St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-20
ON A CRAVE CHARGE.
Thomas Mcintyre Is Accused
Of Debauehing a Ten
Year-0ld.
Locked Doors Are Between
the erich Jury and the
World.
Doctors Wind Up Their State
Convention With a Big
Banquet.
Work for the National Con-
vention--Insurance Men
Go Home.

One of the most shocking and revolt
ing cases of brutal depravity, if all
stories be true. which has come to light
in Minneapolis for some time past was
brought to notice Yesterday by the
arrest of Thomas Mcintyre, charged
with having debauched Katie Kusick. a
child of ten years, the daughter of Pat
Kusck.
The circumstances of the case, as re-
lated by the almost distracted father of
the injured child, are so monsIrous as
to be almost incomprehensible. Both
families are in the humber walks of
life, Kusick being a laborer in the en-
ploy of the street railway company, and
at the time of the alleged offenSe, Dec.
%, Mcintyre was a market huckster en-
gagged in buying vegetables in quantities
and selling them at the South market.
The men were near neighbors, McIn-
tyre living at AIT Twenty-frst avenue
south, and Kusick only few doors
away, and their relations were of the
most neighborly and friendly nature.
KuSck, who was seen yesterday after
noon III the Office of the clerk of the
municipal court, related the story as
follows:
You see Mr.. Mcintyre and l were
the best of friends, and he was always
a welcome visitor at my house. AL
though this OffenSe was committed on
the 23d OF December, had no suspicion
of anything of the kind until the latter
part of January, ,at which time Mcintyre
had left the city. My daughter Sarah,
who is about thirteen years of age, dis
covered it at the time, but as my wife
was then lying at the point Of death, she
said nothing about it for fear the knowl-
Qdnn Unnlh hn4
my wife died, and my sister came
to keep house for me. Sarah
told my sister, but nothing
was said to me until the
latter part of January, One night
while / was sitting at home it occurred
to me that had not seen Mcintyre for
several days and inquired of my sister
what had become of him. She said: II
shouldn't think you would want to
know where Mcintyre is after what he
has done. He has left the city, |
questioned her and she told me all. l
learned then that at six different times
Mcintyre had debauched my child
Katie Katie, and that that she had been
his abuse. If could have found him
at that time | should have killed him.
l learned that he was in Chicago. but
could not secure any more definite in
formation, although complained to the
police. Nothing was heard of him un-
til week ago Friday. At that time l
received a letter from him, in which he
stated that had been led astray and
misinformed, and Indignantly denied
the charges made against him.
He said he wanted to come back, and
wanted me to write to him and tell him
whether l believed the stories or not
L did not reply to his letter; but ex-
pected that he would come back, and |
work at noon, and as l passed the mar
ket saw him sitting there. l called
Officer Pat McQuearey and had McIn-
tyre placed under arrest"
The child was examined yesterday by
DR.. Gibson, who states that there is no
question but that she has been de-
bauched, and more than once.
Mcintyre denies the charges in the
strongest terms and declares, apparently
with the greatest confidence, that he will
be able to establish his innocence. He
says that he has always been a firm
friend to Kusick, and that at the time of
his wife's death he loaned him money
to pay the expenses created by that
misfortune. Mcintyre states, however,
that he has an enemy in the
person of Mrs. Bridget Ellicott,
Kusick's mother-in-law. who, shortly
after Mrs. Kusick's death, accused him
of having taken liberties with the chill
dren; but shat, as he denied it, nothing
further had been said on the subject, he
supposed she had been satisfied to the
contrary. He says that the first he
learned of any charges against him was
about TWO weeks ago in letter from
his son, and that he wrote his son at
once that he would return as soon as
he could sell his horse and wagon and
have an explanation of the affair. He
returned Tuesday and intended to see
Kusick and have matters Strengthened
up.