The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-06-27
A YOUTHFUL VILLAIN,
The Dastardly Outrage on FRIDAY
Evening.

On many occasions OF late TIE Hxz-
AID has called the attention OF the
parents OF this city to the danger at
tendaDt upon permitting their young
daughters to be out on the streets at
late and unusual hours OF the night.
where they are liable to meet with un-
desirable and disreputable acquaint-
ances, aad the Occurrences Of which a
young girl was the victim on Friday
evening should serve as q warning never
to be forgotten. 1t is seldom that one
b. ars, in this vicinity, at least, Of such
depravity as that displayed by young
Abe Benedict on the evening in ques-
ton. Accounts vary somewhat as to
where the meeting OF the young fiend
and his victim first took place, but il is
surmised that il was somewhere near
the Walker BroLbers' residences. where
q number Of people were watching from
the sidewalk. the lawn fete then in pro-
gress. Among them were he unlor-
tunate siri--a Miss A. Leffier-and q
companion OF the same sex. While
there thew were approached by two
yOaa6 ACas va RAVkf[A4y NOAs11s
one named Smith and the other
the Benedict mentione1 above S. it'll
il appears, was known to the girls, and
he introduc Benedict. After few
moments conve sarion, a stroll was
proposed, and the quarfette started out
together, Miss Letter accepting Dene-
diets arm They had not gone far.
the girl says, when she noticed that the
other couple had turned of in a differ
ent direction, and she made a PROPOSE
ton 70 her escort that they should re-
turn. He, however, insisted that they
had not gone far. and would soon return.
aud she consented to 60 on although. she
says, reluctantly, having a suspicion
that Benedict's intentions towards her
were n. a. honorable as they might
be. Through repeated urgiugS Oh the
part OF the youth. the couple reached a
point somewhere in the neighborhood
OF Liberty Park, and when the girl pro-
posed return 10 her home,
Benedict refused, and insisted
that she should enter the Park
enclosure with him, but to this she
objected, when Benedict, beginning
TO think that he bad been baked, in his
nefarious designs, became enraged and
threw the girl violently to the ground,
and held her there. declaring that II she
resisted him or made any outcry he
would Kill her. Fully realizing the des-
perate character OF the young fiend, the
girl made every effort to free herself
from the grasp of her assailant, but was
overcome and only freed when the
criminal designs OF the hardened youth
had been accomplished. As soon as
she was released the girl made her way
to the nearest house, where she related
the occurrence and was soon thereafter
accompanied to the residence of her
sister. where she has been staying for
sometime pas She was a pitiful object
when she reached the house named
Her clothing was almost torn from her
body and she was splashed with mud
from head to foot.
The matter was not heard of By the
police until yesterday morning, and as
soon as it did reach their ears. officers
we're put on the track OF Benedict, and
he was arrested in the afternoon on
complaint sworl out by the father OF
the girl.
Benedict appeared in court during
the afternoon, aud when Informed by
the court that he had right TO EMPLOY
counsel before making a plea, he said
he could be ready for examination BY
Monday. but on request of the prosecu-
ton it was deferred until Wednesday
week, and in the meantime the youth
languishes in jail. having been unable
TO furnish s. 900 bonds.
Benedict is not over II years of age.
and his victim is probably about Is, is Of
fair complexion and modest in appear
ance and dress and has been in the EN-
ploy Of the Walker House Laundry for
two or three years past. Her employer
speaks in the b CHEST terms of her con-
duct. which. he says, so far as he
knows. has always been OF the best. al
though she has at times. as is common,
with girls of her age. been inclined 10
be little thoughtiess.