Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-08-31
o4ARoFD WITH RAPE.
o,..r Case From North wheel

ing. 80
I.a evening, 10 the reporter 49,
wandering around in se,lvn .d thsf
might turn up, he vas in,o so-srds
provided be would hie hiIn,La s,,;ke :
'Soulre Phillips Office be wou'1 vh;ch
horsnss. In the shape Of . case IN wnJ
|. Certain North End man was cn:t
nth committing Q rape on Q htuesO
flat section Of the city. .oon
Ths off;ce Of the Justica was sooI
.s.chad, where the Squire was Ioure
...;s;no the arrival OF the prisoner. =. Z.
noments Constable j. r: on
Ms,srs entered, having in charge Cn iss
t;sn Rateb. a person who livss on '.S
r;xar in a shore boat at the ioo' "
Fourth street. .h. nroee-
cutting parties could not oe mel o,is n
morning, and the man not oe'nk III his
Owe So 600 bail Was locked up NV" I'D I'D
morning. After that ceremoh? ..is
been performed. the reporter hau 80
~;,h the constable, who told Q story ~
the eff.c, that he had been situAg ~
t,n,t nj Phillips Office about seven
n,ciock, when Henry Henneman anu
Joe Wooster came down and SAID tnats
- - he;ne committed and asked for
/. rs,rsnt One was issued and put IN
S;s h.nds. He then went up to Nortn
Wheeling and found Officer Price an.
ons or two others watching the boat.
He demanded admission, when s .so
refused, and he then broke doSn .nS
door. Chris was q little drunk, anu w;
threatened to shoot, but WAS many
Jnced TO get out OF bed, dress anu &c
com nsny the officer to jail. While ~
the Thrrfooat Officer st. Myers plckeo
up a child's bingham bonnet tna' TIC
found there. w.a
Aner hearing this story car was
taken and North Wheeling was soon
reached. Henry Henneman was then
;nterviewed and said, that he and iour
companions had, shortly after SIX CLOGS
oone down TO see Chris. They found
him in the boat house and the little glii.
Ricka Hoschroth was also there. NhIas
was somewhat drunk and ordered tne'i
out, in fact showed them out ana iockeu
the door. They we're laughing ana Jok,
inc among themselves when the souna
of acme one CRYING was heard inside the
boat. The windows next to the shore
we're curtained and they got IN SKIN
and went to the other side OF the boat.
I'bey could see BY the window there, 30
thew saw, the pedal extremities OF Cnris
feet AZ he lay in his bunk and couid near
Ricka CRYING. They demanded that the
child be released, but were told TO go
away or there would be some shooting
done in that vicinity.
Mr.. John Sweeney then came along;
and, learning the state OF affairs, started
for an officer. Meeting Price he sent
him down, and Price sent for warrant
vbile lie watched the place.
Presently the child appeared ana was
stoned by the officer. She denied hav'
ing been crying, although her eyes were
red. She, in reply to Q question asked
by "Duck ,""What did he give you that
dollar for?" said that Chris. had given
her that il she would return q pocket
book of his, which she had taken.
After listening TO these rather vague
stories the reporter climbed up on 10
Market street and thence up Alley I'M
iii he arrived at the home oil the child
parents.
Charlie HosChroth Is an empioye Oh
the Top mill, and he and his wife, who
both appear TO be respectable people
secuted the idea OF any outrage having
been committed. They expressed
sorrow over the fact that
Chris. was behind the iron bars,
and then woke up the little girl. She
is about ten years old and small for her
age, being only about Is inches tall.
although rather chubby. She said that
she had not been crying. that Chris had
not had his hands on her, and that he
was good man. She had gone down
to get the washing. and Chris had done
nothing at all to her.
This was about all that could be learn.
ed, and the reporter found out the
following facts among North End
citizens: The little girl Ricka is, 30 il 10
said, u regular tomboy, goes in swim
ming with the boys, will lie, and IL a
rather bad case generally. She also has
a habit of hanging about Chris boat
house q good share Of her time
Batche is, when sober, q Rood.natured
fellow. who lives on boat named Lou
Weitzall, that is mOored at the foot oil
Fourth street.
What will be done with the case re.
mains to be seen.