The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-06
INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS
A Lecherous ScOundrel Arrested in the
Act of 0utraging Little Girl.
A Pair of Greensburg Lovers EIope-Spiritual
Detectives Locate the Dead Body of Miss
Mabbitt-EOtes and Gleanings.
A ScoundreI Captured in the Act of Outra.-
ing a Seven-Year-OldG Girl


ScoundreI Captured in the Act of Outra.-
ing n Seventeen Old Girl
Special to the Indianapolis journal.
EVANSVILLE, Sept 5-Thomas f. Dyson, a
hard-looking customer from BOonville Ind, was
arrested here to-day by the police while in the
act of committing an outrage on Fannie Benton,
sever-year-old girl. Your correspondent
endeavored to interview the brute in Jail to-
night, but all that could be elected from him
was he 'Did it because he wanted to-" 1t is the
unanimous opinion of all that he ought to be
given an air-dance and it would rot take much
talking tonight to raise a mob for that purpose.
Wonderful WeFlx of Spiritual Detectives.
LoganspOrt SPECIAL to Cincinnati Enquirer.
A pew and most startling sensation occurred
last evening at Young America and vicinity
in regard to the missing Lou MabDtt,
whose fate is still a mystery. Constable
futile, of this city. has for day or
two past been in communication with medium
living at Anderson, Ind who came here yester-
day and joined in containing with the spirits
with young woman medium living in this
place. After short time they declared that
Lou Mahhtt had been most foully murdered,
and that her body had been thrown in deep
pool or stream of water about sixteen miles
south of this city. Constable futile and the two
mediums then drove to Young America, pro-
cured small stand, and again called up the
spirits. who located the body of the missing
girl so infinitely that the citizens of that
little village proceeded at once to deep
hole in Deer creek, where the stand again
taken out and placed fifty feet from the creek.
The mediums again going into a trance. located
the place, whereupon the stand commenced to
walk on two legs to the waters edge, and, when
asked If it wished to go on. the stand at once
tilted in the water. IT WAS then taken one hun
dred feet below; it walked to the same place;
stand was then taken to the south side of the
stream They placing their hands it, it
came back to the stream on the opposite siie.
Then, asked if it wished TO go in. it turned
on the top and ffoated out IN the stream to
certain point. and there stopped until taken ont
in boat Taken below some twenty feet and
sent in again, it foated ont and upstream to
the same place, and whirled around and stopped
again.
Constable Tutt}e told your correspondent that
he and more than a hundred persons witnessed,
to them. this most unaccountable walking and
floating up. stream OF the stand. whereupon they
i'm proviSed some hooks for drag out of some
wire and commenced dragging the stream at
that place; that they did hook 70 two small pieces
of cloth or calico and some tangled moss, pro-
nonnced by the excited crowd TO be matted hair
at which time il was becoming too late and dark
10 search further. Some two hundred persons
having collected, they dispersed to make bet
ter preparations for dragging the stream and re-
sumo the search again this morning.
hidden, but Constable futile saws he knows
what he cav with his own eyes. and he beIieves
the body is there and will be found ana the $500
reward secured.