College Freshman Assaulted in Hub

Two College freshmen, walking alone in downtown Boston, were jumped Friday night by three unidentified men.

Peter Hugens '57 and classmate Michael Durham had just left a Boston bar on Summer Street at closing time when three men, with whom they had recently been talking, followed Hugens and jumped him unexpectedly while Durham walked on a few paces ahead. Durham immediately ran into the middle of the street looking for help. He eluded the men as they chased him and stopped the first cab he found.

Meanwhile Hugens, who had suffered a blow in the eye and minor contusions, escaped also, and Durham returned to find him at a nearby subway station. Taken to Stillman Infirmary, Hugens was temporarily released Saturday.

Hugens later said that he and Durham had been talking to the men only a few moments before the mugging and did not feel that they had antagonized them in any way.

No clear description of the assailants could be given to the Boston Police, who are still looking for the trio.