The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-12-09

RELhTES:STORE.
!. Of ASSAULT
ON HER
Mrs. Florence Wilson Tells OF
Lonely Struggle While
Police Search City.

Lonely Struggle While
Police Search City.
stin suffering from bruises on
her face and body.-and shock, az
a result Of an assault made on her
last night by negro. Mrs. Flor
ence Wilson, forty years oId, today
n confined 10 her home. 1lS r.
street southwest.
The negro approached Mrs. VII
SON at Eighth and II streets south.
west about 8 o'clock last night. He
grabbed her pocketbook from her
hand. Then brandishing long
bladed knife he caught her by the
wrist
He nut the knife just above my
throat and threatened to cut II !
made an outcry.", she related.
dropped to the pavement. Then ne
adrasged me on my knees for nearly
a half block and then took me INFO
a dark part of the neighborhood
and ASA lted me-"
In dragging Mrs. Wilson the negro
pulled her past q brightly hghten
ismppost. He paused at the lamp.
most, looked up and down the street
and then took the woman penino
several large and long pipes. whsre
"He never once took that knife
avay from my throat or BODY MRS.
Wilson declared. 1T struggled the
best I could. but Il was no use.
Detectives Fowler. F1aherty. Jones
and jackson, who are making the
inyestiga ton, were without clues this
morning. Several negroes have been
taken into custody, but Mrs. Wilson
has tailed to Identify them.
Once Saved by Dog.
Mrs. Wilson declared that two
years ago an attempt was made 10
attack her. II happened shortly after
dark near her home. Mrs. Wilson
had a terrier dog with her at the
time; Tie r., dog attacked the negro
IT had q dog with me last night.
but he was useless" said Mrs.
Wilson. "Ths brute tried to kin the
dog whenever he barked."
Mrs. Wilson said she was giving
her dog his nightly exercises. She
had walked past the corner almost
every night for the past several
years and no one a. much 4 'po'e
TO her.
when neared the corner Of
Eighth and Fl streets southwest ]
noticed a man coming down the
street" Mrs. Wilson related. Il paid
no attention to him. When he goctn
front OF me he stopped.
What's that In your handf' he
asked.
ITS my pcckethook.' told him.
Demanded Pure.
"Hand Il over he told me.
II was going TO try to get away
from him, but he took out q long.
afraid. and handed over my pocket.
book. thought he would leave
them. but he didn't. instead he grab
bed me by the wrist. I struggled
with him and in doing % he out my
face, not severely. however.
II dropped 70 the ground. but he
never let 70 81 nay wrist. Then he
said, You come with me- wouldn't
70, and he put the knife across my
throat and told me he would cut me
II I, yelled. He began to drag, and
never once dreamed what his In
tsntions were. thought he would
drag me TO the corner, then make
Stoppsd UnSsr Light.
when We reached the corner he
stopped right under q bright lamp
post. I stiil had hold Of my dog. but
the animal made no attempt to in.
tSffare. The negro looked up and
down. the strsst. There was not Q
soul In sight. And this was unusual,
for I cannot remember passing this
corner q night when I didn't see
somebody nearby. -
81 wanted to scream. but he kept
the knife close to my throat, ready to
cut al soon AZ honersd.
II thought he was going to let me
go then. He didn't. He began drag.
Eing me OYER YER, the pivsmen ,,;,.! Ta ,.,r:
two q ,'Is m 1sa Var. ss .oss Sst
feet away. I still didn't realise what
his intentions were. I thought he
was going to put me in the pipe and
when he got me to the pipe he
threw me down. Then my dog be-
gan bGrixing. He threatened to cut
tbs dog . pieces and then he threat
ened to cut my stomach and abdomen
open II I yelled. Il ywas- there he
made his attack on me.
Left Her Lying.
HE left me lying there and ran
toward Ninth street. I damaged to
get on my feet and ran u fast a. !
could toward home. ], didn't meet
q person on the way home and Il
was only 9 O'clock. I went TO q
neighbor's house and she called -
doctor and the police"
DIR. Walter W.. Price, Of SO
Seventh street southwest. treated
Mrs. Wilson. He Said she was SUIT
ferjnS more from shock than any
thing else. The wounds were only
superficial. Her knees, however,
were badly bruised from. the drag.
ging.s
Headquarters detectives immsJ
diateiy rushed TO Mrs. Wilson'S
home. For more than four hours
they combed all of southwest WASH
inetoa, taking two men into Gus
tody. Mrs. Wilson could not identity
them and thsy were released.
SURE Shell Know Him.
"I am sure I viii know the man
n I ses him Again," she said. The
description she save the police fol.
lows. n