The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-28
NTs WHEN sTRANGER
AcC0sTs HER IN PARK
Matte Smith Says Man Stepped
From Hedge and Caught
Her Arm.
|AILANT PROMPTLY FLIES
Was Later Fourd by Two
1trangers, Who Gave Her Every
|ssistance-Only Recently Out OF
lospital.

sions of poisoned needles flashed
re the eyes OF the Police Depart
yesterday. .Mhcn Miss Matte
H., OF 1910 West Clay Street, re
ed to the police tina. che had been
cached BY . young man near Idle
about IT:4j O'Clock Sunday af-
: POI ana that she had tainted away
tly after he had placed his hand
er arm. When She recovered. near
NO hours later. two other young
were bonding over her in an cf-
to bring her back to conscious
Sho was not mistceated. she told
porter for The Time s. Dispatch last
{. but was badly frightened and
yes that her faint was caused by
shock She has recently under
an operation and was In Il
tened condition.
telling the story OF the occurrence
might Miss Smith said:
had gone to Barker * Scherer'a
Fream parlor near william Byrd
to deliver n key for my cousin,
Campbell, who was sick, and was
ng for car when the incident
rod. live at Louisa and am not
lar with the city, and, walking
along the car track, I turned
tho street along which the Main
car makes It's loop to the park
walked along, young man sud
stepped out from the hedge and
me where / was going. He
ed up to me and placed his hand
y arm. 1 remember telling him
lease me Immediately. and then ]
have tainted. for remember
ng more untih / found myself in
ands OF the other two young men.
NGERS SHOWED
HER EVERY ATTENTION
ley were bathing my forehead
water and Offering 1t to me to
There was a lump on the side
ny head. and my brain seemed TO
e. spinning around. My hat was some
fstance way. The young men offered
D see me home and aided In getting
lie to my car. / arrived home Just as
~ cousin returned from n fruitlcss
carch for me.
HE had beer ordered not 10 leave
is bed by his physician. but when |
allied to return shortly after o'clock
@ dressed and went to the park for
ne. They told him ! had left there
early an hour before. and nc thcl,
ient TO my sisters. away down In
own. They were also unable TO tell
I'm anything % me, and ne WAS re-
urning when reached home. /
pent an awful night. being in
ysterics nearly all the time. they tell
lie, but feel much better Tonight"
Detective Sergeant Krengcl was as
igned to the case when {: was re-
ortcd yesterday. and Immediately
tarted an Investigation. There is
title to work upon, however. other
han the girls description of the man
rho detained her. She described him
S being tall ana slender. with dark
kin. wearing a dark suit ana a
heckeds cap. lie appeared TO be- about
wenty or twenty-five years old
BELIEVES SIZE TAINTED
AND HEAD STRUCK PAVEMENT
II is believed that Miss Smith tainted
he first time. and that in falling 10
he pavement she struck her head.
ausing the knot. The fact that she
'as otherwise unframed leads TO the
elief that the man was frightened
way when she fell, and that she lay
n the street for more than two hours
lone. until the two men happened by
light that she had been subject 10
requent fainting spells, and thought
hat she had gone from one TO another
Without regaining other than semi
Consciousness.
Miss Smith Is apparently abou,
wenty years old. and has been living
{ the home OF her cousin, 1910 Yves,
lay Street. since She left the Shelter
ng Arms Hospital She was operated
n there for appendicitis about six
seeks ago. having been brought there
rom her home at Louisa Courthouse.