The sun., 1884-11-30
HATTIE HOLMES TORMENTED.
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terlous person or persons. who during many
months have not ceased to torment them. yet
who have eluded capture and even positive
Identification. Holmes and his wife arc Eng
llsh. and have lived on their little eight-acre
farm for seventeen years. They have married
sons and daughters and little girl II years Of
age. Their house IL . neat cottage with Man.
sard roof. and IL stands close up TO . lonely
country road and about two miles from West
field village. Holmes Is a carpenter and works
In the village. the work Of looking after the
stock and the growing vegetables on the little
farm falling In his absence upon his wife. This
accounts for her being away from the house SO
much and aHording their tormentor opportu-
nifty to perform his malicious pranks.
Besides their own 11-ycar-old daughter
Hattie. there lived with them all summer their
two granddauehters-Lillie. nged 10. who 10
weak OF intellect. and Ida. aged s. 1t was upon
these childron. especially upon Hattie. that the
tramp" vented his unaccoun table spite. Hattie
is rem %rcmsrka6iy bright, end hsndsome % little
soId her story yW With ccarness @ % and Without hes I
tation,, Mr.. Holmes had kept 10 little book 9
the dnts Of each visit
Tho first advent Of the tramp was on July 2s.
He cnme TO the house and acccosted Hattie in
the absence OF her parents. He asked various
ssrssS b. IL he
ssribss him M as wearing blue S Ovsrelis and and blue @
shist Hs was short: stout and and ,h had .. reddish
IN the s.rdsn ,rsnsp!an.ina iSrnips. her father
was IA the village et work. and her mother In
n s sss R S. Ses rs snms s so
hsaa Sss ss ss 'sna sn 9n a h w
ins: s So o Sioony that hs % %% ei % her
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hs dropped something; and as he stopped to
The wora @@
sent 70 Constable John Marsh at westleld. and
no, with Twenty-Five men sGcpred the woods
,,On Aug. the ehiid Hattie was sitting in the
denly a towel was c!"pptd over her mouth and
down with her head under tho sofa. She heard
her assatlant run rapidly across the back porch
and out OF the yard. She scrambled to her fect
A nbn, % AMI ,hs Ida sat on tho
mather BEING back in tho nod mi mix s ling and t tie
s ys 1s.n acs wGrs n
overshirf. navy blus cloth trousers with gray
on 'h9 kssGo and WAS iiSh,r in
fass sas s ss ss. hsssS1
the gIris' hoads so tight that they could not
sry 9p +, nnI @IynS arsi nr nr% It to the hack
All that hn said was. Now / have got you
This was when hs seized them. The girls
rscciSSi a sewers injury in the Side side. % FOR Which which
sh:. had to wear bnn,iaEos fora week;
selves" said Mrs. Holmes y. this noint in tho
narrative. 1T is nm, infamous faisehood. !
my lie. i was nosrly craay with tho ennst.nt
worry. !hevnr knew at what moment my c,il.
You hcar is as trao as The Bib" is In print. ' ''
Mrs Homes is q strong -feutur"i old indy
tsnng Mr. Homss res" npI"a ths ~' rea
ing of the diary. and Hattie told the details Of
each event as ho came 70 1t.
On Aug. IS tho programme WAS varied Mrs.
Holmes had locked the children in the honse
Hr for safety u IN her pkarn"e A. in the morning
window wera turned and a woman drosscd in
black appeared. she wore a hn"k cloth oyer
her hend and face. and after looking at tho lit
on Aug 90 iiatt'o. and lt,'s Ida worN nonc in
the house. and Hattie heard a noise on the roof
~ Thought it was the chickens. aha said
and ,T vent r up m TO , scare h hen % %awny They ty
rain Water bad. Iia fo'lowod ne ne" un 11 Stairs i.
AS soon as got up stairs cloth was wrapped
ail around my head. 1t was a black cloth. and
screamed. and seemed to be cin2ing to some
body's dress. who throw her off while carrying
This time Hattie was tied to o door latch in
the cellar 80 high above her head that she was
Of wood. When rescued she Was nearly sense sns
less with fright and pain. She did not recover
Aug. 20 being wet day. Mrs Holmes was in
Lille had been bad girl and was being pun
lying face. down across tho foot OF the bed.
poMss ifs La soshns that %sSS had
been been piled uP22a her 4 sheet was knottcd
On Sept. Lille and Ida. who were playing in
the sHr aG v o 1n:t Gansh BY the lille he
barrel half full OF feed that stood in tho eel
lar. IInttie was in the garden. and saw through
cellar She ran to lie fields and told her % moth.
er; who found tho little girls as deseribed. 1t
ths belief that thero would be me no FUR iurt4sr
that day at least. She had hardly bccn gone
twenty minutes before she heard cries. and re:
tIrGninG found the three children bound hand
deep pool. Hattie says the three were stand
Ing In tho bnck door, watching the chickons
bunch They WsIs tisS. s blInSiSldsd; snd !Sr:xa i
as i could BE- drawn from the force pump. -,
few wseks ago S.A herp psuseons fell T, upon
3sy Mh.n tas Rey ysH n % Se Moh
odist minister. is away in tho winter from his
house; near by. Fe!ter lives in it. and takes
care OF II. He married his stcpdaughter short
iy after the death of hi wife. Holmes got out
q search warrant and went through Felter's
like tho one tho children describe.
MIR. and Mrs. Feter denied Yesterday with
with Holiness troubles. Mrs. Felter said she
had seen strange man going away from the
Holmes was given to Frightening children. and
were unished for II.
Constable Marsh freely declares his lack Of
faith In the genuncness OF the alleged perse-
cutions. He thinks that they begin and end at
homo. Others In the village expressed similar
sentiments.
welcoming Gen. Logan aud his Yirc.