The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-04
GIRL BATTLES
REEYOUTHS
|NAUTO FIGHT
Miss Naomi F. Bond Screams
and AssaiIants Flee After
BrutaIIy Beating Her.

Under the glare of a Sixteenth
street electric light, near Columbia
road northwest, Miss Naomi Flor
ence Bond, twenty-five years old,
living in an apartment at 1905
Eighteenth street northwest, early
this morning was beaten mmerci-
fully on the face and body by the
fists of an unidentified youth.
JUMPED OUT OF CAR.
Accepting the offer of three young
rnen. riding a high-powered road
ster to take her home, Miss Bond
entered the car at Seventh and G
streets northwest. Instead OF going
t, the girls home, the driver started
out Sixteenth street.
Realizing her plight as the ma
cnine sped up Sixteenth street. the
eIrl began to scream and managed
to jump out of the car. Policeman
c. III. Waddell. of the Tenth pre-
cinct, hearing the girls scream, fol-
lowed.
When the girl was out of the car,
one of the occupants OF the roadster
jumped out and followed her. The
machine turned around and started
down Sixteenth street. 1t went only
a few blocks and turned to go back.
I5s POLICEMAN IS F0ILED.
Asit started up Sixteenth street
again, Policeman Waddefl jumped on
the running board. He was unable
to stop the machine, the occupants
pushing him of. Waddell fell out into
the street. bruisins his knees and
shoulders.
In the meantime. the third youth
was following Miss Bond. Miss Bond
ran away from him.
"But he eaaRht mp to me-" she
said today. "He grabbed me by the
s,outh and threw me down. Then he
placed his knee on my neck aBd
hogan hitting me in the face and
On the heAd with his Asts.
81 was scared nearly into uncon-
sciousness and tried my best to
scream. / thought because we were
under the electric light he would
soon stop hitting me. But he kept
on and I tried and tried to make
him stop.
"He did not let me up until ma
chine approached. He didn't know
this machine was the car he had been
riding in until 1t got very near him.
I thought 1t was all over then, and
ran in front of this car to get the
rumber. was also looking for my
furpiece.
MACHINE SPEEDS AWAY.
81 saw my furpiece across the
street and ran over after 1t. Evil
IDENTIFY they saw me getting the car
number and the same man followed
me. I screamed and screamed. He
put his hands over my face again and
started to throw me down.
Just then some people in a house
-
ed at the man. Hearing them. he
let me go quick, ran over to the car.
and the machine sped away.
These people took me into their
house and we called the police. 1t
was then we learned that Mr.. wad-
dell had been chasing them"
The police say they know one of
the occupants Of the car and that
warrant for his arrest will be issued
this afternoon.
The police, II was learned this
morning, are anxious to question Les
ter Davidson. of 1923 Thirty-hfth
street northwest. Davidson Is a taxi
driver, but has been out Of work
about two weeks. He was not at
home this morning. A reporter was
returned home early this morning
and left before 0 o'clock.
Miss Bond said today that she
spent last evening ct a friends house
on Second street. The friend wanted
her to stay all night. but she de-
clined. She walked to Second and @
streets and waited several minute.
for a car. II was after 1 o'clock and
she was afraid. She then ran all the
way to Seventh street.
ACCEPTS INVITATION
eral machines drove past. the driv-
ers offering to take her home. She
declined. A roadster drew up and
stopped In front of her. The driver
said he was going her way and would
gladly take her home. She accepted.