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Footpads Beat Two.
FOOTPADS BEAT TWO
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Blackjack Tailor in Rear of
Store, in Upper 14th Street.
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PASSERS-BY RESCUE VICTIM
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Man Beaten and Robbed in Early
Evening--Found on Sidewalk.
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Pedestrians Find Him and Summon
Police, Who Take Him to
Hospital--Both Assaults, in Busy
Neighborhoods, Show Boldness of
Thugs--Axe and Brick Weapons
In Two Controversies.
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Two serious assaults in which two men were blackjacked in populous neighborhoods and two fights, in which an ax and a brick were the weapons of attack, were reported to the police within a few hours of each other yesterday. Late last night there had been no arrests.
Not far from the scene of last night's attack upon George Roper and his wife occurred another daring assault last night. Harry Brecker, 55 years old, a tailor, of 3530 Fourteenth street northwest, was the victim.
Brecker was in his store about 10 o'clock when he heard a sound in the rear of the store which aroused his suspicions.
Passersby Rescue Victim.
Calling to his wife, who was in front of the store, to attend to it while he went to investigate, Brecker opened the rear door and stepped into the yard. Before his eyes had become used to the darkness he was seized by two men.
Shouting to his wife Brecker struggled to free himself. Mrs. Brecker took up the alarm and called to passersby. As they came in the front door Brecker staggered in the rear door with blood streaming from a cut on his head. Police were summoned but the assailants had made off and no trace of them was found.
Brecker told Detective Sergeants Walsh and King that while one of the men held him the other struck him several blows with a blunt instrument. From the appearance of Brecker's injuries it was apparent, the police say, that he had been blackjacked. No attempt was made to rob him, it was stated.
Beaten in Crowded Street.
While a score of pedestrians passed by on the opposite side of the street, Corbin Wynkoop, 30 years old, of 801 New Jersey avenue northwest, was beaten over his head with a piece of pipe, knocked to the pavement and robbed in front of 411 South Capitol street about 8 o'clock. Wynkoop told officers who investigated the affair that two negroes were responsible for the attack and robbery.
According to his story, he was walking on the west side of the street when he heard two men approaching from the rear. This did not arouse his suspicions, he said, and he was caught unawares when the pair grabbed him. Before he had had a chance to shout for help one of the negroes felled him with a piece of pipe.
Pockets Were Searched.
Wynkoop told the police that he remembered the negroes going through his pockets, but he said he was unable to actively protest. Wynkoop was found lying on the pavement, and when he told the story to persons who came to his assistance the police were summoned.
He was take[n] to the Casualty hospital in the patrol of the fourth precinct. Doctors found several severe bruises and cuts on his head. His injuries are not serious it was stated.
In a fight at 319 C street southwest, Leaner Duncan, colored, 38 years old, of 321 C street southwest, was struck on the head with an ax by a colored woman. Duncan was taken to the Casualty hospital where it was stated his condition was not serious.
Solomon Rielly, colored, 45 years old, told the police that he was walking near Second and F streets northwest, when an unidentified colored man threw a brick at him. The brick struck Rielly on the head, inflicting a scalp wound. Polic[e] are in possession of the names of the ax wielder and the man who threw the brick.
Source:
Unknown, "Footpads Beat Two," The Washington Post, Washington, D.C., Sunday, 16 October, 1921, p. 1.
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