, 1884-11-21
A VANISHED VAGABOND.
A Man Charged With an Unpardon-
able Crime Escapes.
A Party of Avengers Make a Fruit
less Search.
The Ends of Justice Defeated by a
Premature Exposure.

A horrible and nameless crime, SO mex.
cusablc and repulsive that all people re-
gardit with horror was recently committed
in this city. The one who is accused Of
this awful crime has not been arrested
and. in all probability. viii never be pun
ished by the law. Warned Of his con
templated arrested, on account Of the IN
excusable publicity given the matter by a
newspaper, the man has fed and will
doubtless neve return to this city.
Several days since a woman, Mrs
Alice Hupp by name, made a complaint
that one John Scott had committed a re-
voting assault upon her little daughter, a
girl only eight years Of age. A warrant
was issued for Scott's arrest but before it
was served the Sun. violating its pledges
in the premises, gave the matter publicity,
Scott was thus warned that the officers
were on his track and be hastily fed to
parts unknown. A morbid desire 10 pub
lish an item has again resulted in the es-
cape of man accused of the worst crime
known TO the moral law and Que that is
punishable with death, in some States.
The story of the erisae, shom Of It's re-
voting particulars so far as possible.
is as follows: Mrs. Hump came to
Cheyenne three years ago. Her
husband was a carpenter by trade
but was one of those happy-golucky
fellows, q sort of modern Rip Van Win
kle, who had n knack of being ont of en-
ployment most Of the time. Mrs. Hupp
supported the family by doing washing.
and struggled along until some three
months ago, when Hupp left the city un-
der circumstances similar to those which
are familiar in connection with the legend
of the Kaatskills. After her husband had
left. Mrs Hupp continued to earn a live
| hood for herself and child by competing,
SO lar as possible, with the heather mo
nogolists in the washing business. Among
those who brought her soiled clothes to be
deansed was a man named John Scott, a
man whose ambition was satisf d with the
sphere of n night ~watchman at the slaugh-
ter houses of the Wyoming Meat Com
pany,
Friday afternoon Mrs. Hupp was away
from her house for about and hour. Dur-
ing her absence Scott entered, ostensibly
for the purpose of getting the washing he
had left there during the beginning Of the
week. The little girl was alone. and the
crime. as charged. was then committed.
Several DAYS passed. and the child. who
had been complaining Of illness, was
forced to take to her led An
Investigation of the sickness resulted in
a discovery Of its nature. and then
the girl related the part;culars Of the
crime. When asked whv she had kent
the matter secret she said that Scott had
said he would kill her If she mentioned If.
and she was afraid to tell. fearing his ven
ceancc.
A reporter ofTHE LEADER was present
last evening when the attending pbysi-
clan visited the child. He pronounced
her worse than when he last saw her.
while a fever had been added to the com.
plications of her illness.
The complaint. upon which a warrant
could be issued, was made before Judge
Fisher, Tuesday afternoon. and the war
rant was issued "Wednesday. The partic-
ulars Of the case were known to the par