The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-28
DrsGRACEFUL AFFAuR.
A woman Followed TWO Miles from
Rutland by ~ party of Ruffians
and Outraged.

and Outraged
The task OF recording a disgraceful
affair is one which we invariably shrink
from, chiefly from the fact that the fame
of Rutland is brought into very question
able repute by the dastardly deed which
has been perpetrated, TO say nothing of the
fact that the history of the transaction is
replete with the necessary revelation of
mans lowest and viest passions. The re-
cent case which occurred at st. Adams is
brought vividly and painfully to mind with
the terrible reflection that even murder
might easily result from so criminal n
course as Is here marked out
Last evening, about seven o'clock, Mrs
Mary Jane Parker, a young widow woman
who has been Tor some weeks past at work
for c. M. Sherman, of Clarendon, started
from this village on foot to return to Mr.
Sherman's she had been in town to attend
civil suit held at Mr.. Thralls office, as a
witness, during the afternoon, and was
just returning. She walked on past the
fair ground without molestation, but near
this point she noticed number of men and
boys watching her course and evidently
following her footsteps. This somewhat
frightened her and served to quick
en- her pace. Her followers CON
tinued to gain on her in spite of her
best efforts and at the EAST Creek
bridge they caught up with her. Three
OF them caught hold Of her, carried her
into the bridge and while two forcibly held
her, one of the brutes committed a crmi-
nal outrage upon her person.
The woman screamed loudly for help
but as no houses are near her appeals Tor
help were unhcard and unanswered until
after the outrage had been committed,
when fortunately a carnage was heard APP
preaching. This frightened the young wi
lains who tool; to their heels and fled. The
occupant of the carriage proved to be II
gentleman from New York. who could see
some distance off that the party was II
large one and that a CRIME of some Kind
was being committed. He was just about
to return to the nearest house for assistance
when the villains saw Inn coming and fled.
The gentleman thcn came Ia the aid Of the
woman and taking her into his carriage
brought her to Rutland She told her
story and his indignation at SO vile an out
rage perpetratcd led him to seek the
officials here, and Justice Marshall and
Chief of Police Crawford were lmmedia-
tely notified of the affair. The woman
told her story to them and although she does
not know who the parties were she thinks
she could easily recognize some Of them if
brought before her.
The woman Parker is perhaps deserving
of less sympathy from the public at this
outrage from the fact that she has hitherto
led depraved life, and has been known
for some years MS II common prostitute.
She was last seen by the officials here as
the companion in crime of Loren Perkins,
now in Jail on the charge of forgery, and
was in his company at the time of his ar
rest. She claims to be (and probably is) n
widow, is of French extraction, some
thirty years of age, and of prepossessing
appearance. She certainly has not the
manners of one of the lowest of her class,
does not appear particularly bold or look
like woman of the town. She is dressed
plainly, but not stability, and speaks in
broken English. She was given quarters
in town last night, and will be prepared to
give evidence in regard to any of the gang
who may be arrested during to-day.
The crime, however, which has been
committed, does not diminish IN the least,
from the nature or character of the victim.
The criminal might or might not have
known who was his victims and the screams
of the woman and her endcavors TO escape
her followers, prove that they were brutes
and deserving of punishment at the hands
of the public who would thus seek to ac-
complsh so nefarious crime.
The gentleman to whom she owes her
deliverance from further outrage, is OF ire
proachable character and his statement of
the affair is to be fully credited.
Measures are already prepared for the
arrest and conviction of the parties who
are implicated in this dlsgiaceful affair
We trust that none of them are residents
of Rutland, but we are satisfied that they
will receive due punishment if fully con
victed of any connection with the crime.