Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-05-22
INHUMAN TIRE TMENT I.
A WYOMING WOMAN SUBJECTED TO
THE PASSIONS OF A brute.

Lee May Drags His Mistress Through the
sandhills for Seven Days and Nights His
Final Act the Cutting or of Her Nose
Offlcers Now in Close Pursnit--An Inn
prompts Neckte Party Probable.
Ten days ago Lee May, better known as
.sDogie, left Casper, Wyo., for horse
back ride In company with a woman named
Lou Polk. Saturday the woman reached
Douglas nearly dead from hunger and ex-
posure, and with her entire nose cut off, a
most pitiable picture OF exhaustion and
mutilation.
Lee May was proprietor Of dance house
at Casper and for the past six months Lou
Polk, a handsome young woman, has been
living with him as his mistress. They
quarrelled and the woman left him and
came to Douglas, where her mother lives.
The woman owned an interest In the dance
house and on the pretext Of buying her
out May induced her to return to Cas-
per, and on the evening Of her arrival there
both went out for horseback ride When
out of sight Of town May drew his revolver,
seized the bride rein Of the horse of his
companion, and with the declaration. that
he was "geing to kill her" rode in the sand
hills for seven days and nights. The
woman was dragged about the country,
lightly clothed, never allowed to leave her
captor even for moment, compelled to go
without food of any kind for three days at
time, lying on the bare ground at night,
and told almost every hour of each day and
night that her journey would end with
hn~ -
tain canyon. Twice the woman broke
away, but was recaptured after May had
emptied his revolver at her twice. May
shot calf and the two ate the raw meat,
and once a rabbit, which they toasted.
Rain and snow fell most Of the time, and
although May was provided with an over
coat and slicker, he refused to share either
with the woman, and laughed and jeered
at her suferings. During all of this time
the sheriffs of Natrona and Converse coun-
ties were in search of the fugitives and
armed with warrant for May for horse
stealing.
The woman says that one time Sheriff
Jaycox passed within few yards of them,
but May had a gun pressed against her
head and swore he would kill her if she
made the least noise.
May finally met cowboy friend, who ad-
ylsed him to give up the stolen horses and
send the woman home, which May agreed
to do. The cowboy took the horses and
set out for Douglas and May and the
woman walked to ranch near by. May
telling the woman he was sorry for what
he had done and would send her to Doug
las next day on the stage.
Saturday morning May went out into a
pasture with the ranchman to get a. horse
for the woman to ride over to the stage
road, and after catching the animal May
drew his gun and told the ranchman if he
followed him back to the house he would
kill him. The ranchman set out fer q
roundup of cattle few miles away, while
May returned to the house and after sad
ding the animal went inside and told the
woman he was going to cut off her nose
and put out one OF her eyes.
I'm going to make you SO id ugly"
he said, that no other man will ever look
upon you again."
The woman begged and pleaded, but
May only laughed at her.
A terrible struggle ensued, but, weakened
by exposure and hunger, the woman was
soon overcome. and, sitting on her pros
trate body, May took his knife out and de-
liberately sliced off her nose. Looking at
her moment, he said:
believe you are ugly enough now;
guess won't put ont your eye" and ran
out of the house, mounted horse and dis
appeared.
The ranchman returned soon afterwards
with dozen cowboys, but could not find
May.
Officers are after him, and if caught
there will be an inprompu neoktie party.
The woman may die from the shock and
axposura