Telegram-herald., 1888-02-24
THE DEED OF A BRUTE.
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Fer soms little tine there has essn RI
uofs of scaadAl Ia ths nsishssrhood "
Hesl L-0asrd st sad BFs41say All ths
blzlsezs mea 4ad rssi1ssss have cssa sElrre9
ap 10 q e0nsi israols sxlsaf ever LAs brutal
actisas u young grocsE In tast snd Of the
CITY. Abo11 q ye4r sgo A H0lland f.aIiS
nsned Ssrspsrt cane - this city snd
located On Broadway, Ia house oSasd -
Hsrman Schoosy. between Lsoaard snd
Crosby SIS TasFe arstsS oEishs little girls
"A TIE family, IsnnLs sssd nlns years. ana
HslJls aged ssysn-
CoFasllus De Corns is q yoanz msa Who
xas foImsriy In Iae saploy of Ar. oiegel
TIE grocer on West Lsoaarls -. he Hl2Efisd
abous a year snd : hAif ago and Re
n sss proprietor OF <-ssA Efocely ca TIE
c1fnsr ot BEoadNsy and Srcsss as, fssia-
NJ n Ias s.eoad story. vita his sifs.
The Attis 5tgspsrt giFls WAC hvsd almost
opposite tae store sooG became acquainted
slta "a C0ras. and ~ niis paying around
ia front ol hls store ne became quite iAal-
Lar uIla gas el1er oae. JsnEie- A4oas ia
Dscsnlosr one dzy Jennie returned hoaae,
cfying All Told heE mOtasr that De CoEns
I'D assaulted her her under garments
ssfs bzdI, torn aRd thsfs was evidence
thAt sle h4d been bruIally so0ssd. DE-.
Holden W4s called ia aud Le examined the
ehild, hndIag evidencs of violence 10 her
person
Ihs matter did lot become known
TO anybody outside OF the
fsmlly until little over = week sgo, ana
since Ia. une Il Las oSen quite freely dls-
cusssd.
A fes weeks ago the parents Of little Jen.
nis threatened - prosecuts De Corne, and
this Irlsntened-hin into making them an
Offer ~ seGtis the matter. de borrowed
s0me money aud, according 10 Mrs sta
perts story. offered her and ae< husband
,l00. and promised 70 paw lhem another
hundred as soon as DC could gel IT, This
they refused, aud yesterday aiternoon lieDe
SIraperI. the girls mother. entered CON-
plaint sgaiust De Corne before the Presecat-
Ing Attorney, ana under his direction 1t
Wa drawn. charging De Corne with having,
on Decsnoe -, 1881, feloniously and will
fully made az assault upon Jennie SuapefI,
a cn.ld under the age of IL years. and also
with taking Indecent and improper liberties
with her. The com plAinsns aliege tnat
more serious charges could be made
against De Corne, out under the new law
II the Iscls are brought out IN the
examination they cAn be entered IL Lhe com
plant 10 be used at MS tFiei.
Do Corns WAS arrested on the warrant oy
Detective Cast aud brought 10 Headquarters 5
about 5 clock last evealEg.
he was seen by = reporter and said that
be did not know what ne Was arrested Tor
until TIE crfcsr had explained IL 70 him.
What have you 10 say about the charge
made against your" asked the reporter.
Il dsn't know anything ~ all about IL, y
be replied.
"Do you know this little giri7"
II don't know her. 1 may have seen her
but don't know ything about Der or her
family. Yes. believe they lived near my
store for some time, bat / don't know
tbsm."
De Corns remained At Police Headqusr-
ters all night but he expects to give bail
this morning.
10 speaking of the matter to q reporter
for the IELxsRAx HERALD q few days ago,
Mr.. S.egei, the West Leonard-sr. grocer
said:
If the stories are true that have been
told me abaut De Cerne he ought 70 be
prosecuted. II the parsats OF this Guild are
wiling to settle the matter and let 1t drop
/ IN not de ought to De giyea a trial and
ii no one else will make com plant against
him | will. have little daugb teTs
growing up and / doa't want tnem
exposed TO the mercy Of such brute as he
must oe. If ne really committed this act"
This IA similar to the sentiments ex-
pressed by several other business men IN
that locality. aRd there is another story 60
ing toe rounds that DeCorne made al at
tempt upon a little girl only seven years
old some time last summer. 1t is also stated
that De made more than one attempt on
little Jennie Strapert. bat thi. Is not known
as a fact IS her parents will say nothing oil
the matter at present