The Washington times., 1921-07-13
IDENTIFY
TWO COPS
AS. bRUTA Al
ASsANANT
Victims Tell of Fight for Honor
As Men Used Pistols to
Enforce Demands.

Charges of Kidnapping and at
tempting assault have been pre-
ferred against two Washington
policemen by Miss Helen Conrad
and Miss Virginia King, of 81 H
street northwest, who claim to
have been spirited away from
Glen Echo Park in an automobile
and literally thrown out of the
machine when they refused to ac-
cede to the demands of the po-
licemen, made at the point OF
revoivers.
GIRLS IDENTIFY POLICEMEN.
Going to the Seventh precinct police
station several days ago, the Misses
King and Conrad picked from group
Of policemen. Officers Kenneth j.
Edsall and Claude Matheny. claim.
ing they were the two men who had
spirited them away In the automobile
and attempted to criminally assault
them.
Inspector William II. Harrison,
under orders of Major Harry l.. Cess
ford, superintendent of police, has
preferred charges against. the two
policemen who will be brought to
trial before the police trial board
Saturday -s ras
Miss King this morning told The
Times that she would not be satisfied
with the two policemen receiving trial
before the trial board, but that she
intended to insist that serious Grim
insl charges be placed against the
men and that they be brought to trial
in the Criminal Court.
POLICEMEN DENY GUILT.
Both Edsall and Matheny DENY
ever having seen the two women, de-
claring they were not at Glen Echo
Park on the night of the alleged kid.
naping and attempted assaults. They
assert they are victims of mistaken
identity.
Report of the alleged attacks on
the two young women was made to
Major Gessford a week ago. The
two policemen were not known TO
either Miss King or Miss Conrad,
but when they were taken TO the
Seventh Precinct Police Station and
identified the two, officers, Major
Gessford ordered that they be sus.
rended pending the investigation of
Inspector Harrison.
In telling the story of the al
legged attack made on her and Miss
Conrad, Miss King who has not yet
recovered from the shock of her
experience, told The Times:
Miss Conrad and i were at Glen
Echo Park on June IL when l be-
came i'll. I suffer from heart
trouble and told Miss Conrad that
l feared l was going to die. Sew
eral persons had gathered about us
as ! sat on a bench. Included In
the group were Policemen Edsall
POLICEMEN TENDER AID.
The two policemen said that they
had an automobile and that they
would take both Miss Conrad and
myself home. / replied that be-
lieved I would soon be all right and
that would rather go home on a
street car.
The two policemen then left us
but as reached the street car they
policemen and we will see that you
reach either your home or a hospital
in safety
After much insistence i agreed TO
let them take me to my home. We
got into the cara Ford-and started
toward Georgetown.
Reaching Wisconsin avenue they
drove the car to the Seventh Precinct
Police Station, stating that they had
to leave policeman's cap and badge
at the station.
"Edsall went into the police statioh
and when he came out we drove
away. Instead of driving the car into
Washington they started out toward
the Rockville pike. In the vicinity OF
Bestheda.
SAY WHIsKEY WAS OFFERED.
Suddenly Mstheny, who was driv'
ing the automobile, stopped the ma
chine. The two men offered US
whisky. Both Miss Conrad and j
refused TO drink. Both OF the ofncers
took drinks ahd became very objec-
tionable Edssll pulled his gun from
his pocket after Miss Conrad had re-
fused to submit to his demands and
threatened 10 kill her. Mathsny sisa
pulled his gun.