The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-09
LOGAN FlEND JAILED.
LITTLE GIRL OUTRAGED BY
CHARLES LARSEN.
The Offender Attempted Suicide and
Is Now in Jail-This is His Third
Offense.
Logan. july s.-Much excFtement pre-

Logan. July S.-Much excitement pre-
vailed in Logan today over an alleged
outrage committed about noon yester-
day in the fields west of Greenville
and adjacent to. Logan by Charles a.
Larsen, who is better known as Char
ley Larsen" upon lutte 11-year-old
Drusilla Darling, the daughter of Aaron
Darling, of Greenville. As far as ascer-
taind tine details are as follows. About
noon yesterday the little girl with her
two younger brothers were in search of
flags or cat tails and to view the
passing train. They went on about a
half mile further, passing near by
where Larsen was moving hay. On
their return Larsen left his moving
machine and came over to where the
children were and assaulted the little
girl. The little boys ran for help when
they saw the fend dragging their sister
into q rank growth of sweet clover.
The children were q mile or more
from home at the time and it neces-
sarily required some time for the little
boys to reach home The little girl
came later and was met by her mother.
Larsen went to the home of the child
and pleaded with the mother not to
have him prosecuted and cried like q.
child, stating that he had a wife and
ten children to support and would
make it night if she would let him off.
L pbu the complaint ne was
arrested by Deputy Sheriff n. w.
Crooks1on on a charge of rape, and as
far as can be ascertained from the
child statement and other circum-
stances the brute accomplished his pur-
pose.
No doubt it is a good thing for Lar
sen that the child's father is away
from home.
Larsen waived examination in Judge
Thomas court today and was placed
under s., 900 bonds to await the acton
Of the district court failing to get
funds he was committed 20 the custody
Of the sheriff and is now in jail.
His wife has denounced him and re-
fused to go on his bonds or have any
thing to do with him, this being the
third case of the kind against him,
It is expected that his hearing viii be
set for Friday the 18th inst.
Larsen has expressed himself to the
sheriff as being fearful Of being
lynched. No fear of this is entertained
by the officers, although there is a very
strong feeling against him
Larsen is about 10 years of age and
lives in Logan Third ward.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
It is reported on good authority that
Larsen attempted suicide at about 10
O'Clock last night by hanging himself
by the neck, and was cut down in an
unconscious condition by his son, and
was worked with for about four hours
by his brother-in-law, Nels Pearson,
before he regained consciousness. Lar
sen carries a large blue mark in his
forehead this morning, but denies the
report, Notwithstanding the fact that
at about the hour above mentioned last
night his neighbors heard Larsen's
family screaming and crying and were
in a state of great excitement, but
could not learn at che time the cause.
This mornings developments clear up
the mystery. The man appears TO have
a mania for crime of this character. 1t
iS bODpd the end has come