St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-14
IA Young Man of Maple Grove Arrested,
q Charged with Assembling Lit
tie Girl
Louis Larson of Litchfeld Gets Drunk
on Flour City Whisky and is
Robbed Of His Purse.
a Peculiar Divorce Suft--RevivaI OF
the Report of the Millers' Asso-
citation Dissolution.
The Story Abroad that the Chambers
Visible supply Reports are Wide
of the Mark.
DEViLlsEI DEED.
A Young Girl ut Maple Grove Bru-
tally Outraged.

Yesterday afternoon County Attorney
Davis issued warrant for the arrest OF
Louis Marseilles, Frenchman living at
Maple Grove on a charge of outraging
Johanna Hanson, an l1-year-old Norwegian
girl. living near there. The warrant was
placed in the hands of Deputy Sheriff Bax-
fer. who at once left for Maple Grove. The
crime is alleged to have been committed
Tuesday morning. and is one of those
cases where justice. in the course
of law. will be meted out
to the offender, if captured, in q decidedly
summary manner. Little Johanna is the
daughter of an intelligent Norwegian
farmer living near Maple Grove, and has
for some time past been attending school
there. After kissing her mother goodbye
Tuesday morning she started out for school
in happy mood, singing as only an inno-
cent child can sing. An hour later she
came rushing into the house again, her
long, yellow hair flying around her head,
her face pale and her eyes trimming over
with tears. She cast herself into her moth
er's arms, sobbing bitterly and moaning
with pain. Her mother finally succeeded
in ouieting the hysterical child, and got
from her lips the following story;
The child, in taking a short cut across
the fields to the school house, which stood
at some distance from her parents resi-
dence. had become lost. While wondering
which Way TO turn, she had seen Louis Mar
settles blowing in the next field. She went
to him and asked him the way to the school
house. which he said he would show her.
Leaving his horses, he took her hand and
led her in the direction of patch OF woods.
Upon reaching the thick wood, the child
said. Marseilles threw her upon the
the ground placed one hand over her mouth
and accomplished his fiendish purpose.
A moment later, she said, he threatened
her with death if she made any noise or
ever told any one what had happened.
The child lay on the ground for some time
after MarseilleS left her, unable to rise.
When she regained her feet she ran direct
ly home and informed her mother of the
occurrence. a physician was called in,
who examined the girl, and on his teSti-
mony the warrant was issued. Mr.. Hanson
is nearly insane with anger and grief, and
it is feared he will make short work of
MarseilleS in case he gets his hands on him.
Marseilles, the alleged tiend. is the son of a
fairly well-to-do family at Maple Grove,
and has lived at home and helped around
the farm. He has always been looked upon
as a trifle fast, though no one has ever said
anything, as far as known, against his
character. The inhabitants of Maple
Grove are mainly French, and excitement
runs high. The Hanson child is rather
pretty. She has brother in this city, who
called at the police station, and in broken
voice asked if MarseileS had yet been ar
rested.