Evening star., 1950-10-14
|MadmanA Attacks Six
During Nightof Terror
Among Detroit Homes

HWss sssS ssS
Among Detroit Homes
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with plainclothes men and police
men. ~
All the attacks were made be-
fore midnight. All the victims
were at home or on their way
home. Three were members of a
family group who were attacked
at their home. The others were
assaulted at their homes or on
the street.
Descriptions Of the assailant,
police said, gave reason to believe
the same tall man in a grey
coat" was involved in all the as
saults. '-.--a ~ 'i6s. ~"
From reports of the victims the
man possibly was armed with q
pipe wrench or q similar instru-
ment. E .a.
All the attacks took place in
the area bounded by McNichols
Eight Mile, Southfield and Liver
nois Roads and within two hours
time.
Mt. Carmel Mercy Hospital re-
ported that three of the victims
Mrs. Dorothy Julian. At; her
son, Robert, u, and her mother
Mrs. Viola Brezeski. 63-suffered
depressed skull fractures. The
Julian home was believed the
first to be invaded.
In another attack, 10-year- old
Norma Friedman was beaten in
her bedroom and Mrs. Katherine
Clacher. 81, and Mrs. Blanche
Cameron, IS, were sIugged on the
street at or near their homes. The
girl was taken to Northwestern
Grace Hospital and both women
to Mt. Carmel Mercy.
Mrs: C1acher, who suffered a
possible skull fracture. is the
mother of seven children and is
expecting an eighth child.
Julian Boy Tells of Horror.
The invader entered the Julian
home while the husband and
father, Harold, was at work.
The son, Robert, told a fright
ening story at the hospital.
He said he was asleep and was
awakened by screams from his
mother. Mrs. Julian was waiting
up for her husbands return. Rob-
\ ert said he ran into. the living
room and saw his mother lying
on the floor and a man standing
over her.
The boy said the man ordered
him Get back into the bedroom
you're just dreaming this, and
then struck him.
Robert told police the man ap-
peared to be between 80 and IS
years old. Others said he was
probably between Is or 80. Ap-
parently he was well dressed He
was described as slender with light
brown, curly hair and a striped
necktie.
Father Sees Attacker Leave.
Mr.. Julian, manager of a Royal
Oak grocery. returned home min
utes after the assault in his house
He arrived just as a man drove
away fast" in a coupe.
Inside. he found his wife, Doro-
thy. unconscious and bloodied on
the living room floor.
II shouted for my son." he said
Robert had locked himself in
the bathroom. s1 az
Mr.. Julian said the boy opened
the door and was ''crying and
shaking with terror" -
HE said, Daddy, a man hit
me- I heard my wife's mother
groaning in her bedroom. She
was dazed and bleeding"
From each of the series of at
tacks came an account to excite
horror.
At Norma's home only the chill
dren were present when stran-
ger came to the door between 9:3O
and 10 pm.
Norma's brother, Peter, 10, re-
fused to let him in and locked
the door.
Then II heard a back win
dow break" Peter said, land he
came in."
He ordered the children, who
also included Kenneth Apsel, 4, a
stepbrother of Norma and Peter
TO "sit still and nothing will hap
pen to you.
He went upstairs and Norma
said he seized her by her pajama
trousers and, when she screamed
struck her with a shiny piece OF
metal" Then he fed.
Norma and Peter are children
of Mrs. Nathan Apsel by pre-
vious marriage. Kenneth is the
son of Mr.. Apsel. Mr.. and Mrs
Apsel were away at church.
Maniacal tendencies were also
evident in the assault on Mrs
Clacher.
She was walking home from 6
neighborhood movie house. A darl
coupe drove up to the curb and 6
man got out and ran toward her
Again shiny metal bar" wa.
the weapon.
He hit me in the face" Mrs
Clacher said. II fell and startee
to scream.
"The man seemed to go into {
frenzy. I crawled up on my porcf
and he came after me. He KEEP
hitting me on the head"
At that moment telephone
happened to start ringing in the
next-door house. At this the
assailant ran off. ....
Mrs. Clacher was badly hurt
The back of her head had beer