New-York tribune., 1881-03-29
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

srRANGE STORY OF, ALLEGED OUfRAeE.
APPEARANCE IN COURT OF MISS cUSSisaaAsi, ".v =,
eaYs euR WAS TORTURED sY ThiEvhs ~
rpo.p pAYL,GHr-pougryuL POINTS OF The
INcIDrxr. -,
u,~s Nellie Cunningham. the young woman Tnc oc
alleged was found Na sasssssaT sss aan
1snsn,ec snneared at the Yorkylle Police Goal.
Yesterday morning TO prefer charge agaes AN robbers
y Tsmn who was recognized az one OF tne Ioppeso .
H., r; vnnnc woman was singuarly free fr9m any
,nsrks of violence for one who had been suplec.ea
TO such brutal Treatment hss s,iseds claim that
vs. wocI and wrists bear marks of the stout rope
r,th which she was bound. She seems 10 ps DOE
sessed Of considerable pnysG II feeling Exhausted and
iancmid She told Justice Murray how tne TWO roo. @
hers surprised her while she was 10 Iron. ~
sS;nating ber halr how they TIED Der hanus anu
sss ~ chair with clothes line and then fastened
fhe chair to sewing machine, and nnaliy now % uea
s.ries for assistance attracted tne VI %
thar inmafce in the house. She said the men di9
,,ot steal ANYTHING apparently because tney eonla
not find 40 ythng worth stealing She asserteu tna'
fbe ruiiiaus demand"d TO know wne,e A ~, .
snni,ed that Size did not know that he had any.
when she discovered that the object OF tneIr ruae n
mission mercenary one sSe sne nessessed fhey
tsiv stoi beside her as she searched her pockets.
INT when she offered them all her ready casha lew
sensthey rejected the offer with scorn anu
70 compronise on any such terms. ,,ora
Whiie the robbers and the Young woman were
thus chatting together the neignpoIs were
t,v fhe ond conversation and ner occasional screas
Ind the burglars fed through the scuttie. .,o
z The young woman ldentiIed Camp as one ol @ cne
robbers. She declared in the most poslnv LIVE nnT
That She eould not be mistaken because Camp oniy
lived two houses from her, and that sne saw MN .
nsssing the house nearly every day. Inc asaau. ,nn
She declared, occurred about 3ov p M was az we'll
Known to her and had lived in the vicinity for years
lie made no effort 10 conceal his face owing 10 inc
Weakness OF the complaint further examination was
neeasseJ nnttl fhis afternoon. In the meantime
Jmstice Murray held the prisoner IN @loVOO palI.
Camp was seen IN his cell iaser III ,ne uay. i; o .
. MISUNDERSTANDING man and does not appear IKE
gerson who would become partner IN sucn nrutai
pntraoe He is small in stature, OF slender ngure,
with rddy but thin drssssd iaes ana neay and created
savorabIe impression. He denies all knowledge SI
fhe alleged assault and claims that ne was az woLA
Mi day Saturday In ST. BartholomeWs S,Ias SnSIcp.
where heis employed as an engineer. He declares
that he was attending TO the boilers IN tne aIefoon
md helping Mrs Mckenzie the sn 20
in the afternoon at about and o'clock. he slepC
i'm his own house that night and maoe no attepe W
keep away from the m gu oces While stand
-; in front of his house. and asked to go up STAIRS
to ace s,ck woman. He asked the reason 1or such
invitation but the SceT abs oeer and
tha woman who was sti!l suffering from tne aIeGeo
shock went through some motions whlch WeIo r ~,
iernreted@ TO be an identification OF camp as one
of ber mn Welcome visitors the afternoon before
The theory of the defence is that the assaulI was
never committed. 1t s lntenueu 10 ptoFo en"V w
woman is subject to attacks of hysteris and that
her statements are the result Of sckness, 70
~, i, ,,srsSn Who claims to have found her In the
annleasant position In which the robbers left @ her
Is IL positive that he saw real rope tled around ner
That sic was fastened real chair which In turn
was firmly secured to real sewing machine. de
denies that his niece subject to fits OF hystera ana
declares that she tells truthful story OF Dratai
one of the robbers. The police seem 10 agree with
Eagan and are searching for the other robber
T'he woman was attended yesterday by DE-. Milne:
ue se,S that her neck was bruised and swollen and
that there were marks of q cord ON her wrist where
she had been tied She suffering, he SAID, from
nervous prostratlon. The Rev. Father Begiey also
visited her.