Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-02-03
ATTACKED BY TWO men.

Miss Julia May Garrett Of Seminar
Station Puts up Plucky Fight Wit
Soldier and Next With Civilian
Assailants Escape.
Miss Julia May Garrett, eightee
wears old, who lives at Seminary Sta
ton, Fairfax county, with her mothe,
Mrs. Charles Frinks and her sep
father, Charles Frinks, was at 5.3
o'clock yesterday afternoon attacked
by two men while walking along TIT
railroad track about half a mile from
her home, and choked and had ner
clothes torn. The young woman put uE
a plucky fight and fought Oft beth
men.
The cries of the young woman at
tracted the attention of Walter Cock
rell and Morgan Moltz, both of whom
live in that neighborhood. They as
sisted her to the residence of c. B.
Cockrell and afterward she was placed
in an automobile and taken to he:
home in highly nervous state. De-
spite the fact that she was attacked
py the two men and had her lip cut as
a result of blow struck by the sol.
lier and her side bruised she was able
to be out today.
Miss Garrett is employed in the
general offices Of Che Southern Rail
way Company in Washington. She
worked yesterday and boarded an R.
F. and P. train in Washington yester-
day afternoon for her home at Semi
nary Hill.
The train, however, made no stop
at that place and she detrained at 3
point half mile west of Seminary
Station.
Miss Carr EFT decided to walk home
and proceeded along the path between
he railroad tracks. She had gone
a square when she was ac-
.osted by soldier who volunteered tc
accompany her home, after having in
,uired Of her where she was going.
Miss Garrett declined the invitation
hat he accompany her.
The soldier then grabbed her and
pulled her down an embankment be-
side the railroad track about twenty
i've feet high. A scuffle ensued and
he cried as loud as she could. The sol
iier, however. choked her. Her cr'cs,
however, frightened him and he re-
eased his hold on the young woman
md left the scene.
Miss Garrett then clinbd up the EN-
,ankment whereupon civilian ac-
.osted her and asked if he could be Of
my assistance. She declined his prof
er when Miss Garrett claimed he pull
ed her down the embankment and at
acked her. She again screamed and
ought off her assailant and the man
AN away, going down the railroad
rack.
a few minutes afterward she was
net by Messrs. Cockrell and Moltz
md conveyed to Mr.. Cockrell's home.
Search for AsSailant.
The police of this city were at once
,otifed and the local police, the au-
,horities of Fairfax county and the
military police started out to search
:or the men. Police Chief c. I.
Goods and Sergt. w. j. Wilkinson
vent to the railroad yards but failed
% find any trace of the men and Po-
iceman Magner went out on train
IS far as Burkes and also visited
Springfield but found no trace of the
men and returned to Alexandria al
midnight.
According to Miss Garrett the civil
an appeared like tramp, his clothes
being dirty and greasy. 1t is sup
posed that he boarded an outgoing
freight train following the attack.
She did not, however, see any trace
Of the civilian when she detrained and
the first person she saw was the sol
der. Miss Garrett is of the opinion
she would be able to identify both Of
her assaiants.