The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-27
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Especial 10 THE GLoBR.l
The Hydepark Rape Case.

lage, on what is called the Old Jesse Noyes
place, which is on high ridge of land.
Southeast Of the house is higher ridge of
lodges which extends south nearly mile.
The southerly slope of this ridge is covered
with thick, dark timber. The house stands
back from the road some ten rods, and the
easteily side of the house is shaded by tall
weeds, corn field, apple trees, etc. On the
border Of the fence next to the road the
wild raspberry bushes have grown up
About quarter before two o'clock on
Saturday, Mrs. Perry said she would go
out and pick some berries for supper, and
told her daughter Rosa where she would
find her in case anything was wrong. Two
suspicious men, one large and the other
small, had been seen lurking around near
the housesince Wednesday evening. They
had slept in Perrys barn on Friday night,
but had not been seen by any of the family
| up to the time the mother went out on
Saturday, and they began to hope the men
had disappeared, though they had still
some apprehension. Enough, at sill events,
to induce the father to go mile or so over
to Mr.. Calkins, where a second daughter
was at work, to warn her not to come
home, as she was accustomed to do on
Saturday nights, through the,wood. 1t was
during his absence upon this errand, that
Mrs. Perry went berrying. Hertwo daugh-
tiers, Rosa sixteen years of age, and Lille
II years, remained in the house. Rosa
laid down on the lounge and Lille eat be-
side her TO prevent her going to sleep.
Mrs. Perry had fastened all the doors in
the house except the front door out of
which she went, and told the girls she
would 60 down to the road and pick Der
ries along by the road 1t seems che was
picking on the inside of the fence intend
ing, as she now says to pick down to the
angles of the fence on the inside,
and then pick back on the out, or road
side. Mr.. Elbridge Sherwn, his wife and
their niece passed by to their hay field, the
entrance to which is right opposite of
Perry's house and garden, and saw her
there soon after she went out She had
been gone about half hour when her
daughters heard her scream. Listening, in
q minute they heard second scream and
ran down to the border where their mother
told them she was gong. On their way
they heard third scream, and though it
seemed to come from the direction oppo-
site to which they were going, they kept
on to the road, much alarmed, but, of
course, not knowing from whence or whom
the screams they had heard proceeded
Mr.. Sherwin and his wife had heard the
screams in their hay field, between that
part of which in which they were then at
work, and the house and garden of Perry.
hop yard interviewed, entirely shutting
out the view, and came up to the road
nearly at the same moment the two Perry
girls arrived there. Mutual inquiries and
explanations were exchanged, and search
along the road borders as far to the east as
Miller's house-about fourth milc-made,
and calls made by Rosa for 'mother," and
by Mr.. Sherwin for "Mrs. Perry but no
answer was received. The time now was
about quarter to three. Soon Mr.. Perry
was seen coming over the lodges on his re-
turn from Mr.. Calkins as above stated.
Now search was made for Mrs. Perry in
earnest. Perry led into tie garden and
Sherwin followed. Quite a number of
women, highly excited, of course, had
gathered by this time. Soon the charming
cry came from Perry "Here she is
murdered - Quick messengers came to
the village with the startling report that
Mrs. Perry had been found brutality muir
dered, and Immediately the road to Perrys
was thronged with an eager, and highly ex-
cited crowd, most of whom, however, were
Informed before they reached the scene
that she WAS not murdered, but, probably,
had been outraged.
When found, Mrs Perry was lying under
an apple tree in the orchard, in which corn
was growing, about ten reds distant from
where Sherwin and wife had seen her pick
ing berries not much mote than thirty min
utes before. She Was lying on her back
with her right arm W der h r body, the left
hand extended beside her Her head was
twisted over to one side, her mouth filled
with gravel, one stone belng one and a
half inches long by an inch wide and I've
eighlhs Of an inch in thickness, and sec
ond one nearly half as large. These stones
and lot of fine gravel were tied into her
mouth by yard long of apron string, torn
from the apron she wore, which was passed
twice through her mouth and around her
neck, and 30 tightly drawn as to leave a
red line extending from the corners OF her
mouth all around her neck, and so tightly
tied that it had to be cut. Her head was
nearly covered up with gravel, and her
mouth forced open, SO that Mr.. Sherwn
says she presented the most CHASTITY appear
snce he ever saw. Her ankles were tied
together with strong hemp cord. She
was insensible, and Mr. Sherwin, who &C.
knowledges himself to have been highly
excited, thinks there was no pulse until
some time after they carried her to the
house. After lying her upon the bed she
soon vomited.
Mrs. Perrys story is as follows:
She was STOPPING down to pick some
berries which hung under the bushes, when
she was seized by the shoulders or arms,
and rapidly forced along the grass border
by the fence dividing the garden from the
pasture, and running at right angle with
the road. She was at first so petrified that
she could not speak, and she thinks that
she must haye been taken half the distance
from the road to where she was found be-
fore she could scream. When she began to
scream the ruffian who had her, kicked her
in the back and gave her a profane COM
mand to "Stop that" which she says she