Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-18

speakabic Miscrrant.
Indianapolis. sept. is.-r.ttla Edith
Seek. the G-year-oi1. daughter - Her
man Seek. living In the rear Of Isl South
New Jersey street. has been tn victim
of an assault by an unknown white ra1n.
Tho little girl. an unusually pretty and
intelligent ohHd. was crNelly treated
and left her for dead. Her assailant
choked her into inscnsilility. dragged
her by her feet over herd ground until
her right enr was nearly torn from her
head, and the skin was rubbed from
her face and neck. beat her with his
fists until her small body was black
ard blue. then l'ft her Ia a cprnfield.
miles from any familiar spot How
long she Law i1 IN" field where she had
been loft no one can tell. After n time
shD recovered consciousness. Nearly
dead as ria was. bleeding from the ef-
fccts of the iuhuman assault made upon
her. she craWlod from the cornneld and
came o. the home of Albert Springer. n
Gairywau in South Brookside avenue.
she strtia~l,d TO the front doorstep Of
this house and fell unconscious before
IL. douE
Lest The Trail OF the Tiscrennt.
There she was found later by Spring.
cr's daughter and taken indoors.
Springer notified the police station and
Superintendent Colbert and Detective
Kinney drove out To- Springcr's. Police
Surgeon COurtney and Police Matron
buchanan followed. This was at {
o'clock In the afternoon. When the po-
licc saw the little girl first she was so
black in the face from the result Of the
choking she had received that they
Thought for a moment that she was u
o"l"red child. Dr. Courtney found her
injuries to le severe. The police traced
the stcpa taken by the child 10 reach
the Springer house. The trail led back
60 IN" Cprulield not far from Bright
wood. There IL was found that the
brute who had so mistrcated the child
had cut down the tall weeds and some
"f the corn. pilinE them up ~ form n
couch on the earth. This was scattered
and trampled. The hat Of the little one
was found lying by th- bed of weeds
There wore footsteps sf n medium
sized man. wearing pointed SHOES. The
police followed this trail across the belt
railroad. Wh.rc It was lost.
story the Abused CIiid Tells.
Following III the poor little victim $
story: When sh" lett school at noon
strange mvn came up to her and
asked her 20 "a to his house. H." prom
isCd her u nice dinner with lots Of
good things to eat. He said that ne
had meant To- have her come To his
house the night before and had called
on her mamma, but ut that time she was
In bed. Tn" child. never doubling,
went with him. She said that hc made
her walk most of the way. over six
miles, To- the corn-ficld north of Clif-
ford avenue and south Of Erightwoni
Ns she recalled her experience there she
sohhcd from pain from the terrible
bruis-nE she hd received. The de-
scriptiou the police have of the man
who committed the crime Is vague. lie
was dressed In black and wore u black
sl"uch hat He hud some beard on his
face. and va. shout - years old. The
detective department have worked on
the case. hut without result. An cf-
fort was made to secure Llcuihounds.
tn" little ones injuries were CHASTITY
g. look at He throat was swollen and
black and her body terribly bruised,
Tut tho surgeons sav that Internally
81" was not badly injured and will re-
cover.