The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-26


= rERRieLE CRIME.
| 4 xe~ng Lady 81 Upsa n.y. vlndissivs
| RuGAln % Witnesses. m. "a Bound.
| Gagged ard Hanged % = Cherry Tree
| Timely Rescue By = brother % the vlo-
| tin--rhs Yeung L.say IN : Prscarious
| Condition. 4M
WINDSOR, ILL.,, Feb. l4.-Miss Georgia
| Aldridee, daughter OF II. H. Aldridge, Of
| this village, had narrow escape Friday
evening from being hung BY an unknown
villain. She was left It home alone, her
father and mother having gone 70 church.
About nine O'Clock, hearing disturbance
ct the barn. she stepped outside 70 Sc
about Il. She was seized BY the scoundrel
in waiting. His evident object was to
Outrage her. fierce struggle ensued In
which the lady tainted from sheer ex-
haustion. Her assailant then gagged her
BY thrusting = corn cob down her throat
and binding 10 to it, place with vail.
Her hands were pinioned and heavy
bricks tied to them. Her apron was torn
into strips, and with the strips used with
the strings As halter, she was hung up
to . limb Of cherry tree, her
feet being three inches from the
ground. In this condition she was
left hanging TO the tree. She must
have been hanging there some twenty or
thirty minutes when her condition was
accidentally discovered BY her brother,
who was on his way to his own home, Z
block further on. Hearing . noise - Of
some one in distress. he entered his faith
er's yard. He Was Mortified to 1nd hang
ing to the tree the apparently lifeless
body Of his sister. II was quickly cut
down BY him and carried indoors Her
body was cold, but the presence Of very
feeble pulse assured him that life was not
yet extinct. Physicians were quickly
called, and active restoratives applied.
After two hours rubbing and applications
Of hot irons she began TO show
signs Of reviving. In the moments Of
reviviu9 she would shrek: "Oh,
that man! That man. III die hrst! God
help mel" All day she laid In stupor
betwixt life and death. Her nervous sys-
TEN had received such shock that II may
be days and weeks before she will regain
her right mind and he able TO give . clear
account Of her trials. She must have
been hanging By the neck for several min
utes. On the door Of the room which she
occupied was found mote evidently writ-
ten BY the would-be ravisher alter he had
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! the monsnts Of excitement following ne
killing. No arrests have oeen maze.
| Strong suspicious ere directed Against =
1 Windsor man. Tne evioences wnne
| strong, 70 purely q : c'rcumstans'a'
| nature. Il important q nesI
\ the young Iadys account tnss
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