, 1877-10-05
y CHARGE or RAPE,

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BALTIMORE, Oct. 3.-W!llian {. schlcy, q
prominent lawyer With large practice In this
city, married AMI tho father ii thr4c children,
was to-day held In 1900 ball before ,tustitc Ut
the Peace, charged With tho rape ut Moi
lic Fitzgerald prcpo..cesing and mod
Gat-ioollng girl, on the 9Th OF Septc,n-
l'cr, In his dwelling oil Muryland avenue.
Miss Fitzgerald tes,itlcl that she wn. an orphan,
70 ycars old. ehc came to Baltimore threo
yentr ago and wcnt to religious .nsttt,ttr; tl,o
waa II drt.smakcr by tradc. and q fcw weeks
ei!rc was employed By Schicy us a6cnts,strcss tn
Ills family. Ills rifc nnl cttlrc,, iayc bccn for
gtEl were together In tho housc With Sct,iey. 4
tew DAYS bcfoEc the outragr wLs eontmittcu tho
othcF g1rl wns scslt t:say, and fhc rcmaincfl.
Un THURSDAY last, durin. tho cvrnia=. S=l'lcv
called to- her wherc she mas sewing IN the upper
tioor. and requested hrr tn conc down aud aIt h.
the paFuT, os thr gas III ltcr room, Lc ra.,l, was
e:eul'nG. On seating herself f' tho rarior HI,
showed her pbt:tte pictures, md reid RlouEl to
hcr 1rom au tn1tlcate noycl. She demonstrated
viii, HIN and endcayosctl to lcavc the euo1l,,
When he seizcd llrr and attempted to klss
her, sho escaped, however, and reached
hsr ,,.n',na1 rot.n 1ae following day he n:a!l.
tense OF desiring needle. lle nrain tried To
rtnl tt her tFon the buck referred to. Silc tnl'1
him slc did not like tt. and rrtrc tn her a.1aft-
Incnt. Later In tie evening. as ahu wus ,tassu-
the 1at.rublt'. hc call'c out III state Of nudi!y
mud, sclzlnc lics, carriel licr 70 hs uwa atu5t-
ncllt, where he tcu her facc with ~ bu,,tlstr-
rhtet and tnrc her clothing fsO,u her. Here hc
uutFagca her t!,reo or fD;r t.tnca, kceEln: her
therr until bo'cluck the following npsntygt when
he allowed ler TO 70 to ncr rso1l. liz, how-
ever, follOwcd ltct aud repeated the outrage,
threntcnlnr to XII! her II SHE cr1cti ull.. rs
soon as )c clt tue llousr sllc vent out to 'aly
Fttttl!lE In the nflctburlIood utri rctAtcd tIvr
stury. III 1lcr company she went tn BecGuu
tA1y friend. who Mdy!sel lltr to call Upon fEe
Rev. Father Kelly The thrcu visited tlsat gen.
tlc'nan an4 repeated !he story, aud, acting uln'n
hi advice. thc caused scllcy's arrest, Father
Kelly anti tl,c two 1ati|t cArrudorateI tic ElIl's
testimony d fur a. related tu themselves.
schicy, "hen put upon ttv sta,u!, said her
visits - the pal nr Well entirely unsolicited by
tinl; that IN l,er arrival lc waa rca,fi,Is u
frcnch novel. Size requested lLlus 10 continue,
anl said sle rather fiGGi IL. When llc ta:iic t.
any irucitcatr tassagc. lie would omit them,
until requested! hy hrr not 10 d1 stt TAclndc +
tatu pictures, hc sud, were fund In tho bools.
atI'a she rt4ucstcrt 4l to atluw her to examine,
tlicu. Az tn attempting iu kies her anu Coca.
hitting tho Outrage sic charges him II ItI!, ha
called upon God to witEc IL htl inn.Het,ct
an! appealed 10 the Ju.ttrc, will teass Iii
his eyeH. mt to ruin him. Tho Jullgo sattt l,c
could not but hcltcYc tho glrl's story, and. not
Ht1hssahdl,g tue list' :,tGll position u the nes
r,l.ed, would l,e itll i ii !to!tl itn III 50 G0
ball upon ttlt charge. The ta was promptly
furnished Scl.ley IL hho,ls II ye1rA Of age, ani
nussestc* great ability. liz Ia a sorl Vi WiliaHl
behlcYt ons Of the lnssi prominent ucn,bers Of
the Baltimore Tar, man ranking with Reycstty
Jo,1usor nntcd for hartns srent turing his lilo
lid daughter of ~. ucor..e ". Tcncxc, ona
ot the beat kn0Wn cEtixcns Ut Maryland. ali
l1ix connections arc the best ana Weatthlest poo
pic In the city.