Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-08-11
The Csnneetic1t Abdaetisn-A Series OF
Shameful Grimes.

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Inc telegraph has announc q the disappcl "
ance, ON SUNDAY last, OF Prince. Haysborp, q
young daughter OF Jos. Hawthorn. OF Taomp-
son ynls, overseer OF the cardins dep lrtmsat OF
NE Eaheld StocSinet Company, and her dis
covery in the st~ets Of Bristol, on Tuesday
morning, in q forlorn coudi,ion. C'rcunst9n.
! COS lasten suspicion upon one Abort Potter,
OF Wa,eheuse Point, ss seing concerned in her
a-restrd, and Thursday assigned for a he-riug
Inc eIsmnafion was held yrserdly, by T..
r, Josnscn, Esqs Justice of the Peace;
pro7ccut;on, aud ]. w. johnson, of Eafield ior
the defence. The offence clsrg d Is en.icing n
female under age rom her parent or gusrdiin,
and the penslty is fine of not more than ~ 900,
and imurisonme1t not longer shau one year. or
both. There wss in,ense excitement m Thomp-
sonvIlle, aud crowd of more than q thou sand
gathered about the court, though few could
hear, and the girls tc-amouy wss taken at her
faiherB houSe. Mr.. Haysnorn 10 a citizen Of
excellent character, and much r'rpecsed. The
dTughter, Franc, hit~en years old, is of q
rather treble and simple mind ano defective
memory. Potter is about twenty-five yers
old, a joiner and carpenter by srade, and ru-
utation for virtue.
From the evidence offered At the trial, the
facts appe.r TO he as follows: On Sunday, the
I'd, Potter, with two friends from Windsor
Locks. came to Thomp. on vile and put MP AT
the Motel. Potter met Frances Haythorn IN the
street. ss she wa returning from Sunday
ScuOol. ABOUT J.3O Il. M. Last Fall he worked
on house rfeSr her home, and knew her by
sight He persuaded her TO take a ride with
hlm, and taking his bore and buggy from the
ho9li sook her up some here in the outskirts
OF the village. He drove 10 Lopgmeadow,
where he called at house where he had prom
ised some work. told the man OF the house
when he wss coming To do AZ, and excu sed him
self irom bringing the girl in, saying that she
was servant girl employed by his mother
and that he wss taking her 20 visit some friends
Returning toward Thompsonviile, he left
the main read and drove into a piece of woods
where, under the persuasion aud commands,
the simple girl submitted 10 the scoundrel's
purposes He took her 10 Freshwater Bridge,
near Thompson willie, whsre he left her. This
rs the girls account, corroborated by several
DINERS, except as to what took place in the
woods. The girl seems TO have indistinct
r'collection of subsequent events. She walked
ON down the Enfield Road and was oyertakeu
by stranger, who said he was a baker. He
took her TO East Hartford. outraged her person
on the way, and lodged her either in East HART
ford or Hartford. at what from her description
Is probably house of lll.fame. Monday morn
Iny she wandered about Hartford, desiring 10
go nome. She took the railroad trec ok and walked
IN the wrong direction. on through New
Britain, reaching Piainville At night. Another
sISnger overlook and accompanied her. and
for the third time she was a victim. About
daylight Tuesday morning she eni cred Bristol
IN his company. A Mr.. ). Grifiitbs, who knew
her and her family, saw the couple, ordered the
man away, and made the girl go home with
hm. He telegraphed TO her parents, and upon
ther replying, look the girl home Tuesday
Ihe mai fScts OF the story she adheres to, but
OF her later wanderings her recollections are
lndlst,nct Medical testimony was not called,
but physicians were ready TO testify that she
had been most UNANIMOUSLY treated. The Justice
bound Potter over 10 appear before the Supe-
rior Conrt, requiring bail IN the altogether in
sufhcient sum Of $50.