Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-12
HORRIFYING.
A efrible Tale Related by Girl of Ton
Years of age.

I
Years of age.
saeclsl to the Gazette.
JEFFERSON, TEX, April II The fol-
lowing Is detailed history OF the terrible
crime Of rape reported yesterday, from
the county attorney, L. S. Schluter:
received Information about ten days
ago that T. Deilman and his grown son,
Gus Deilmau, were using an orphan child
whom Deilman had taken 10 his home TO
raise) to satisfy their lusts. The child, a
delicate girl of ten years, had impaired
this knowledge to some Of the neighbors,
and also to 8 German whom Deilman
had employed ON his place, and
it was from this source that
received my information, after which
began TO devise some plan
whereby the child could be taken from
Deilman's and brought to my office, where
could interrogate her in the presence OF
witnesses, advising my informants at the
same time to keep lookout over the
child and the movements of the parties,
ana to bring the child to town as early as
possible. This morning the German who
worked at the place saw the older Dell
man take the little girl into his DELL
man's) room, Deilman's wife having pre-
NtO1c1 ERut W tONh W uAhSAs 1hAc
excited the curiosity of the German, who
determined to surprise Deilman in the
'act" II possible. He went to the door,
tried to force it open, but found it locked
on the inside He then we around to a
window, through which he saw Deilman
hiding in corner of the rJDm. Finding
1t impossible to gain entr4ace into the
room, he went to a neighbours and re-
lated what he had seen, and asked his as
sistance in getting the girl away from the
plsc- TO town, which they did, reaching
my Office about half past 10 O'Clock this
morning, when the little girl made the
following statement in the presence of
witnesses;
'tMy name is SaIlie owens. | was
ten years old last September.
hsye lived at Mr.. Deilman's for
three years. My father and mother
are both dead. On Saturday before last
March the %, $50, and for two years be-
| fore that time Gus Deilman has regular
[ ~ once every week compelled me to do
what he said there was no harm in doing,
| there detailing series OF outrages too
! Indecent for publication Gus Is over
| twenty years Of age. told Mr.. Deilman,
1 GUS pa, what he had done, but Mr.. Deli
man did not do anything about it, Gus
/ has often whipped me to force me to do
his bidding In this way. The last time
( anything of this kind occurred was last
4 Saturday week. Two weeks ago to-day
( Gus threatened TO beat me If l told his
ma. He has been using me this way
nearly ever since I've been there. This
morning old Mr.. Deilman took me into
his room, when he forced me to submit to
{ his passions while he held me down.
4 Joe (the Germany came 10 the door and
/ tried 10 open 1t, and Mr.. Deilman went
into a corner of the room and told me to
get up and get the broom and sweep out
the room, aud to tell Joe that he DELL
man was not in the room. The old Mr..
I Deiiman has used me in this way twlce
before in this last month. |
never told Mrs. Deilman anything
about it because l vas afraid OF
Gus, and afraid she would whip Inc toe.
told Joe (the German about 1t after he
saw ME aud Gus come down out Of the
nay loft, where Gus haG taken me for his
purpose
DIR. l. G. EsSon mace an examination
OF the child, the result 1T which cor
roborates the Statement OF the girl.
+. Deilman and his son have always
borne yerS good rep alton in this com.
munity. The revelal Of this infamy
has startled the people