Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-05
! SENSATIONAL STORY,
sabsl Graham Says Sll Was Assault.
cd by "DL Smith Last Night,
Particulars Of the Ease Laid Before
the Uhicf 1T raiice Hni county
Attorney murphy.

The name oi Df. Smith, the com.
monwoal army" general, was assO.
ciated with a very ugly case today,and
II the charges against him arc
established his followers will have TO
choose other climber" 10 pilot them
on iIolr eastward journey.
100 complaining witness IL Mabel
Graham, fourlsen-year.old girl, who
called or rather was sent TO the police
station this morning 10 tell the story Of
the wrong that she claims was done
her Her grievance was unprrir
tiously aud plainly narrated boiory
Chief Pratt Captain Donovan aud a
NEWS representative. 5hofn OF IT,
most IN tllclous aud disgusting features
Il was In substance ~ fOll0ws:
al have been living for some time
with a Mrs. Metz, lady whose hut-
band works Tor Mr.. Bam6erger, 90 See.
oud East street, between First and
Second South streets. Next door 1.
family by the name Of Eurlcs. The
man Of the house IL au eH-sOldier, |
understRnd. When "GsnBralD smith
came 10 Salt Lake no Joined the army
and on Sunday night his wife came
over TO where l was stopping aud
asked Mr.. Metz " could stay with
her tor the night, a. her husband was
either going away or would DO out
late. Mrs. Metz consented aud 1 went.
| Mr.. Ecclos, however, came nome early
anu went 10 bod, | slept In the nbx
room. About midnight or a little after
| a mau who 1 since learned was "DT"
| smith came 10, the door having been
lett unlocked, 1 suppose Tor that put-
pose. Mrs. Eccles got out VI bed aud
came into my room with mH ami went
to bed, while Smith went In TO sleep
with her husband.
"Tho next I saw Of Smith was
/ yesterday morning, when no was
/ washing himself for breakfast, when
no put out his hand aud said, Good
/ morning, Lizzie.' / replied; My
name II not Lizzie, sir, and dOn't care
| TO be addressed IN that manuel hr
| then smiled aud said hs didn't mean
| Anything by the remark.
"last night at the request Of Mrs.
/ Eccles | went back 10 stay at her
house. A bod was made for mo on the
floor NJ tho foot Of her own aud her
husbands bed, aud little before nine
O'Clock dropped down ON II without
undressing aud went 10 sleep. 1 did
not awake until midnight, when / was
aroused in very rude manner by
some one Ia my bed. jumped up
And ran towards tins head OF Mrs.
! Ecclss's bed and told them. They
replied that he did not mean 70
Brighten me, but / was very much
alarmed and ran AurO's the room and
| turned up the lamp which was burning
very low and saw Smith crawling Into
his own room with his clothes partly
OH l then TAn out Of the house and
went home and told Mr.. ami Mrs. Metz
who warned me not b 10 back, some.
thing | wouldn't have done anyhow,
aud told me TO have him arrested this
morning. ThRtis why am here"
Tho matter was referred 10 County
Attorney Murphy aud his assistant,
Mt. EiohnOr, who are making thor
ough investigation Of tue case, and "
the story Of the girl can be fully suit
atRntiated smith will be- arrested this
evening or tomorrow. Chief Pratt
says IL would DO impossible Tor him 10
escape even should he attempt IL, NJ he
II known pretty well by the officers OIL
the Territory ny this time.
| smith called at the Metz residence
today anu explained his presence Ia
| the room where the young lady was
sleeping by saying that as no came In
| he looked through the hglfOprn door
anu saw that she was partially un-
covered, anu fearing she wOulu take
| cold went In 10 replace tho bed COvef-
ing, when no Enthusiastically awOke
| her,