Evening star., 1947-04-02
Search for Third Man
Wanied in Assault
|0n Girl, 13, Pressed

Police today intensified a wide
spread search for q medium sized
brown -haired young man whose FIRST
name may be George. described BY
Ia 13-year-old junior High school
girl as the third member OF trio
which criminally assaulted her in an
automobile Monday night.
Two other men have been arrest
ed and are charged with rape In
connection with the assault. Thus
far, police said. they have only the
girls description Of the wanted man.
The two men arrested yesterday
Matthew Musolino, 26. and Russell
E. Fowler, "a, claimed the man who
was with them Monday night was a
hitchhiker. unknown to them.
The victim said the third man
seemed to be acquainted with Muso-
limo and Fowler, but she said the
others referred to him only as
George" The third man seemed
to be about %, she told detectives.
Attack Attempt Fails.
Meanwhile, 19-year-old girl told
police she was grabbed BY young
man last night as she walked home
ward in the 1400 block OF Webster
street NV. but succeeded in frus-
trating an attempted attack with
her screams and struggling in a
fve-minute battle.
The girl, who lives in the 1900
block of Fifteenth street NV. said
the man followed her from the
streetcar stop at Fourteenth and
Webster streets NV. and threw her
behind hedge. When her screams
brought out neighborhood residents
the man fed, she told police.
A check of police records today
revealed that Fowler has been ar
rested l3 times since 1887, while
Musolino has been taken into GUS
tody six times. Both men are mar
ried and Musolino Is war veteran.
Fowler. who lives at 522 Tenth
Street S. E., first ran afoul Of the law
at the age of IL when he was ar
rested in 1887 for investigation, and
later released. In 1912, tsthe age
of II, he was arrested and released
three times on investigation, but
on fourth charge of petty larceny
the youth was turned over to Juve-
nile Court authorities.
Indicted on Robbery Charge.
The next year, Fowler was twice
arrested. once for drunkenness and
destruction of private property and
once for robbery. The Juvenile
Court assumed jurisdiction in the
first arrest but the grand jury in
dicted him on the robbery charge
and he was sentenced eventually to
serve to 18 months. Instead Of
serving the sentence, however, police
records show, Fowler was placed on
two years probation.
The records indicate his proba-
tionary period had barely expired
when he was arrested twice in 1915,
once for investigation and again on
a disorderly conduct charge. He
forfeited $5 on the latter offense,
police said. Last year, Fowler for
feited s25 on simple assault charge
ard was again arrested for lnVeStl-
cation but released.
He forfeited $40 on drunk charge
last January II after he was ar
rested January on carnal knowl-
edge charge. When the case went
to court, no papers in connection
with the carnal knowledge charge
were reported and Fowler was dis
missed.
Was Held for Grand Jury.
Musolino, who lives at 5720 Six
teenth street NV. was held for
the grand jury on January 5 this
year on a carnal knowledge charge
involving a minor girl. At a hear
ing on the charge, Assistant United
States Attorney Andrew j. Howard
said, the mother Of the girl asked
authorities to drop the charges
against Musolino because Of the
possible effect publicity would have
on her daughters reputation.
The girl had vicious" black eve