Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-25
NEGRO BANDITS VICTIM
WINS IN DEATH RACE
Boy Takes comrade Win Frac-
tured Skull TO Hospital
Then coIIapses.

Atlantic city n. j.. July 25.--De-
spite serious injuries and loss Of blood
youth named Samuel Forbes rode
his motorcycle eleven miles into
Atlantic city early yesterday in n
supreme effort TO save the life of q
companion whose skull had been
fractured and whose Unconscious body
| lay in the sldecar.
In front OF the institution Forbes
collapsed, fell over the handiebars and
Lay in the street. Hospital attendants
arried him and Leopold Dassen Of
lz3f7 Atlantic Avenue into the institu-
ton where both their lives arc dis
paired Of.
The two young men were victims of
holdup by big negro wno assAult-
I'd them with D baseball bat. lie es-
capped In the woods after having strip
ped them Of their yaluabl1s. Two
/ tvoung women companions Of the pair
hid their jewelry while the boys were
! fghting with their assailant and fed
avoiding attack.
The assault occurred on a sideroa q
near Rbsecon, just OF White Horse
Pike two miles from Absecon. The
girls shril screams we're plainly
l
negro battered their companions vith
his bat, but motorists who could be
seen flashing past in the dai kness
only put on speed, refusing to come
I to their aid.
|. The whole countryside has been
taroused by the brutal md desperate
| attack. and while homes near tns
i scene are ringing with praise for
i Forbes, gallant ride, possess. organ
i ized by local officials are beating the
brush and working along the shore
in the hope Of finding the negro.
i Feeling runs 20 high among the
little parties Of stern-faccd men wh1
are thrusting their torches into every
shadow shrouded spot. and the hunters
!. are 70 heavily armed that some un-
easiness exists among the authorities
lIf the negro is caught, however, every
j effort is 10 be made to take him 70 the
I Atlantic County jail. htat he may re.
!. lcefve lawful Jersey justice
i. Forbes, who IL only 2t years old
4 lives at 122 North FTorida Avenue
II He and Dassen with Laura Risley oi
4 North Field, ~. j., and Olive Hess oi
/ 2o7 Arizona Avenue. Atlantic City
] started out in the motorcycle Satur.
day night for an airing in the coun.
TRY.
Not until the girls reached her.
hours after Forbes had ended hi
game ride did the police. BY piecins
out with their stories the little h.
was able 70 tell when he regainec
consciousness. succeed in reconstruct
ing the lonely tragedy.
The four, after a jaunt into ths
country and a stop for late supper
were making their way back Ia Allan.
tic City. They had turned onto fhs
side road as shortcut 10 the rnair
highway because they had stayed
longer than they intended and want.
Cd 10 get back before their parents be-
game alarmed.
They almost had reached Whit,
Horse. Pike and the open road wner
something went wrong with the mo
torcycle and Forbes had TO halt Il II
) the deep darkness TO make repairs
! They occupied but a minute, but botf
3 young men were so intent upon then
they paid no heed to the stealtny ap
: proach of the black. a powerfuli-
: built. evil-faced man about fort
years old
i Whether the negro had been Iurx
!. Ing somewhere in the bushes await
ing Just such an opportunity o
whether ne was making his way alon,
the main highway seeking prey an
slipped into the sideroad. Is no. known
/ He sprang out Of the darkness wit
cry Of Hands uplr At the sam
, moment the glare Oh the motorcycle
, headlights showed th. big bat in hi
lifted hands. Forbes and Dassen spran
, al him and the shrill screams OF IN
girls rose above the curses and shout
OF the melee. The girls tried 70 nel
the friends battling braveIy for them
but the negro, infuriated at unexpecf
ed resistance. slammed at them wit
his club and they retreated.
Then while his attention was fxe,
: on the battle with the two young mer
the girls stripped OF their rings. Mis-
Hess dropped her diamonds into III
sidecar where they escaped the negro,
notice.
Both young women stepped int,
the brush and escaped attack.