Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-31
Roger OlOugh Relates His ExperI- ence With the Pretty Girl of the

Roger C1Ough Relates His Exper1- ence With the Pretty Girl of the Winchester Armory.
 Early last evening man about thirty years of age, about five feet seven inches tall, with 1 thin cut features, sallow complexion, deep set eyes and with heavy black beard and moustache, neatly dressed, came slowly into the editorial rooms of this office, and after
 looking around, in very mild tone of voice began: 'I am Roger Clough, of No. 258 Munson street, and want you to correct the 1 statement made in your paper Tuesday | morning concerning the matter about the young lady, Miss Minnie Adams, and my self" MT. Clough then quietly seated him self in one of the office chairs and c .ntinued: 'I have been married for about seven years and have four children living and I am toolmaker and employed in the gun mak- | ing rooms at the Winchester armory. Miss Minnie Adams, who is pretty girl about 1 eighteen years old and the one who has tried
 to make trouble between my wife | and myself, is employed in the cartridge department at Winchester's. Soon after we moved into Munson street and I went to work at the shop, my wife mo- | ticed that this girl used to follow me home from the shop, as she went down the same street did. The girl would proceed little
  l while turn around and try to catch my eye, but never knew much about flirting myself and never paid any attention to her whatever and never looked at her more than I would at any other person. When my wife found it out she thought as if it looked as if the girl was trying to inter fere between us, and so we went to Prosecut- ing Attorney Cable, and after we told him about how matters stood, he wrote a letter to Miss Adams telling her not to follow me or to interfere between myself and wife or she would get herself in trouble. The next day, however, I noticed that she was after me just the same, but she never spoke to me at any time, and, at the shop that day heard reports that her uncle, real fighter who carried knife, was going to thrash me. The impression also came to my wife that the girl was going to spite it out on her, and when she started to go to the store on the corner of Dixwell avenue and Munson street Tuesday evening she said that man followed and chased her and waited around the outside of the store until she came out and then chased her again, and she came around Henry street way to get rid of him.
 then went down to police headquarters and told them that wanted police protection for
 my wife, and did not say that wanted any
 for myself, as, although am no fighter and
 don't carry knife want to fight with
 them I am not afraid of anyone and only
 wanted police protection for my wife, and as
 one of the police officers said he was going
 up that way I went along with him, which.
 was how the police officer went with me-"
 Officer Doolittle, who accompanied MT.
 Clough home last Tuesday evening, states
 that the latter told him that the girl was
 trying 10 get his money away from him, and
 as three girls passed the couple on Dixwell
 avenue one of them turned to Clough and
 said "I am afraid you'll steal me-"
 I suffered from rheumatism the most ex-
 cruciating pain for three months, lost flesh