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had been committed by men, who were ulti-
mately frightened away by the return Of
the family.
Miss HRUsER's own account OF the occur
renee was that on entering the house she sat
down at the piano and struck a few notes,
when she heard voice. She turned around
| to the door. There stood two men. They
were masked. Great black cloths were tied
around their heads. She was too frightened
TO scream, but tried TO reach the window.
| One OF the two men, whom she describes
as "tho tall man." came toward her She
lodged behind the table. lie attempted to
catch her, and soon succeeded. Selling her
by the arm, he held her, with her back to-
ward him, and put sponge to her face. She
could not say what was on the sponge She
pushed II away twice, when she became
dreamy and unconscious like" and had
the same feeling person has who goes to
sleep against her will. She remembered
being lifted from the floor, and that was the
last she remembered until she came to.
Tho case was involved in the deepest mys-
tory until the goth ultimo, when Miss
HEUsER was sitting at her window. A gem
tlcman was passing by. Suddenly Miss
HEusER called out to her sister: LIZZIE,
there is a man who resembles In every way
the tall man who assaulted me on the
Fourth OF July. Who Is he ?" This tall man
proved to be ono DR.. MILLAR, n foreigner,
who for short time, had practised medl-
cine In Milton, but had rellnquished practice
and was boarding at private house few
miles from the village.
On the strength OF this Identification, DR..
MILLAR was arrested, and on the first day
Of this month was arraigned before Justice
OF the Peace at Milton, charged with assault
with intent to violate the person. Miss
HEUsER, under oath, expressed the opinion
very firmly that he was the man who as
saultcd her She particularly noticed his
height his thin face, the shape OF which the
black mask did not wholly conceal; his
small foot, and delicate hand. She was en-
tircly confident he was the man. Miss
HEUsERs sister, Mrs. HAsBRoUcK. con-
flrmed Miss HEUsER's statement about her
| first recognition OF DR.. MILLAR in the street,
when suddenly, for some unexplained rea-
son, the testimony for the prosecution was
| brought to close
The Justice thcreupon discharged DR..
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that Miss HEUsER had been found on the
floor, with her clothes stripped on had not
been put in, and the prosecution refused to
put il in. The counsel for Dr. MILLAR made
the point that the binding and chloroform-
ing OF woman was no evidence Of an intent
To violate the person, as these might have
been done for the purpose " robbery, and
the Justice considered the point well taken
| DR.. MILLAR himself denounced the whole
thing as conspiracy to ruin him. and pro-
tossed to have ample evidence TO establish
an alibi
On all these facts II may be remarked that
| IL the original outrage on Miss HEUsER was
strange and mysterious, these latest pro-
ccedings are not less so. The Justice might
certainly have held Dr. MILLAR for simple
assault had he understood the law and
thought proper to hold him. without the
evidence Of the condition in which Miss
liEUsER was found. But why was not this
evidence put in ? What was the cause Of the
sudden break in the progress OF the prose
! cutiony
A special telegram to the World of ycster-
day represents Or. HAsBRoUcK as saying
that he is heartily sick Of the whole matter
But It is too late for DR.. HAsDRoUCK to be
allowed To get sick Of IL and relinquish II
now The terrible accusation against DR.
MILLAR should bo sustained or withdrawn
and that speedily. The public have an in
| tcrcst in the affair now, and they have
rights which mono II the parties at this
stage Of the proceedings can he permitted
! TO disregard. our courts are not estab-
! lishod to AFFORD opportunity for charges
like that against Dr. MILLAR TO he lightly
preferred If there was not good founda-
| tiun tor his arrest IL was atrocious to make
il and If there was good foundation, all
the evidence should have been put in, aud
he should have been afforded ample oppor-
tunity To rciutc it.
We have seen no intimation, from any
quarter, that Miss IiEUsER's testimony is
not entitled To entire confidence unless she
is really laboring under dclusion.
The detective employed by Dr.. HAsBRoUcK
advances the theory, seemingly as ridicu-
ous as II is monstrous, that the plan was 10
murder Miss HEUsFR, and sell her beautiful
body for dissection
It is to be hoped that the deep mystery
| hanging over the whole transaction, from
the beginning To its present stage, will soon
be cleared away, in some manner, and all
the facts, as they really exist, be brought
to light.
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