Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1879-09-14

Last Tuesday night an outrage
was attempted young lady res
ident of San Juan, which for atroc-
ity and deliberate design is but
little exceeded by the late Wheat
land horror, though in this latter
instance the victim fortunately es-
capped without serious injury. The
facts briefly stated are as follows:
Miss Lilly CFaue and her escort,
George Rue, were returning in a
buggy from Gilroy, where they had
been attending a performance of
PIuafore. Between II and Il o'clock
they were about two miles from;
San Juan, the horses Jogging quiet
ly along, when II man ~prang from
the road ride to the horses heads,
aud, grasping the bits, ordered Rue
to drop the reins, emphasizing the
demand by presenting II cooked re.
volver at the head Of the astouish-
Ell and frightened young man. The
horses were stopped, when the in
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new came around to the side of the
buggy and ordered him to get out,
threatening il he refused to blow
his brains out. Rue descended and
started rapidly toward San Juan for
assistance. Tue scoundrel then
climbed into the buggy,aud holding
Miss Crane with one arm, with the
other headed the horses toward Gil.
roy, and drove rapidly in that dIfec
ton. After going abouta mile
A GROVE OF oSAGE ORANGE TREES
Was reached, to one of which the
villain hitched the team and then
attempted to outrage Miss Cranes
person. The young lady fought
bravely and succeeded in prevent
ing him from accomplishing his
purpose. Miss Crane was rapidly
growing weak and could not have
held out much longer, when the
! welcome sound OF wheels was
heard. The scoundrel made des-
perate attempt to drag her over the
fence into an adjoining field, but
becoming alarmed at the young
laJy's screams, dropped her, aud
leapiug the fence, was SOON lost Ia
signtin the underbrush. The ap.
proaching carriage contained Ern'
est Y ,netia and u young lady from
San Juan, who had also been in at
tendauce at the ENTERTAINMENT
Miss Ciaue was assisted into the
buggy aud Zinetta drove back t.
Snrgenps Station. Frank Ross
sheriff Of San Benit0 county, was
found here, and on being Informed
Of the circumstances, quickly col
lected posse and started
IN PURSUIT OF The WRETCH.
He was captured few hundred
wards from the scene of the at
tempted outrage. He was re-
coxniZed by one of the party al
SulfaranO Fallen of San Jo,e half
breed Spaniard and n rejected low
8 err of Miss Crane. He Is u marriei
man, though his wife lately lief
, him on account of i'll treatment
, Sheriff Ross started with his pris
oner for San Juan, but meeting
. Deputy Sheriff Gross on the way
/, who had been sent in pursuit b.
:. Rue, he delivered Fallon to him
a who soon after safely lodged tn
/ fiend in the San Juan jail. Tn
n affair created great excitement OF
being known, and fearing an at
tempt would be made to lynch tn,
prisoner, the Marshal concluded Il
70 take him to the County Jail TO
% safe keeping. He seated him in
: buggy, but just as they were abou
. to start, Fa1lon ieaped from tn
!, vehicle and jumped on hors
= standing near by, made his escape
= A dozen men, well armed, starte,
q In immediate pursuit, with the lie
= termination of catching him.
n - DEAD OR ALIVE.
y Even should the officers who start
~ ed succeed in overtaking and bring
O. ing him back, public feeling is $
!. strong that IL IL feared some stron
= m easures will be taken. Fallon
o tabout thirty years of age, and q
h the death of his father some fe,
. years since, was left quite wealthy