The Worthington advance., 1878-10-24
The boy looked for a moment q: ali three
aides. took the apple, and-ate it.
A HARD CASE.
ISt. Louis Special (Oct. 16) to Chicago Tri-


Ist. Louis Special (Oct. 16) to Chicago Tri-
One Of the most horrible cases, or rather
series of cases, that has ever come up for
trial in this city, was commenced to-day in
the criminal court. Sullivan C. Case, q
jeweler aged g. years, is charged with rapinp
nine little girls, their ages ranging from Z to
IA years. Cases shop was on Morgan street,
and he had fitted up q rear room for the
special purpose of carrying out his designs
upon such little girls as he could entice into
his den. He had arranged certain me
cbanical devices for securing his victims
when once within his grasp, making them
owerless to resist his assaults. One day a
little girl was observed by the policeman on
the beat to emerge from Cases shop crying
bitterly. After some persuasion, she told
the officer that she had been enticed into the
back room, and there outraged. An ex-
animation showed her story to be correct.
Case was Immediately arrested, and the
diabolical contrivances captured. The in
dignation against Case was so great at the
time that he came near being mobbed before
he could be securely lodged in Jail. The de-
velopments that immedia' ely followed show
ed that Case had made a regular business OF
ehticing little girls into his room and out
raging them, nine appearing and confessing
that they had been his victims. The first
witness to-day was Officer William Klein
worth, who testified to seeing great many
little girls enter Cases residence, at No. 8O2
Morgan street, come out again acting as if
in pain, and sometimes crying bitterly. He
saw the prosecuting witness, Clara Crum,
enter Cases house, and he waited until she
left the house short time after. Clara was
sohbing and acting as if she was suffering.
The officer finally elected a statement from
the child. He accompanied the girl to the
Office of the board If health. DR.. johnson,
of the board of health, swore that he treated
the girl on the day mentioned, and he
thought she had suffered violence. DIR.
Jatres McClopton, whose Office is located on
the corner of Eighth and Morgan streets,
said: "There was q hole through which one
could look in and see Case. I looked
through this hole tit was large) and discov-
cred enough to crininate Case" L. F.
Mitchell testified to seeing the girl lying in
the wooden machine spoken of. During the
examination Case sat by the side of bis coun-
sci, aud tried to manifest as little concern
as p ,ssible, but the intense interest he took
in the pr'cet dings was evinced by tue nerv-
ous twitching of his sensuous Ii ps and the
involuntary moving to and fro IF the fingers
Of his right hand. With his left hand he
continually stroked his full gra, side whisk-
era. The prisoner is a rather good-looking
man, aud appears incapable of committing
such base and infamous crimes as those with
which he is charged, tut thus far the evi-
dence has been straightforward. and entirely
against the defendant. Conviction is Ger
tain on all the cases against the prisoner,
and it is barely possible that he can escape
an aggregate sentence that will insure his in
generation in the penitentiary for life.
Public feeling is SO strong against him that
he will be lucky if he finally escapes being
mobbed.