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Show HGERED D? BIT Klil CMSETOIIOlj Leader About to Wield Umbrella Um-brella When Pervert Loses Self in Dark Lot , POLICE UNABLE TO LOCATE DEGENERATE Exciting Incident Follows Par-ty Par-ty Given at Home of Doctor W R Rt-nwn ' . How Hie Regenerate prowler who i has been accosting and insulting worn-I worn-I en for Several nights on Ogdon streets 'was put- to flight and narrowly escaped es-caped awevere drubbing was related today by Mrs. Emma Konnoy. 2-169 Van Buren avonue. Mrs. Kenney says a number of young women attended a party last evening, given at the home of Dr W. R. Brown, 2551 Jackson avenue, in honor of Miss May Williams. After the party, the six girls were awaiting for a street car at the corner 1 of Twenty-fifth street and Jackson ave-,nuc. ave-,nuc. Notwithstanding the fact that llhey were standing directly under an arc light, a man of medium height, wearing a checkered cap and a brown coat, stepped towards the girls, and, offended them with obscene talk. The girls turned, and fled to the Brown residence. res-idence. Mrs. Kenney stated that the police were then notified and reported at the scene but failed to find the man. After the departure of the officers, the girls thought it safe to take the car and set out for the corner. The man was standing in the same place as he had been when the girls fled, it is declared. Enraged, the girls ran towards the man. who fled up Twenty-fifth street to Eccles avenue. The girls were in hot pursuit and the foremost runner branished an umbrella. The unknown was nearly overtaken when he dodged into an alleyway between two houses and threw his pursuers off his trail. Further search by officers, who were again called, failed to disclose any trace of the pervert. nn |