Daily Republican., 1890-06-26
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Municipal court WA NnNmou WIS mutu-
lag. the crowd which hasl assembled 10
Of hearing The case Of Clark.
charged With aQmmsttlHg : rape op IDA
Parry, The blind girl, were rot out, and
After oflssss had BEEN placed At the
doors 10 prevent any one entering the
court vAl again opened.
4. g. L. CLARK, who 70 charged with
the o6snse. was brought In
aud seated alongside Of his counsel,
Robert q. Feaim, 1sq The State Was
BY H. q. Turner, Es4.s and
lhs cass was opened By calling Chief Of
Police 6wiggeet.
He tssti6sd that from Information 10
received he had . warrant Issued, which
was placed In the hands Of Sergeant
who ARRESTED the accused
last Friday
Sergeant Blsckburu, upon being u.
lrmed, testified that the warrant was
placed In his hands labt Friday mornlug,
and that he arrested Clark about noon of
The sAme day At the Delaware House
Ida Parry, the plaintiff 10 the case, wAs
assisted TO the stand by Matron White,
and upon being sworn tsstiesd that
on Wednesday, the 18th Infant, she
was alone In her room 0n the sec0nd
hoor OF her mothers rssldence, No 83l
Tatnall street. The room Was occupied
BY herself and mother, but there wAs NO
one In the house at the time, besides
herself, but Clark and tho hired girl.
eha had been reading with raised print,
when she heard soms one come In, and
recognised BY the voice that II was
Clark. He cslled to her. aud she got up
and went over to him BY tho door.
He took hold Of her hand and she
jsrksd It away, when he made IN I'm
proper proposal. Hs then put his srms
around her, but ~ she was afraid Of
him on account oi bib carrying knife
and revolver she did not resist, and he
pushed her on the bed. She jumped up
three times, aud each time he pushed
her back, and placed bis mouth 70 her's
90 that she could not scream.
She, however, resiptsd and groAnsd.
After the assault had been committed he
told her that II would happen again. ehs
did not reply, and - soon ~ he left the
room she sat down at her washstand.aud
wrote uots to Chief Swiggstt. She did
not tell any one about the outrage until
Thursday aitsrnoou, whom, a. she could
mot get any one to tale the note TO the
hall, she told Cora Morris, the hired
girl, and got her to take her TO eco NJ.
Swiggsts at the City Hall. She always
feared Clark, but never mistrusted him.
On cross.examination BY Nr. Fraim
she made several ststsments which are
unit for publication which greatly weak
eDsd her direct testimony. She also said
she did not tell her mother until alter
Clark was arrested, because shs know
shs would stand ny for him. Upon being
NJ 40 . ~ ka
thought this she cyadsd the question and
finally declined to answer, when th'
matter WAS dropped.
She did not tell Clark that he had
better shut the door for fear the girl
would hear him down stairs, but she did
tell him to stop kissing her. She know b,
shut tho door while dhe was lying on tn,
bed, hut was afraid tb get up she denie'
placing her arms around him and sAyinl
that no ono loved hsr because she Wal
blind, and positively asserted that th,
act was committed kgAinst her will ant
without her consent
This was the only witness called 70
the prosecution, and the defense opene,
by calling Mrs. Eliz 4bsth A. Parry.
She testified that she 10 the mother {
the plaintiff, and that on the d y who
1t IL alleged the assault was committe
she went TO the post office between an
10 O'Clock in the morning. She WAS M
gons more than halt an hour. and on hs
return she saw Clark standing at Eight
and Tatnail streets. talking to . gentle
man.
" ncn snu won't I'd rne mousse snu pru
ceeded to her room, on the second fiool
20 remove her wrap4 and found Ida 81
ing In the rocking chair. She did ut
seem to be disturbed, or to be sufIeriu
any mental or physical distress. she di
not tell the witness anything about u
alleged ofiense until Friday, aitor Clar
was arrested. An officer then came |
f the house and told the witness that Clar
wanted her Ut the City Hall when Il
said: SNOW have fixed that villain ,
,onrs."
On cross-examinltion the witness q,
initted that she bad tried 10 get Ida
withdraw the charge. aS she did not wi,
to be disgraced In ihe newspapers. Il
Ia very pcrvous aud excitable snd like
TO suppose things that are not so. n
witness also admitted that Clark b.
, been paying attention to her.
Cora Morris, ooloted, testified that 81
had lived with Mrs. Parry one we.
when 1t 10 alleged the outrage WAS cor
a,itttd. On the morning III question 81
was In the kitchen, Immediately und
the ro. m occupied BY Ida. She cou
{ hear very plainly any noise in the upp
room, even to the rocking OF = chai
I She did mot hear any scufhe, screams
p groans from 1ds's room, and did n
!. think any could have been without b
{ hearing 1t. On Thursday she went wi
Ida to Clark's mother house, but d
not know OF the alleged assault UNI
after Clark was arrested.
On cross. examination the witness On
that everything wAs so quiet up In +
! room that she did not know Ida was
the house.
E MIRA Mary A. Cla ark testified that q
ls the mother OF the defendant. Ii
Thursday Ida came to her house q
seemed very ohee tiul. she sald .
wanted TO see the witness privately, =
they went up stairk together. She th
told the witness that Clark had insult
!. Der. and added. ~ am happy now,
p MIR. Clark aud ma hre separated"
On cross-examinRtio tho witness 81
II that her son 10 married man, but h
not liyel with his vile for nine yea
tween her son aud Nre. Parry,
DR.. A. +. Frantz was sworn, and
tifsd that at the request OF Mr.. Fra
~ he had made close exam in alton of
- yesterday afternoon. 1t the Dslaw
n Hospital.
He did not fnd any bruises or 1t
sions on her or anything that would
dioste = struggle lad taken place.
remainder OF bis testimony In relation
Ida 10 unit for publication, but In 1t
l.. stated that she tolA him she was addic
~ to secret vice while school girl.
IN had also examlned Clark and did
= 6nd auy scratches or bruisss on h