Evening star., 1925-12-02
VICTIM
Of NIGHT ATTACK
Effort to Mutilate White
House Guard Is Being
Investigated.

Two separate Investigations by po-
into the circumstances surrounding
the mysterious slashing Of Policema
Paul A. McDuffie ~ the White House
guard force last night. McDuf1e lies
on a rot At Providence Hospital suf-
ferinE from stab wound three inches
long. apparently made in vicious al
tempt at rutils tion. The wound ix
not serious and an operation will prob
ably not he necessary. according TO
hospital authorities While detec
tives from police headquarters and
rom the fourth precinct joined In
the investigs tion into the brutal "a
sault upon brother police officer.
Sergt. c. l.. Dalrymple OF the White
House police force also Instituted an
inquiry.
McDufie. who Is man of regula
ha bits and a non-drinker, according
TO Sergt. Dalrymple tells straight
forward but disconnected story Of an
attempt to assist three soldiers. the
foolish acceptance of drink Of
whisky, a tight between a colored
woman and the three soldiers a nd the
attempted mutilation.
%ccosted by Soldiers.
He told police he was accoeted hy
three men in uniform on South Capt.
tol street near r street about o'clock
last night and told that another sol.
dier had been assaulted and robbed
Growing friendly with the men after
a short talk. he volunteered 10 accom-
pany them To see their comrade at
their request. when they learned he
was policeman. On the way 10 an
indefinite place, which McDufFie "a n.
not describe accurately. hut which po.
lice OF the fourth precinct believe is
Fra ncls street between First and Sec
ono streets southeast. the soldiers
gave McDuffie a drink of whisky. Nc
Duffie said il must hav. been drusged
for even before he reached the house
TO which the soldiers led him he had
been partially overcome. and cached
the place only in time to fall on the
noor In stupor.
From this point McDuffie said he
remembered nothing. except vague
recollection of a fight between the
colored landlady in the house and the
three soldiers. He ga id he does not
remember taking part in the melee
out woke up some time after mid
night and walked out. On his wav
home. his head reelins from the
ViicSAS VI tHc 'ppS1 Vn1SkNN. ne SllN- .
denly felt A sharp pain. He walked
home and found he had been stabbed
and Immediately donnins his clothes
walked to Providence Hospital.
Wound Not Serious.
McDuff1e reached the hospital about
l16 o'clock this morning. and was
Immediately examined hv Or. J. A
keefe. His wound was declared not
serious
Recovered today from the effect of
the doped whisky. he insisted he did
not remember where he had been
ASA ulted. could not recall the names
of the soldiers and could not identify
them again II he ga them. The en-
tire case il q mystery To police. who
nave no clues on which to proceed
other than the indefinite location of
the house on Francis place.
McDuffie Is 30 years old and mar
ried. His wife and threa children are
in South Carolina. he said He lives
Al 333 f street southeast. only a short
distance from the place where he saws
he met the soldiers
SerGt. Dalrymple said McDuffie had
gone off duty yesterday afternoon AT
4 O'Clock and gave him clean bill
OF health as to habits. McDuffie was
appointed member OF the White
House police force last January. He
is si1-footer. powerfully built.
The police theory is that McDufie
was lured 10 the mysterious house to
h<a robbed. and while lying on the
floor in stupor the vicious attempt
Al mutilation was made out of spit 3
because he Ia policeman Detectives
Flaherty and Fowler Of headquarters
and Holmes Of the fourth precinct are
working on the case