Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11
PLAN TO ARRA|GN
FIVE FOR ATTACK
Z. ON D. C. POLICEMAN
Wounded Man and Wife
Charged With Assault With
Intent to Kill.
THREE OTHER COL0RED
PERSONS BEING HELD
Officer Badly Beaten in Attempt
to Arrest Woman in
Restaurant.

Preparations for the arraignment of
the Two colored men and three colorecl
women, who attacked Policeman John
n. roster OF the second precinct. late
yesterday afternoon in a lunchroonl.
were begun today with the announce
Inent from Freedmen's Hospital that
the condition of the two aSsailantS in
Jured In the melee is not regarded as
serious, and that they probably would
pc able to leave the hospital within
Charges of assault with intent to
XIII have been lodged against James
henderson, %, who was shot in the
abdomen by Policeman Foster to end
tne battle, and his wife, Bernice Hem
oerSon, n, both OF 81 Patterson street
northeaSt. where the officer was at
tackled and beaten about the head with
MS own baton when he attempted to
arrest.
Three Others Held.
Three others, Dorothy Harrison. "a.
Robert Harrison, "a, and Rebecca Reid
40, all OF whom live at the Patterson
street address, are being held at the
second precinct on charges of assault.
Iney WILL be arraigned in Police Court
LOT . preliminary hearing as soon as
henderson and his wife are able to leave
Inc hospital, where they are being care
fully guarded by second precinct Of
ncers. The Henderson woman Is suf-
Ierlng from scalp decorations.
was directing traff1c at North Can't
70! street and New York avenue about
5:lS yesterday when a colored man
came up and told me he had been
ropDed OF $40 in lunch room at "a
x emerson street by colored woman
named Berntce," Foster said today.
Il went with him to that address ana
upon entering the lunchroom the mar,
pointed out woman sitting at a table
as the one who robbed him. told her
she was under arrest and she said she
would not go with me, whereupon sew
eral colored men ard women iumpetl
fists. "-'A' 'A'en
II backed up against a stairway and
tried TO protect myself with my baton.
DOt the Henderson womans husband
grapDeo IL, ran up the steps and felled
me with several blows on the head
from behind. The others then jumped
on me, and, believing my life in danger.
l Grew my pistol and fired twice. one
bullet struck Henderson in the stomach
the wall"
Shooting Attracts Crowd.
The shooting and noise of the scufae
aCtracteo @ crowd Of several hundred
persons and a riot cali brought out q
squad OF SIX patrolmen from the sec
Police placed the injured officer In
the automobile of John H. Wells of
1888 Montello avenue northeast and
carried him to Sibley Hospital, where
eight stitches were taken TO close the
wounds in his head. Foster was later
discharged and relieved of duty for the
night after making q report to Capt.
Ogden T. Davis, commander Of the
second precinct.
Henderson, his wife, Dorothy Har-
r1son and Rebecca Reid were arrested
on the scene by police answering to the
call and the Henderson couple taken to
Freedmen'S under police guard for
treatment for their injuries.
Leads Detective to Revolver.
Acting on information given him by
the Harrison woman, Detective j. H.
Flaherty OF the second precinct arrested
Robert Harrison at the latter's home
shortly afterward. and the man adj
mitted being one Of the combatants and
oyster shop, where he dug the police
mans missing baton and service re-
volver from a hiding place beneath a
heap Of coal ashes.
Capt. Ogden discredited rumors that
the report Of the $40 robbery made to
Foster by the unknown colored man
was q trap" to lure the officer to the
lunchroom. Capt. Ogden said that the
man became frightened when the fight
began and ran from the lunchroom.
Foster, who lives aC the Marcheta
Apartments, 1871 New Hampshire ave.
nue., Is expected to resume his post at
the second precinct either today or
tomorrow.