The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-07-17
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THE LEMARs RAPE CASE
DR.. Porter, 4 Lemars physician, has
been having a preliminary trial at that
place for drugging and forcing school
teacher, Miss Getaway, aged IS, on the
25th of May last. The Doctor got the
young lady into his Office, drugged her,
carried her to his led room and kept
her during the night. Miss Ottaway,
on the cross-cxamination, testified:
don't know how much [ drank. two
or three swallows, but did not get all
there was III the glass. [ asked him
what he was going to do, us | wanted
to do something. lie said he could not
go to StOkes' unless he walked there.
l am certain this was after l drank the
! wine. lie said he had taken too mucl,
trouble to get me there to let me 20
now. 1t WAS some 10 or Is minutes BE-
fore began to feel strange in my head.
told him would not think of staying.
lie said he would go into the next room,
and might lock the door. found the
door locked. lie said it was midnight
and had better stay. l knew [ was
almost crazy, any one would he when
their character was at stake. did not
go into the front room, and do not
know whether there was anybody in
there or not. lie told me | could not
help myself. did not cry for help; he
frightened me out of making any out
cry, because he said there was no one
OH the street, and if any came they
would be worse than he, as they would
be his friends. lie followed me, and
would not let me cry long, I went and
tried the doors several times. [ knew
something must lie done. [ made ap-
peals to him and told him it WIS mean
and cow;.rdly to treat me in that way.
lie said he knew it was. lie took off
my bonnet and pulled off my necktie
ard then commenced to unbutton my
cloak. was feeling very sick and diZ-
~. pushed his hand away. lie pick
ed me up and carried me into his beG-
room.
| was sick for a week after this llap-
pened, and more dead than alive. |
was never in his bedroom before that
| recollect of never laid on his bed
and went to sleep until the 18th of May.
l am positive OF this. don't recollect
the hat had Oh tie night 1 staye, at
the Revere house. think l had on Il
navy blue dress. I don't remember
how | wore my hair. The dragging
was done in the third room. did not
take my bonnet off myself. lie took
my gloves off because he said they made
my hands warm. The keys were not
III the door. Idon remember looking,
but should naturally have seen them
If they were, us WAS trying to get out
At first | thought it very distressing.
lie took me up III his arms and carried
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helpless. l tried to get down, and told
him he was cowardly, and [ used the
best OF my ability to get away. I did
best could. lie laid me on the bed
and commenced to take off my clothes.
tried to raise up. lie had his arm IL
cross my body and l could not get up.
I don't know whether he undrcssrd or
not. | know he got into bed. know
he had intercourse with me. l could
not think much, and had no idea what
he was going to do to me. The second
time WAS before morning, before | was
conscious. never had such sleep be-
fore; | was dull, stupid and heavy.
when [ got ont to Stokes 1 slept.
| walked to school and got one of the
girls to hear the classes for me.
should think it was between 3 and i
when | left his office. dressed myself
that morning. l felt sick and stupid
when went out to Stokes, and got
one Of the girls to hear the classes while
| got some shawls and laid down on
them. have stated all Of any import
ance that occurred on the 18th of May.
SAVED FROM nv AU'FCL
| FATE.
Cli"giny to the edge Of q Precipice-A
Thousand E1t Aboce the Arkunsus-
Sared by his Spirit Mother.
(Dcnver Tribune.)
Charles May and his brother Robert,
in the spring Of 1870, offered to pass GO,
900 railroad tics down the Arkansas
from the mountain source. lie says:
Our offer was accepted, when we
started into the upper entrance Of the
canon with large ski1f provided with
rope, with which, by taking a running
turn around some firmly planted Oh:
ject, VIC could lower our boat a hundred
feet at Il time. In this way, at the end
of three days, having set alrift many
hundred Ties, we reached the entrance
of the Royal Gorge. Here we discover.
ed that an attempt to descend the first
waterfall with two in Il boat was Ger.
: tain destruction, and to return was I'M
, possible. Accordingly, determined tc
lower my brother down the falls III the
boat, a distance OF 200 feet, give him the
rope and let him take the chance of the
, canon Qife seemed more certain in that
;; direction,) while would risk my phys
zeal ability to climb the canon wall
which was about two thousand feet
high.
About 10 o'clock in the morning
shook hands with my brother, lowered
him III the boat safely to the foot of the
fall, gave him the rope, and saw him ne
more. Then throwing aside my coat
hat and boots, and stripping the socks
| from my feet, commenced my climb
ing way, often reaching the height o.
one Or two hundred feet, only to bt
, compelled to return to try some Other
: way. At length, about O'Clock in thu
afternoon, reached Il height upon tht
, smooth canon wall of about II THOUSAND
, feet. Here my further progress was ar
rested by a shelving ledge of rocks thai
jutted out from the canon side foot 0,
, more. 10 advance was without hone
to return, certain death. Reaching IN
ward and outward, [ grasped the rim
of the ledge with one hand and ther
with the other, my feet slipped from thu
smooth side of the canon, and my bod,
hung suspended in the air Il th0usant
feet above the roaring waters of the Ar
kansas.
at that moment looked downward
, to measure the distance / would have t,
fall when the strength of my arms gave
OFT. A singing sensation crep1
through my hair us INV eve caught the
strong root Of i. cedar bush that pro
jected out over the ledge, little beyont
my reach. My grasp upon the III Of
the ledge was fast yielding to the weight
of my person. Then [ determined tC
make my best effort to raise nv bod,
Tand throw it sideways toward tic ROOT