Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-20
FIGHT
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the car and chased Mrs. Hursey
and her family toward their
apartment.
Mrs. Hursey's brothers, Per-
cy Harris. 10, of 1856 P street
NV, said the gang may have
mistaken him for his 16-year-
old brother, Joseph Harris, who
had been visiting in the neigh
borhood earlier in the evening
Mrs. Hursey gave this de-
scription of what followed:
1--WE ran like hell . they
were throwing bricks and
things at JUS all the way home,
We didn't know why they
were mad at us, but we ran
just the same"
1 In near hysteria, Mrs. Hur-
sey said she was nearly ex-
hausted after the 21a-block run
from the bus stop when she
reached her apartment door
and saw a youth running after
her with a pick axe in his
hands. 49,
HE yelled that he was going
to cut my head Off" Mrs. Hur-
say exclaimed.
HE swung the /. pick but
missed me somehow, my
brother, sister and I all got
into the apartment without be-
ing hurt or hit" she said.
The family barricaded them
selves inside the ground floor
two-story five-room apartment.
All five of Mrs. Hursey's chill
dren were asleep upstairs along
with two other children of an
other sister, Mrs. Carolyn Har-
ris, Is, of Baltimore, who was
baby sitting with all seven
children.
The gang threw bricks
through the apartment win
dows," Mrs. Hursey said. 1--WE
all ran upstairs, took the chill
dren out Of their beds and hid
them in closets"
Smash Into House
"They broke in the front
door, back door and kitchen
window all about the same
time" she said. The youths
used q large tree limb to
splinter the kitchen window
frames. They then used bricks
to break nearly every window
pane on both floors Of the
apartment. police said. Mrs
Harris was slightly injured by
flying glass.
In the kitchen, the gang
overturned the ice box, threw
groceries and milk on the floor
and broke nearly every dish
and glass by sweeping them Off
the shelves and out Of cabinets
onto the floor.
Chairs, appliances and fur
niture were smashed and piled
into the kitchen sink.
The living room also was
ransacked. Religious pictures
and fixtures on the walls were
twisted out Of place.
When Pvts. Wade D. Gull
ledge and Louis E. Padgett ar
rived they saw the shambles
In the apartment and went
back outside to call for addi-
tional assistance.
A police patrol wagon with
Pvts. George r. Wesley and
Horace A. Parker arrived from
the 18th precinct at this point
Police BOmbarded
Suddenly, bricks were fly
ing at us from everywhere II
seemed" Pvt. Gulledge said
The officer said he used the
patrol wagons two-way radio
to put in a call for help.
Two more 18th precinct Of
ficers arrived, driving through
"a hail Of bricks and stones.
they said. Pvts. Charles A
Sullivan and Edward Kreilis
huddled with the other -four
policemen behind the protec-
tive side of the patrol wagon
for about three minutes. Their
all six officers drew their serv-
ice revolvers and charged out
into the 300 block Of Robinson
street.
I'VE yelled as we ran towards
the other side Of the street
where the main attack was be-
ing launched" Pvt. Gulledge
said.
I'VE almost froze in oui
tracks when we saw we faced
about 100 youths" he added
Seven youths who were
rounded UP by police in the
neighborhood were charged
with disorderly conduct.
An eighth suspect, identified
as John H. Gray. 10, Of thu
a1nn block Of Robinson stree