The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-03-02

him, subst ntially the same as that
heretof re published in the BAzoo.
Charles Turley and William Gil
bert, the next witnesses called, testi-
feel in effect hat the girl received the
advances of OBrien With no demur
whatever; in fact, seemed to be the
first t, commence lascivious opera
tons.
THE VICTIMS STATEMENT.
Matilda Kutchinski, the alleged
victim of 0 Bri MS lust, was next
placed on the stand. She was con-
siderably frightened, and this fact,
toget er with her dense ignorance,
rendered il almost impossible to
secure any ineligible statement from
her. She said that she first met the
man down town and that he offered
her money to submit to his desir. g..
She had no idea of The amount, but
said that it was small piece of silver
money. She said that she and her
little sister were on their way home,
when they were overtaken near the
culvert by OBrien. He seized her
and throwing her down, attempted to
accomplish his purpose, but was I'M
successful. She said that she cried
and would have cried louder had she
not been fearful that the man would
It. ike her. She was Intercepted as
to her fo'mer record for virtue, as to
whether she had ever had similar re-
lations with young boys as has been
alleged, but this she denied. The girl
has anything tut an attractive
countenauce, and how she could ex-
cite the lust of the most lecherous of
men is hard, indeed, to surmise.
THE GIRLS AGE
Under our statutes, cohabi alton
with girl under twelve years of age,
even though she consent, constitutes
rape, bence this was very important
point in the case. The father, a very
ignorant Polander, was placed upon the
,tand 20 testify as to his daughters
age. He said that she was born De
cember 9Th, 1874. The attorneys for
the defence were 10th to yield this
point, and asked for subpoena duces
tecum for a record which the witness
said he had kept of the birth of his
seven children. The county attorney
objected, but the subpoena was finally
issued, and the court took a recess
until the record could be obtained
Finally "the record" was produced
and it proved to be sained and
faded leaf from q memorandum book,
from which it would be very hard for
slickest kind of an expert to Sc
cure much information. After fgur-
ing and wrangling over this for some
time finally it was agreed to give the
matter up as bad job.
This concluded the testimony for
the state and Mr.. Lamm said
that he would rest his case. The de-
tense introduced no testimony, and
TIL justice announced that the pris-
oner would be held to the criminal
court for an attempt to commit rape.
THE QUESTION OF BOND
was next considered. The attorneys for
the prisoner announced that their client
could not give a larger bond than
5000, and argued Il at as the case had
turned out, they thought that bond
in excess {. f 5000 would be unjust.
the county attorney opposed this, and
demanded bond commensurate with
8 crime which, although it had not
been proven rape, was equally as bad,
and would suffice to drive the dis
graced perpetraror into the brush and
jungles, in ord that be might hide
himself from the gaze of outraged
decency. After several speeches by
attorneys the justice announced that
he would fix the bond at $500, in de- |
fault of which the prisoner was re-
turned to Jail.
THE PRISONER
Martin O'Brien, who has brought |
such deep and lasting disgrace upon
himself by bis lecherous conduct, is
said to have previously borne
an excellent reputation at
Sitter, Missouri. As has been previ- /
ously stated, he is q railroad man, and
all last season filled q responsible posi-
ton rs foreman of railroad construc-
ton, having about four hundred men
under his supervision. His brother
in-law, Mr.. John O'Donell, of Safer,
was in the C ty Tuesday to arrange
for and to furnish means for The de-
tense. Mr.. O'Donell says that
OBrien, whose wife and four children
resi- 'e at Slater. is an excellent man
a d has always heretofore enjoyed the
respect and esteem of large circle of
l. La x,,lar,