Daily national Democrat., 1861-10-06
Alleged Outrage upon Female in Ne
Vada Territory.

complainant was young girl from Newton
county, Missouri, about % years of age. We
copy from the Age:
Catherine Howell, the injured girl, testi
fed She was born in Newton county, Mo;
said she left there for the west on the 29th
of April, with her family. When half way
across, her father and family took the Ore
gon road and she Joined another train for
California, in which State she had a cousin
that the train in which she came, had been
unfortunate and on arriving at the nalt Way
House, between this place aud Silver City,
for the purpose of procuring money to pay
her passage to California, she hired out to
Mrs. Kennedy, whose husband kept the res
tanrant attached to the house; that While
there she cultivated the acquaintance of the
defendant, Thomas Waters who kept the bar
and had uncomn' winin' ways about him;
that she had soiourned bat two days with
Mrs. X. when she was rendered her wages,
whereupon Thomas consuled her 10y inform
ing her that he did not desre her to perform
any menia labor and would pay her board.
This it appears she assented to; but on the
following day she resumed work for Mrs.
H., Thomas continuing to pay her board.
1t appears that the sleeping apartments OF
Catherine and Thomas adjoned, door
opened from one to the other and what more
natural than that the twain should become
enamored, for Catherine thought him such a
nice young man. Their meetings for con-
'versation in that lonely region were numer-
Gus and pleasant, and Catherine anticipated
a protector in Thomas as a substitute Tor her
father. Everything rolled on with propriety
until about the 18th instant, when, at late
hour Of the night, while the innocent Cathe-
rne, in semi-undress was sitting i'll her
room darning stockings, the swain Thomas
Knocked at the door for admission; she in
nocently uufastencd the leather fastening on
her side of the door, and let Thomas in. A
conversation ensued, in which he informed
her of his great love for her, and frequently
gave evidence thereof by shifting her gently
On her lips. although the gentle Catherine
asserts that she never kissed a man in her
| life. lie talked of marriage and said he had
once taken an oath not to marry for tAree
years time, and that period had elapsed,
with the exception of eleven weeks, and that
on the expiration of the balance of the period,
he thought he would certainly need a wife,
AS living single was beyond all rover Of ell
durance Thomas, while in the room, acted
very respectfully, according to Catherines 5
sat ri2ht smart distance If abeout as far
as from me to you, reckon" until he blew
out the light and then she went into his
room where there was light burning; while
Thomas, with commendable generosity,
concoctei libAtion Gn honor of the God
dess of Love- and prevailed upon the gentle
Katy to imbibe it, She managed to secrete
half of it, mot bein' much used to liker,
and the devoted Thomls, indisposed to waste
the consecrated spirits, secrecd the balance
Immediately sweet Katy fell into a you don't
know You teel-atiVencss, caused, she asserts
10y the mixture, hich she says was drugged.
During her stupor, she alleges, her Don Juan
committed the offence complained ot. In the
meantime, Mr. and Mrs Kennedy, suspicious
that something was going wrong, were on
the lookout. Mrs K, with the usual iuge-
nuity of womankind, had taken the precau-
tiou to make an inci,ion in the canvass siding
through which she peercd from one room
into another on the couple. This little piece
of torethought enabled her to give the Justice
evidence, OF an astouishiugly elaborate char
acter. including all the minutia. Owing to
an accommodating water cask on the outer
walls, near the aperture through which the
stove pipe penetrated from the room OF
Thomas, Mr. X. was enabled, after elonga-
| ting his body by raising on tip-toe, sufficient
| ~ to peer through the interval between the
sioye-pipe and casing, to take the data from
which he testified, corroboratiHg in every
particular the evidence given 10y his better
half Mr. Il. was so cnraged at what he per-
| ceived, that he was on the point Of breaking
the door in; but rrcollecting that the preni-
res were those of "Thomas,' and surprising
that such an act was IA States Prison otfense,
he refrained from exhibiting his displeasure
| thus violently. Their evidence tended to
prove that the girl had been drugged and
violated. On the following morning Catha-
rine related to Mrs Il. the circumstances
which transpired, who became very indg-
uant thereat. subsequently Catherine did
chide the gay Latharo for deceiving her
with false promises of marriage, lie tried to
pursuade her that it was all right, and that
they had only to go to Carson and return,
and say that they were man and wife, and
live together happy. She did not see this,
having great regard for law, and replied
that that was not her style of doing things
! In the Court, Catherine was asked by the
| counsel whether she knew "if he (Ihomas
did not intend to marry her yet, to whic!
she indig ignantly replied, 81 don't care ii he
does, wouldn't have him now TO save hi
| life, after his treatment towards me" DIR
! Tjader testified that at the instance of the
District Attorney, he had ascertaned that
Catherine had lead, heretofore virtuous
life. From the testimony for the defence, the
following was elected: George w. Wads
worth and David Lowry testified, that Cathe-
rne had been exceedingly forward and inti-
mate with Thomas, in their presence. They
regarded the case as a gross attempt at black
| p,ui1 IEa,r hal ct r.H tbut h u " OnlI
Thomas out of the scrape as far as was right
ey en- 4 it took their last cent Of r.ouey. Sub
scquently, Messrs J. W Blackburn, Thomas
Howard, VIM Rice, Thomas J. Winn, Geo
Lewis, and George Pringel, were examined
and testified, that the general character oil
the witness, Wadsworth, was bad and that
he was not to be believed The other wit
ness Lowry We learn, does not enjoy much
better character than that of Wadswouh
The testimony was closed about 6 o'clock
| in the afternoon, and mp to a late hour last
evening, the case had not yet been concluded
the counsels being engaged in closing up the
case We are Of the opinion that there is
sufficient Evidence to hold the defendant for
trial, and that the girl has been greatly
wyonged ty Waters.
MATTERS AT Fonr YuMA--A dispatch from,
Los Angeles, October !, to the Bee, has the
following:
Harry Reed, Agent OF the San Antonio and
san Diego Mail Line. arrived here from Fort
Yuma yesterday. lie Orings the following
information:
lie left Fort Yuma last week everything
was quiet at that post Two companies OF
infantry were there, under command of Col