Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-14
WOMAN BAT Ties
Man -FOUR HOURS
Chauffeur Held After Real
Estate Operator Tells Of
Attack in Virginia.

GameIy fighting for four hours, Mrs.
August Leona Hamilton, 80 years old.
q Washington real estate operator,
successfully resisted the attempts Of
a young white man to criminally
assault her in Arlington County, Va.
near Arlington Cemetery. last night.
Within three hours after police had
been notified OF the attempted assault
this morning Detectives Kelly and
Scrivener Of headquarters here went
to the home Of Allen Leroy Gorby. ~
years old. u chauffeur Tor the Con-
gresHionaI Sightseeing Co, at 1927 w
street southeast and arrested him.
He was held for the police OF Airing
ton County. and later waved extradi-
tion proceedings and was taken to
Arlington County JAIL
Mans Eye DlscclOred.
Gorby, the detectives said, admitted
that he had taken Mrs. Hamilton to
the place where the attack was made
on the assumption that he had some
real estate business to transact The
prisoner told the officer, they declared,
that he did not know what he would
have done IL two men had not come
along the road. G0rby's eye was dis
colored when arrested this morning.
Mrs, Hamilton told her own story
Of the attack to Judge Thomas ct the
Arlington County Courthouse this
morning. Her clothing was torn and
her face was battered and bleeding
from the abuse she had received at
the hands OF her assailant. At the
conclusion of her recital warrant
was issued for Gorby. charging him
with q statutory offense.
Mrs. Hamiltonss story was an
amazing relation of how she was en-
ticed to Virginia on a bogus errand
concerning real estate, how her
client" made advances Immediately
after getting her near the southwest
end Of Arlington Cemetery last night,
of her heroic fight against man who
beat her mercilessly, and finally Of
eluding him in the darkness after
two men. In uniform, presumably sol
diers. had tried to intercede.
The two men appeared on the
scene after Mrs. Hamilton had fought
of the man for hours. They succeeded
in getting her into their car when the
infuriated assailant drew a pistol and
forced her rescuers to put her out of
the automobile again and drive down
the road.
Again she faced her antagonist and
1t was after midnight when she sue
ceeded in slipping from his grasp as
he was dragging her farther down the
road and disappearing among some
trees.
Bleeding and badly hurt, she sue
ceeded In dragging herself TO the
home OF William and Pauline Pusley,
scolored, who live about, half e. mile
from the cemetery. The negroes were
afraid to let her in. but consented to
her spending the remainder Of the
early morning on their front porch
until public busses would begin opera
tion and make it possible for her to
return to Washington.
Spoke of Land Deal.
Mrs. Hamilton's story as related
in Judge Thomas ONCE is substan-
tally as follows:
About 7:3O o'clock last evening i
wanted to telephone In 4 public booth
and after I went into couple Of
places and could not ind booths near
First street and Pennsylvania avenue
i finally went into this sightseeing
place. After / had finished using the
telephone this man who was there
called to me and asked me what bust.
ness I was in. So told him the real
estate business.
= You're just the person / want to.
see, he told me. have deal /
want to make in Virginia.
told him I did not know him
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