The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-01
FLEES
At TACHE' s
HOME
Later With Male
companion-Egyptian De-
MES He Knows Her

Circumstances surrounding an
alleged midnight party in the suite
of M. H. Tammarah, attache of
the Egyptian legation, are being
investigated today by the police,
following the arrest of twenty
one-year-old girl who fled from
the attaches apartment soon after
midnight Tuesday.
Serious accusations were pre-
ferred by the girl, Ruth McLane,
of Great Falls, Va, who was ar
rested yesterday with a male COM
panion when she is said to have
returned to the apartment for her
coat. She is held for ,investiga-
ton, being detained in the House
of Detention.
Maid Called Police
The man arrested with her was
RAYMOND Garrison Jackson.
twenty two of 1116 Twenty-flftn
street northwest, who is held for
investigation and charged with
carrying pistol.
The pair were arrested in the
attaches apartment by Policeman
]. +. McAuliffe and w. M Miller,
of the Eighth Precinct Station,
after colored maid of the apart
ment had telephoned police that
the two were ransacking the
rooms. The officers say they
found the couple seated in the
apartment, with a large bundle or
Tammarah's clothing taken from
the apartment wrapped in her coat
ready to take out. Jackson tried I'M
successfully TO get rid of pistol
he was carrying by dropping IT
behind his chair, police say.
Brought There by Friend
AT the apartment; which is on
the fifth floor of the Shelbourns.
Seventeenth and streets north
west. and again at the Eighth
precinct station, the girl. who is a
beauty culture specialist told the
police, they say. that girl friend
whom she refuses to name brought
her to Tammarah's apartment
Tuesday night. introduced them,
and left soon afterward.
Before she was there an hour, the
police report. the girl declared she
fled from the building, leaving her
coat. Officer McAuliffe says the
girl is badly bruised.
Yesterday Tamma rab is sa id 10
have telephoned the girls friend
that if Miss McLane would come 10
see him he would make things all
right, because "she seemed to be
angry when she left
Jackson, her cousin. said she
came for her coat and brought him
along for protection" and he gives
the same reason for carrying the
pistol.
The girl declares she found the
bundle Of clothing ready when. she
arrived.
Elevator Man Verjfies Story
The night elevator man II is
declared. verified the story mat
Miss McLane ran firm the apart
ment Tuesday morning.
' dInIudTdI was Drought 10 1n6
pUiice station last night, where he
denied knowing Jackson but maze
no mention of the girl He speans
English with difficulty.
Questioned today by Detective
Smith through an interpreter Tam
marah denied knowing the girl or
that he was at home Tuesday night.
He said he was at Annapolis
Tuesday night, and first heard Of
the affair when the elevator girl
told him the couple had been ar
rested, charged with ransacking his
apartment He further said that no
one had been authorized to enter
his apartment except the maid, and
he knew of nobody else who had
key.
Miss McLane has refused TO give
give the names of her girl friend or
others implicated. She and Jack
son will be given a hearing in Police
Court tomorrow morning, and De.
tective Smith says a subpoena has
been issued to bring Tammarah to
the court as a witness.