Strange Man Tries to Attack Radcliffe Student on Common

A man tried to accost a Radcliffe senior at 9 p.m. Tuesday while she was walking home alone through the Cambridge Common. The girl escaped to the street, where a passing driver who had heard her screams gave her a ride to the dormitory.

The student then telephoned the police and accompanied a policeman back to the Common. A Lexington man was arrested as a "likely suspect," the girl said, but she had not seen her attacker well enough to identify the man.