Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-05
GRAVE ACCUSATION,
A Rock Island Merchant Under a
Serious Charge.
Harvey kiugsbury and the Oreuse
At ributed TO Him-Tke Two
sides of the Case.

A warrant was issued by Magistrate
WlVlll this afternoon on complaint of
Mrs. Mary Ludkie Lying on Twenty-sec.
ond street between Third and Fourth av,
enues, for the arrest of Harvey Kings
oury, charging him with assault upon the
person of her 9-year old daughter Eunice.
who has been employed for some time
past about the store of Kingsbury & Son.
1905 Second avenue.
Mrs. Ludkie, the mother of the child
was seen soon after making her sworn
charge by an ARGUS reporter, to whom
she related the story of the alleged as,
sault, (which is substantially as fols
lows: My little girl is nine years old.
About two weeks ago l sent her to Kings
bury's store for some writing paper, and
when she returned home she had couple
of lead pencils which she said the gentle
man there had given her, and few DAYS
later we had use for an lnk-stand, and as
we had none in the house, l told her that
perhaps the gentleman who gave her the
pencils would lend her one. She went
to the store and returned with one which
she said he had given her. She also had
rubber ball which she said he had given
her 10 cents to 60 into the other store and
buy for herself. Further, she said, that
she had helped him about the store, and
that she was going back to help again.
I'VE are poor people" continued Mrs.
Ludkie, land so told her she could 90
back and assist him st the store. This
she did for several days. each day bring
ing home something he had given her.
They are all in that box on the table said
Mrs. Ludkie, pointing to box contain
ing lot of picture mouldings, pens. pen
ellis, note books, ETC., which was on the
table near by. 'She also asked nv per-
mission to stay away to dinner, saying
that Mr.. kingsbury would furnish it,
continued the mother, land to this l also
consented, ard later she did not come
home to supper and used to stay at the
store until O'Clock in the evening One
evening she came home and said that Mr..
kingsbury did not want her to come and
that he had taken her in the back room
and pinched her arm. This, continued
Mrs. Ludkie. was the fret intimation !
had that anything was wrong. and as my
suspicious were aroused. l questioned
her closer and found that he had pulled
her on his lap, kissed her and had taken
improper liberties with her. This occur
red on June l. l went to Mr.. Kingsbur y
this morning" said Mrs. Lldkie, in con-
clusion, and told him that intended to
have him arrested and he said that if ]
did he would have my little girl arrested
for stealing, but she has stole nothing,
and l intend to prosecute him"
Mr.. Kingsbury was seen by an ARGUS
representative this afternoon.
The whole affair is simply an effor,
to smut me, he said. 1T looks to me
very much like a species of blackmsil
The charges are as false as they are
shocking, and l think nothing further
will come of them, in fact the matter is
as much as settled now" Mr.. Kingsbury
declined to make any further statement Of
the case, but States Attorney N. NJ. Stur.
geon, speaking for him, said: There il
nothing whatever in the case. Mr.
Klngsbury acknowledges that he kissed
the girl couple Of times IS he might any
child. that he might take q liking to, but
anything about his doing anything Grim
inal is bosh and no one will believe it."