Evening star., 1934-06-25
ENRACED SU|TOR
CUTS GIRL $ Face.
SLASHES THROAT.
Young Man Attacks Sweet
heart Over Date With
Rival.
JEALOUSY SEEN MOTIVE
IN QUARREL OF PAIR
Young Woman Says She Ac-
companied Friend to Home
of Stewart.

Because his sweetheart had "ditched'
him to go swimming with another
young man, Richard Whitworth, 27
slashed her nose with a safety razor
blade and then cut his own throat anc
wrists as they sat in his parked auto
mobile early today, according to in
formation given to detectives.
Previously. the investigators report
ed. Whitworth had been captured after
a 50-mile- e-an-hour chase by eighth pre-
cinct police. who charged him with
assaulting his sweetheart, destroying
furniture in his rivals apartment ano
speeding.
WhitWorth began welding the razor
blade. the detectives declared. after
his sweetheart. Miss Ann Bailey, 26
had accompanied him to the home Of
the other man-Francis A. Stewart
32l7 Connecticut avenue-and ar
ranged to have the assault and destruc-
ton charges dropped. Whitworth is
in a serious condition in Galhngel
Hospital.
Went to Swimming Party.
Miss Bailey. who lives at 327 Sixth
street southeast. told the following
story of the slashing and the events
leading up to it:
"I met Dick about year and g
half ago. and for the last year or sc
had been seeing him practically every
night. Saturday, however. I went
swimming with a crowd of boys ano
girls, intending to keep my date with
Dick when the time came.
Il was with Francis, and when the
time came for me to go. everybody
begged me not to, saying I'd only
break up the party. finally decided
to stay.
Yesterday Dick came around. anc
he was awfully mad at me for stand
ing gshim up. He insisted that I take
him to see Francis, and did.
"He had a pint of gin with him
and he drank it all the time We
were riding along. BY the time We
got to Francis place he was acting
kind of queer, put I didn't think
much about it.
Tore Up Furniture.
when We got inside, however, he
broke loose He went to work or
Francis, throwing lamps and things
and breaking up the furniture. II
was terrible. Francis parents were
there. and it was aWfully bad fol
his mother, because she has heart
trouble.
Finally we Gained him down. and
we left. AS we rode down Connect
cut avenue he started punching me
A couple of fellows drove up and
told him to stop, but he didn't pay
any attention to them, except to tell
them to mind their own business.
We'll, they went somewhere and
in a few minutes, came back with
some policemen. Dick tried to make
a get-away-I thought he was going
to kill US both, he drove so fast-but
officers caught him.
When I got home, however. there
was Dick. Somebody had put up
S700 bond for him, and he'd been let
out.
He begged me to go up to Francis
with him and try to get things
Strengthened out. and I finally con-
sented 1t was about / m. and we
had to get Francis out of bed. He
took it all right, though, and every
thing was fixed up. Francis and ]
agreed to let the whole thing drop.
Parked Downtown.
after we left, l dozed off. and when
I woke up we we're parked in front of
a downtown drug store. A few mo-
ments later Dick came out. got into
the car, took a tablet out of a bottle
and swallowed it.
Il asked him what he'd taken. but
he said it was none of my business
He drove down to Constitution avenue,
between Ninth and Tenth streets, and
stopped. Meanwhile l had reached
into mis- coat pocket and pulled out
the bottle. 1t was marked Poison
"'Oh, Dick, you shouldn't have done
that I told him, and I sort of pu
my face up close to his. All of 6
sudden. he pulled out a razor blade
and slashed me across the nose. very
nearly cutting it off. In fact, the
doctors at Emergency Hospital hac
to put 10 stitches in it,"
With blood streaming from her face
Miss Bailey leaped from the machine
and staggered across the street
screaming. Joseph c. Hawkins. 614
H street, passerby, took her to the
hospital.
When Hawkins returned to the
scene a few minutes later. he founc
Whitworth slumped over the steering
wheel of his automobile, with his
throat slashed and cuts across botf
his wrists. Whitworth. who lives al
1873 Bay street southeast, also wa.
taken to Emergency, but later wa.
transferred to Gallinger. An addi.
tional assault charge was placec
against him by first precinct police
In Police Court later the case was
continued indefinitely, pending the
outcome of Whitworths injuries, and
bond was set at $4,000.
Dicks a wonderful fellow" sale
Miss Bailey. but he's just so jealou.
he can't see, that's all I'm sorry ht
hurt himself, though, and I hope anc
pray he gets all right"
The case was investigated by
Detective Sergts. Joseph w. Shimor
and Curtis Trammell.