Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-20
8 MEN SOUGHT IN
AUTO MYSTERY;
GIRL BEATEN
When Screams Attract Patrolmen
She Resists-Gives 8 Names,
Then Denies Them.

The arrest of three men is expected
Friday in connection with the beat
ing up" of a young woman in motor
car at 2 o'clock Friday morning. The
men escaped as a policeman APP
preached, leaving the young woman
on the sidewalk.
She gave three names to the police,
atterward admitting that none Of
them is correct, and is being held
pending an investigation.
The police learned. through teie-
phone number given them by the
young woman, the names OF the men
who assailed her, which she steadily
had refused to divulge.
The girl and her companions came
from a restaurant and entered the au-
tomobile about o'clock.
Police Hear Screams.
A few seconds later the screams OF
a woman were heard by Police Ser
xeant Hewell, two blocks away. He
ran in the direction Of the screams.
and, approaching the corner of, the
nostofflce at Forsyth and Walton, he
saw a woman standing on the side
walk engaged in a hystertcal alter
cation with three men in a big black
motor car.
The men heard the policeman run
ming. One of them jumped from the
car, ran around to the rear, snatched
off the number and climbed in again
lust as the driver started the motor.
With a roar, the car started away,
leaving the woman weeping on the
sidewalk. The sergeant saw that she
was young and pretty. He also no.
ticed that her forehead was bruised
and bleeding as If from blow,
Resists Policemen.
The Young woman had just in
formed Heweu that her name was
Edna Jones and that she was stop
ping at the Aragon, when two more
policemen, Bullock and Eberhart,
came UP.
"oh, dear! Are you going to ar
rest me! Sne lnqulIeu'
Howell said no; they were just go
ing to take her to the station. The
difference did not appeal to MISS
Jones and she resisted frantically. In
fact, she bit Bullock on the hand and
scratchc Howell severely.
At the station she decided to battle
the inouisition Of justice in revenge
for her arrest Her idea of the best
way to do this was to give a differ
emit name and a new address for her
self to everyone who asked her
Gave Three Names.
Thus Miss Jones told the station
sergeant that her name was May
wallace and that she lived on South
Pryor street, after which she assured
Mrs. Bohnefeld, the police matron,
that her name really was Lena Wells.
The story of the motor car ad-
venture. as told by Miss Jones' Wal
lace Wells also was wanting in clari-
ty. 1t appeared the three young men
were friends of hers. whose names
she did not know, having met them
only a few hours previously.
She was convinced, however, that
they lacked something of being per-
feet gentlemen. The beating indi-
Gated that much, she said.
Put Under Bond.
When the case came before the Re
eorder at o'clock Friday morning
Miss Jones' Wallace Wells informed
Judge Broyles that none of those
names was correct
81 can't afford to let my real name
be known, to come out in connection
with an affair like this" she said.
Further investigation was deferred
by reason Of the special work the
court had on hand, her case being
continued. She was placed under
$500 bond.