The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-29
.H|GHWAYMAN HOLDS UP
HIGHLAND PARK GIRL
Throat, but Flees When
She Screams.
POLICE INSTITUTE SEARCH
AssaiIant Described as Heavy-Set
White Man, Twenty-Five Years
Old - Girl and -Four Year Old
Adopted Sister Escape Unframed.

Miss Gladys Ridenour, eighteen
years old. OF 300 Third Avenue. High
land Park, VAS attacked by an un-
known white man, who tried to strangle
her. shortly after . o'clock yesterday
afternoon. as she was walking on the
public highway not far from her nome
with her four-year old adopted sister.
When the young woman screamed her
assailant fled. AT II late hour last
night the authorities had found no
tra.re of him. Miss Ridcnour was not
injured. The aSsailant got nothing. for
the young woman carried no valuables.
Miss Ridcnour had good look at
her unknown asSailant She described
him as being n low, heavy man, APP
parently twenty-five years old. He
wore red sweater, light cap. ragged
trousers of light material and rough
tan shoes. When first seen by the
young woman the man was lettering
about a spring In Il clump of trees
near the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
on the outskirts of Highland Park
Miss Ridcnour and her little adopted
sister were out for a"stroll When they
passed the spring going toward the
railroad tracks they saw the man
stretched upon the ground apparently
taking "a sun bath. When they passed
he looked 1T them curiously. and when
they had walked II short distance he
arose and followed.
ihc young WoHldu ana nPf nItlc
charge walked faster when they saw
The man get up, and when they reached
the railroad tracks and saw that they
we're being followed they walked fast
~ The two girls hurried up the high
way. afraid to look backward.
ASStILANT SEXES
Girl. BY HER THROAT
Rough hands seized Miss Rtdenour
about the throat before she hardly
realized what had happened She
, screamed at the top OF. her voice rs she
turned and saw her pursuer. Fright
ened at the cutlery ;he assailant took
to his heels while the two girls ran
in the opposite direction. Stopping Al
the nearest telephone the young woman
telephoned the authorities. As soon as
she had reached home she told the
story of the encounter to her father.
DR.. j. ]. Ridenour. and her brother
Dr. Ridcnour and his son hurried to
the scene Of the hold-up. hut found no
trace of the aSsailant. Others soon :.r-
rived on the scene. and thorough
search of the entire neishborhood was
made.
Not long after the incident was re-
ported to the iIenrico County authori-
ties Officers j. II. Tiller, John Shoe
maker, w. w. Sydnor. and others were
on the scene. IT was rumored that u
person answering the description OF the
aSSallant nau Decn seen at O'CLOCK
hurryinG toward Richmond. and the
City Police Department was informed.
y search by county and city officers
was made last night and Yesterday af-
ternoon. but without results.
Residents OF Highland Park We're
greatly agitated over the occurance.
They Informed the police that hold
ups and robberies are occurring fire.
uuently In the suburbs, and the opinion
prevails that an organized gang of law
breakers is at work in and around the
city. The authorities of the county and
of the city are using every means in
their power to bring the guilty ones to
justice.
Telephone messages were sent to va
rious surrounding towns and rural dis
;rcts yesterday afternoon describing
the assailant OF Miss Ridcnour. and
advising The officers to be on the look
out for him. 1t was thought last night
by the authorities that he will he APP
pretended. as his description is now
in the hands OF practically every officer
in this section.