Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-06-21
NO CLEW As YET.
The Officers Still In The Dark a. 10
The Identity of Miss Thraekm0r-
tons As%saiiant-A Gard From
Billie Mcintyre.


house are still hard at work attempt.
ing to find the guilty man.
They are somewhat handicapped,
however, as the villain has left no
clew whatever that leads to his ident,
itication. The work was done in
a very cunning manner, and every.
one is at sea.
The name of w. II. Mcintyre, a
neighbor, has been mentioned more
or less in connection with the as
sault reported in the LEDGER last
Saturday. Mr.. Mcintyre and Mr.
Throckmorton had some words in
reference to the matter the next day.
Mr.. Mcintyre was in Mexico to day
and expressed himself as not only
willing but anxious to do all in his
power to clear up the mystery. He
said that he was ready to go with
the Constable or Sheriff to the scene
OF the trouble and have his foot fit.
ted in the track.
CAkD FROM M'INTYRE.
MIR. Mcintyre furnishes the LED
GER with the following card for pub
lication:
To the Public.
MEXICO, Mo-, June lS.-It is cur
rently reported that a crime was com.
mitted in my neighborhood some
time in the afternoon of Friday OF
last week, and ii young girl is al
legged to have been assaulted. Ii has
also been reported that l have fled
the country. There has been init
nations, if not direct charges, that
| am the guilty party. desire,
therefore, to state to the general
public that | have not fled the coun-
try, neither do [ contemplate so do
ing. | shall demand an investiga-
ton to this charge us 500 as con-
~venient. In the meantime it is the
duty Of the officers, if they have any
evidence tending to show me to be
the guilty party, to have me arrest
ell and prosecuted, and | assure
them now that | can be found either
at my residence, about ) miles south
OF town, or in town. Now, | repeat
my intention to demand an investi-
CATION of this charge; until that is
done, decency and justice require
that the public should suspend the
expression of any opinion.
w. H. MCINTYRE.
WANTS AN INVESTIGATION.
w. H. Mcintyre is going to de-
mand an investigation of the charges
made against him in reference to
the assault on Miss Throckmorton.
On Monday afternoon he had the
tracks made by the criminal aud
his foot measured by Constable
Bunton and John Atchison. Mr..
Atchlson says that there was at
least an inch difference in the meas.
urement. Mr.. Mcintyre says that
he cannot understand how his name
became connected with the affair,
except the young lady said that the
criminal was about his height. Mr..
Mcintyre is a relative by marriage
to the Throckmortons. That is,
his daughter married Robert Throck.
morton, a brother of the young lady
concerned. Mr.. McIntyre's friends
say hat he is going to bring
a damage suit and make it warm
for some Of those who have been
talking about him. He feels es.
pecially sore at the father of the
young lady.
Mr.. Mcintyre is a member of one
of Audrain's most prominent fam
lilies. He is a brother of Thomas
Mcintyre, the Democratic nominee
for The Legislature from this coun
ty, and also a brother of Capt. d.
II. Mcintyre, who represented this
county in the Legislature and was
Attorney General OF Missouri and
is nov located in Mexico practicing
law. This is a most serious charge
to make against Il man and MIR.
Mcintyre and his friends and rela'
tives propose to have the matter
thoroughly sifted.
A REWARD TO BE OFFERED.
Arrangements are nov being made
to offer a liberal reward for the ar
rest and conviction of the assailant
of Miss Vannie Throckmorton. The
neighbors have exhausted every re-
source and are still hard at work.
The officers are also doing everything
in their power to cur some trace
of the criminal. 1t appeared early
this week as though at least one ar.
rest would be made but nothing as
yet has developed. The officers are
very close mouthed and will not give
out any information they may have
in reference to suspects. The 1ues-
ton as to whether the young lady
was assaulted as severely as at first
stated has been settled. DIR. c. A.
Rothwell in consultation with DIR.
Reagan examined the young lady
Tuesday and reports her severely in.
jured. In reference to the reports
that she had her susDicions in regard