The Washington times., 1919-07-06
POSSES SEEK NEGRO.
WHOATTACKED GIRL.
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tacks have been made. He IL the
same man who has been striking and
! robbing women from Eighteenth and
Rhode Island avenue northeast to
Chevy Chase circle.
Thinks He Lives Here
Many of his attacks in the past
were made on Saturday, and for that
reason we were expecting to hear
! from him again yesterday. Every
I precaution was taken to police the
suburbs. and he, being q shrewd
criminal, must have seen them. There
fore, he carried his activity just
across the District line.
Il have every reason to believe that
he did not flee to Baltimore, but that
he came back to his home in Wash
tngton and we are working along
these lines"
Descriptions Tally.
In every case Of attacks on women
In the suburbs recently the descrip-
tions afforded the police by the vic
tins seem to tally in all major points.
| Though he appeared dressed slightly
| differently each time, the assailant Is
| described as being about eighteen or.
twenty years old, five feet Eve inches
tall, stocky, and having a rough ap-
pearance.
The assault on Miss Saunders took
place on a path traversed by many
| residents, mostly women, of Chevy
Chase, Somerset. and other neighbor-
hoods in the vicinity. The spot is just
across a foot bridge which spans n
ravine near the Kirkside and Chevy
Chase golf clubs. She was going to
31S Dorset avenue, Somerset, where
she lives at the home of Capt and
Mrs. S. w. Cushing.
After leaving her work in the war
intelligence section, War Department.
at 1 o'clock, Miss Saunders had taken
swim in the Y. w. c. A. pool and
had alighted from the street car at
Chevy Chase circle at 1928 o'clock
She walked up the path by which she
goes home every day. As she passed
the bridge the negro jumped out
and grabbed her, striking her head
with a heavy stone. Blood streamed
down her face as she fell to the earth
He choked her into inconsistencies
when she resisted him, and attempted
to bind her hands with a piece of
heavy Irvine, which was found by the
police.
Her Condition Serious.
When she regained her senses. Miss
Saunders dragged herself to her
home, about a quarter of a mile
away, without seeing anybody. AS
she staggered up the steps, her cloth
ing was bloody and torn, one shoe was
missing. When Captain Cushing saw
the condition Of the girl he called DIR.
Anthony N. Ray, OF Tenleytown. who
said that she should be taken to a
hospital, Miss Saunders was then
placed in an automobile and rushed
to the Georgetown University Hos
pital, where her condition is reported
today as serious, but not critical.
| 1t is thought that the negro left
her in the weeds for dead.
| Several suspects have been arrest
ed. In most cases. they were re-
leased, after establishing an alibi.
One colored man was locked up in the
Seventh precinct, after being arrest
ed on a motorcycle. Tracks near the
scene of the crime are thought to be
those OF motor, but the suspect was
later released.
Native Of England.
Miss Saunders, who is an English
woman, having come to this country
only a few months ago, told the po-
lice that she is certain the motive OF
the man who assaulted her was not
robbery, as he left valuable jewelry
which she was wearing untouched.
81 knew what his Intention was as
soon as he appeared" she said. 81
must have fought him for twenty
minutes before he succeeded in drag
ging me from the footpath. into the
| woods. After he struck me on the
head I pretended I was unconscious.
! He glowered at me a while and then
Il haGtilV L
and somehow made my way home.
"If I had given the slightest sign
Of life while lying among the trees
am certain he would have continued
his attack"
Pullman Urges Capture.
Major Pullman said in the police
bulletin this morning:
you should bend every effort to
get the brute who has attacked wom-
en- in this city and nearby points in
Maryland.
I'm no other direction can any man
Of the Police Department accomplish
more to his everlasting credit than to
capture this fiend. Get his description
clearly in your mind, and then comb
every section Of the city until he is
landed
The description given would indi-
cate that this is the same man that
has committed similar assaults in the
northwestern section of this city re-
Gently. Make every effort to effect his
arrest"
Sheriffs and deputies of Montgomery
county are in charge of the hunt on
the other side of the District line.
PRUSSIAN CABINET ASKS