The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1872-01-11

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disposition TO behave we'll.
MORE ABOUT THE GERMAN rNCES
The Statement OF the Daughter Idle:
startling Facts Related.
From the Commonwealth of the 5th.
On Thursday morning last, the quiet cit
zens of Topeka were startled by the announce
ment that r. p. German, up to the time
his arrest, a very respectable and responsible
citizen, had committed the deteotable Grim
of incest upon his own daughter. Som
could and would not believe it. 1t could NJ
be 80 in their opinion. If some poor, drunk
en- unfortunate had done such deed, the
| would not wonder; but for man in the cir
| cumstan, es OF K. p. German, surrounde,
with everything a man could wish, and tina
wealth and love could bestow-a beau ifu
home, devoted wife and highly accom-
plished and attractive daughter, it SCENE,
impossible. Various rrmors we're set ahoa
to explain the matter; the father alleged tina
the whole affair was a conspiracy 10 get holt
Of his property, and that Ida had been mad'
the instrument for accomplishing the purpo
ses of the conspirators. On the other hand
It was stated that something was wrong Will
Ida, and that the lavish hand with which
her father bestowed ''good gifts" upon he,
was merely a means, on his part, Of keeping
her quiet.
Thus tar, We have nothing but the rumor.
ed statements of the prisoner, X. p German,
and the statement Of Ida, upon which the
published affidavit was based. The public
mind has been SO agitated that our special re.
porter was dispatched to the residence of K.
P. German, in order to ascertain, if possible,
the exact facts upon which the legal proceed
ings were commenced. The reporter relates
the following facts:
Ida and her mother were in The room dur
ing the whole conversation, and appeared to
be very calm and collected, Ida especially, as
her statement will show
From a very long and desultory converse
ton, the following is in brief the statement
of Ida German: Mrs. German suspected
that Ida was pregnant, and tol her husband
of her suspicious, whereupon the husband
told his wife that the uncle had done it, and
if Ida would say SO, he would kill him.
German then sought his daughter in private,
and told her that if she would swear that her
uncle did it, he would kill him and thus save
both Of them from the disgrace consequent
upon their acts.
On the 18th of December last, Ida got
afraid of her father, owing TO his many
threats, and invited young l.dy friend, we'll
known in the social circles Of Topeka, to say
with her over night. On this same night,
Ida confessed the intimacies of her father
with her to her friend; on the same evening,
the father, X. p. Gernian,) threatened to
sell all his property, leave the country and
take Ida with him. On the next morning,
December 9th, Ida told her mother, and
her aunt, who lives in this city. From this
lime TO the arrest Of the father, the mother
and daughter knew not what to do, because
be had SO frequently threatened 10 kill Ida,
IS she said. if she ever informed upon him.
On Wednesday noon last. Mr.. Barr, the
uncle, and brother of Mrs. German, commu-
nicated the above facts to County Attorney
Ryan, who sent his deputy to the residence OF
German, situated Just across the Stunanunga,
On the Tecumseh road. Ida then related the
ollowing:
In July, 1869, in Rrickville, Cuyahoga
county, Ohio, where the family then resided,
ner mother, Mrs. German, being temporarily
,bsent on visit, Ida says her father made
IN attack on her and she fought him off,
Her struggles made such an impression on her
a;her that he retired. After she had retired
her father returned and succeeded in accom-.
plishing his terrible purpose by surprising
md overpowering her. The next morning,
ne threatened TO take her piano away from
her if she ever revealed the fac. to any one
ida Was then fourteen years Of age.
In Cuyahoga County, Ohio, on the night.
lfter the illicit intercourse of her father, some
,oys. with blackened faces, came and fright
ned her and little one Of the family, who
Tere alone in the house Of her father. She
vas conveyed to the house Of neighbor and
while there had spasms. When her mother
ormed by her father that the spasms were
.aused by being frightened by the blackened
JOYS.
Her father did not trouble her much after
his until the family had removed to Kansas.
da, al this time was grown up. At the
present residence, Ida was compelled to 60
through her fathers room to reach her own
DOM. Her father compelled her mother to
.et up and build fires in the morning, and
,ouldn't let her Uda) do it. After the
mother had gone from his bed, he frequently
ocked the door and went to Ida's bed. Her
mother noticed the conduct of Il. p. German
n locking the door after her departure, and
inquired the cause. He replied to the en-
luiry, that he was arranging his private pa
lers and did no. wish to he disturbed. Sub
to this, Ida, in conversation with
,er father, threatened to expose the whole
natter between her and him, if he did not
ease his outrages upon her, whereupon he
old her that he would kill the whole fam
" If she exposed him. Ida feared an exc
ution of his das,ardly and murdesous threat,
md kept quiet. Since which time, her
ather has desisted from any overtures.
A few weeks ago, while Ida and her father
vere going to church, conversation came up
gain upon the previous matters. She told
lin that he must let her alone, or she would
ill herself Previous to this, they had con-
,ersations about the matter, and her father
old her that he expected to end his days in
he penitentiary, and j, made no difference to
lin what he did
Ida also SAYS, that while in California in
SCI, she was very young and her father
made an attempt to have connection with
Ter, and that her brother. in-law made COM
,laint for his arrest; also, that her father had
previously attempted the same thing on her
,alr-sister, but Ida was so young at the time
hat she did not remember how these matters
Eere settled.
Upon the above statement, the complaint
vas made, and when the officers went to the
esidence of r. P. German, Ida requested
lat they should not let her father return
ZONE, for fear he would kill her.
During the interview, Ida WIS very calm
md collected, and related the above facts in
clear and concise manner, and exhibited
10 perturbation of mind. She said that she
lad frequently contemplated suicide, but the
,orror Of such an act prevented while her
condition impelled the commits
ion thereof. She expressed herself as en-
irely willing to meet her father RS a ris, and
tate the facts as they occurred. She SAYS
he knows that all her former associates will
hun her, that her social position in Topeka
. lost; but such considerations do not help
he case. The "worst has come to worst
md nov she is determined to NEE; the con.
equences.
The preliminary examination which was
o take place to-day at 9oclock, we under
tand has been postponed.
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