Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-16
CARMAN HAS CLUE
IN ASSAULT CASES.
Saws Randall Looks Like Man
Who Offered $50, Sum
Mrs. Gleason Lost.
LATER PRODUCES NICKEL

Detectives Scrivener. Kelly and
Sweeney, who have worked day and
night in an effort to solve the sew
eral assaults committed in the Dis
trict and Maryland the past few
weeks. and Montgomery county. Md.
officials, the latter interested in the
attack on Miss Mary Saunders, today
are laboring industriously to put
themselves in a position to be able
to point to the assailant or assailants.
Conductor Recites Incident.
Ernest L. Dowell. Chevy Chase.
conductor on the Chevy Chase branch
of the Capital Traction Company. APP
peared at police headquarters today
and related to Inspector Grant an in
cident that occurred on his car about
1855 o'clock Saturday afternoon. July
5, only a short time after Miss Mary
Saunders was assaulted.
A colored man answering the print
ed description of Randall, he stated,
boarded his car at Mckinley street
and Connecticut avenue and handed
him a $50 bill The rules of the street
car company require the changing of
bills only as much as 81, he explained.
and he told the passenger he could
not accommodate him.
Conductor and passenger exchanged
a few words. according to the former,
and the bell was sounded to notify
the motorman to stop the car. Just
then a lady boarded the ear and the
colored passenger produced coin.
paid his fare and remained
Dowell went to the tenth precinct
station early this afternoon and saw
Randall. but was unable to identity
uyh hA
gagged in conversation about the
SEQ bill. All he was able to say was
that he looked like the man.
Miss Saunders Robbed Of -.
Miss Saunders was robbed of less
than 81 by her assailant, but a $50
bill was taken from Mrs. Gleason.
who was assaulted and robbed Ave
days before the attack on Miss Saun-
ders. Nine days before Mrs. Gleason
was robbed. a colored man. believed
by the detectives to be the assailant
of both Mrs. Gleason and Miss Sim
mons. snatched purse, containing
$3.50. from Mrs Alice Bell of zoos
Douglass street northeast.
officials See Suspect.
Police Judge Gather. States Attor-
ney Albert N. ,Bouic and Sheriff Will
liam l.. Aud of Montgemery county.
Md, interested in the Investigation
of the attack on Miss Mary Saunders
between her home In Somerset
Heights and Chevy Chase Circle the
afternoon of July s. visited the SOW
enth precinct police station last night.
where they saw Forest Eaglen. the
caddy under arrest. and where they
also conferred with Detectives ecriv-
ener, Kelly and Sweeney. EaElsn -
still held in custody. and 1t was said
that the Montgomery county ON
ctsis probably would sec him again
this afternoon or tom ,e 2. ....,
vh,se boys who reported seeing Ea-
glen near tho scene Of the assault on
HIss Saunders shortly after her e1-
nertence with an assailanf arc hFTn
in their statements that he 10 the one
.tai.ments TO sheriff Aud and Lieut..
Giles of the Tenieytown police district
snvcral times, and, on the other hand.
.ccordinR to the police. others de-
CARED he could not have been there at
that time.
Undecided a. to One Assailant.
Roth tho District and Maryland ON
.,ais arc undecided as TO whether all
the attacks were made by tho Same
Individual or whether Mas Saunders
was attacked by some one other than
the assnilant Of Mrs. Besris GlsasOn,
MISE Mabel Stiles and Miss Louise
simmons. inspector Grant said they
vero fnvesttgntinH tho assaults from
avery anglo, looking Into every clue
and doing everything possible to land
the guilty man or men behind the
bars.
Probing nanAall's Whsrsabeuts.
Mya. Arabefla Blackstone. mother Of
Lewis Randall, residing about I've
niles beyond TaknmA raFk, Ma, and
Tobert Hinckstona, his uncle, resi-.
dent Of Befwyn, Prince Georges oeun-
~. Nd, were interviewed At poles
hondouarters last niEht ~ to theiF
knoWisdge Of the prisoners meye-
m erts about thu time the several ~.
aauits were onmmitted. Blackstone,
according to the poiias, said ne had
been asked TO say that Lewis had
spent two weeks at his homo and WAS
told that Suoh 4 statement would
clear him. He declared Lewis was not
there during that time, the detectives
stated. Today the dsteetivss ass
searching for other relatives Of the
prisoner, hopia8 to 9isAn fvom thsR
information that may have IN Ina
1eftaat Reaying on tho tuvsstteRtiea.
DIseueefa9 the eaae with 4 atey M
psfteE this HsInts9, i3speatsY oysNA