The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-12-30
WILL NOT MARRYH HER
Pomeroy Young Man Charged
With Wronging q Girl
He WILL GO BACK TO FACE HER.
says His Arrest 10 Due 90 His Refusal
20 Marry Her-A Victim Of the
Kangaroo Court

Bert r. Wood. tall, handsome young
fellow from Pomeroy. was arrested yester-
DAY morning on q dispatch from Sheriff
1sioert Dixon, of Garfield county, eharg-
ing him with seduction. The dispatch
vas received az 10 O'Clock and half An
houF later Deputy Sheriff McCorey sound
Wood at the home Ct his brother-ln-ia~,
J. ID. Mesnach. 100 Williamson street
" God offered no resistance 81 al, but i'm
mediately accompanied the officer and Vas
locked up in jail Up to q late hour last
night his relatives we're not apprised Of
Dis arrest, and he Was quite anxious that
fne news should be Kept from them.
Wood Was seen at the jail yesterday after
noon and talked freely concerning the
case. Said he:
Il expected i. would come 70 this and
LETT my home 70 avoid trouble. I vas
raised On q farm near Pomeroy, and NV
father, ID. H Wood. still lives there. The
name of the girl is Nellie E. Hull, and her
father was sheriff of Garfield county two
years ago. She Is II years old. and I me.
her while attending the high school at
Fomeroy, from which I was graduated
last May. Last November Mr.. Hull be-
came aware OF his daughters condition
and said that unless / married her he
would send me TO prison. told HIM
wouldn't do IL, because had never prom
ised her anything of that kind. He
threatened me, and finally | consented TO
marry the gri the following Monday.
That was on Friday, and on Sunday /
packed my trunk and went up into Whit
man county Tor Az bile and ward went
20 Spokane. / came here month ago,
and have since been living with my
brother-in-law. ] never told the girl that
A 49, t. g. H.
promises at all. / have letters with which
can prove the truth Of what say"
Wood, who is "a years old, says he Is
anxious TO get out of Jail and 60 TO Pom
eroy and face the charge. Sheriff Woolery
telegraphed TO sheriff Dixon that his man
was in jail, and an officer from Garfield
county is expected in tho city today.
Wood says he will make no attempt to Sc
but will willingly accompany the officer
back to Poneroy.
The kangaroo court treated Wood pretty
roughly when he was put in Jail. The
judge Of the court, who 10, of course, one
of the prisoners, learned from the jailer
that Wood had $365 when arrested, and
within halt an hour after the new prisoner
was behind the bars the fun began. The
COURT convened anu W ooI NaS uucu % ISI
permitting himself to be captured by
McCorey. He claimed that he had
no money. whereupon he was seized
and held while three or four of
the birds" searched his pockets.
Inasmuch as everything he had was taken
away from him by the jaiier. tie prisoners
found nothing. but they made Wood sign
an order on the jsiler for s. worth of to-
bacco. This he tinaily did, but signed the
order "Hsnnum Bacon" instead Of his own
name. The prisoners discovered that they
had been duped and they threw him down
and belabored him with ropes from the
cell hammocks until he consented to sign
his true name. The jailer accepted the
order. bought the tobacco. and for the bal
ance of the day the atmosphere in the jail
Was heavy with smoke.
Wood says that rather than associate
with the members of the kangaroo court
he would face anything hungry lion,
the wronged girls irats father, or . tribe
OF cannibaIs. He threatens to get even
with each and every member of the kan
CARGO court. from the judge down to the
haitfR