Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-03-26
TIrp. GAGGED AND HANGED.
,u.. AIdridge Tells How it Feels to be
suspended from Tree.

Miss Georgia Aldridge, the victim of
atrocious assault at the hands Of an
.ntnovn rutiian. in Windsor, ILL.,, who
',tempted to take her life by twice
s.n'rinc her. is considerably worse.
.nJ fears are now entertained that she
iii NOT recover The relapse is due TO
,Lo ,rrpat number of visitors at the house.
rboy we're not admitted to the room.
bnt she knew that they were at the
Sonso and could hear them. Her state.
mept Of the outrage, obtained as soon
as she had recovered sufficiently to tell
! n is as follows:
~ had been sitting alone reading and
sevino in my room all the evening up
10 about 5 30 o'clock, when / heard an
rrrsual noise in the kitchen. | was
friobtencd. but tried to calm myself
with the thought that it was the cat.
IN 4 few minutes the noise ceased, but
there seemed to be a disturbance at the
barn Thinking that the COW had got
into the corn crib | summoned courage
enough To start out to the barn to nut
matters right. had only reached the
door when a man stepped up behind
me. threw q shawl over my head and
threw me to the ground. / cried for
belp. but he thrust mud into my mouth.
Not being able to stitle my cries by that
means. he thrust corncob down nv
throat and bound it to its place with nv
veil. which had thrown over my head.
Occasionally he would speak to me in
language | dare not repeat but all the
tine he spoke in whisper, so that |
could not possibly recognize his voice.
II did not see his face and only have
an idea Of his size He was big man.
He then bound my hands and tied the
heavy bricks to them. Up to this time
was conscious. but unable to make an
alarm because Of the gag, and so badly
scared as to be unable to successfully re-
sst the fiend's powerful arms. He had
been drinking, for could smell whiskey
on his breath. | seem to remember that
while | was hanging he was in the
house doing something-I don't know
what The string broke. and | fell to
the ground on the pile of bricks beneath
the tree. He came back and hung me
up for the second time. How long |
was suspended | don't know. ] can re-
member my brother coming whistling
along by the tree and his cutting me
down. | think that the man must have
run away whom he heard the whistling
could not speak. 1t seems all like a
horrible dream to me now Thank
God, the worst is all over now, and that
the villain failed in his purposes"
The young lady still suffers great
bodily pain. There seems to have been
a blow upon the head, and when she
fell she received some ugly bruises.
She also has pain in her chest. There
have been no arrests made as yet The
letter which the brute wrote and left on
the room floor may prove an i'm
rarf a,si'ss'ls.a. / is4now in the hands of
experts who believe they can identify
the writer. The town and county
authorities will offer a suitable reward.
The Governor will also be requested to
)ffer a reward.
A singular unfortunate incident fol-
ows the outrage. The wife of near
leighbor heard Miss Aldridge's cry Of
distress. She was frightened so badly
hat she swooned away and has been ou'
If her mind most of the time since
ae condition is considered critical.