stab
bing her with a weapon like long
needle" her assailant passed the in
strument 70 another man who was
seated in the tonneau Of the car.
Deputy Commissioner Dougherty
/: said he knew the identity OF this third
person and could arrest him at any
time. He was reported to be colum-
bia university student.
It was said at the apartments of
Miss Singleton that she was suffering
severe pain. one wound having re-
quired 10 stitches. # was further de-
clared that her condition was too
: serious for her to go into court. In
this same connection a significant
statement was made by Attorney C..
II. Strong:
AN AFTER DINNER AFFAIR
II do not think the young woman
will press her charge against Mr..
oelrichs.'' said Strong. From what
i have learned the whole affair is the
result of an. after dinner party. As
matter of fact there was no
stabbing'
eDetectiye Theodore p. Trayer, who
first investigated the automobile ac-
cident In which the Oe1richs party
figured Immediately after the stab
bing. has been suspended because he
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