The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-19

sumed that she was unconscious when
she was laid out in the coal bin, IS she IL
said TO hayo been unable To tell anything
about her wrists and ankles being Dounu.
Her statement of the circumstances of the
assault are said to have been positive ana
definite enough To have satisfied tne
county solicitor in proceeding against
Karl Drummer, and she also told consid,
erablo TO show that she and DO hau hao
several heated controversies.
Feared Bodily Harm.
The young woman admitted what the
solicitor had previously learned from MISS
Kate Carleton. that she had been personal.
lv opposed TO the attentions which hari
Drummer was paying tho Woodsvllle.
girl, and that she had been doing whaS
she could 60 break it off by writing let
ters TO Miss Carleton, threatening To ex-
pose him, although she never made any
direct allegations detrimental TO his char
a0ter.
She was questioned somewhat as To
whether she had feared any trouble from
the young man because Of her interier-
once I'm his private affairs. and whatever
her answer was. "A lettor found In her bu'
reau drawer addressed tosher. roommate,
Miss Woodbury. contained this sentehce'
"lf am missing, DO not give up hunting
for me until l am found.
The county solicitor has soveral letters
written by Miss Lathrop, which contained
statement that "if things kept up she
would expose Karl Drummer" to Miss
Carleton.
The result Of the interview. according
10 what is made public, was the obvious
jealousy on the part of Miss Lathrop oil
Miss Kate Carleton. the quarrels between
the cmploye and the employer on account
OF this jealousy, and the elimination III
the assault IN the tailor shop.
The appeaIance of the county solicitor
i'm town had aroused a great deal OF inter
est and his movements were Closely
| watched by the crowd on the streef, VINO
| were anXiously waiting Tor the conso-
quences Of Miss Lathrop's statement.
! When he finished his examination oil the
girl Mr. Adams returned TO MIR. Morrls'
| Office and late in the afternoon Deputy
| Sheriff Ash went to the tailor shop, where
| he found Karl Drummer and placed him
under arrest.
The entire village was on tho street
| when the sheriff came out with his dooile
| prisoner but thero were hardly any ex-
| pressions except those Of sympathy Tor the
! young man. Up 20 this time he had OBJ
tained no counsel, but a. ;. Bachelor
was summoned from Littleton ana was
present mt the arraignment
Brummer Arraigned.
II was an entirely formal affair and
as soon as the complaint was read ana the
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| Adams asked for an adjournment until
such time as the principal witness. Ida L.
| Iathrop was able To appear. justice
Oakes consulted with the ATTORNEYS and
| bound the young man over In $1,000 Tor
| examination July Z.
| Young Drummer went home alter Dali
| had been secured.
County solicitor has an affidavit made
| by Karl Drummer on the evening after the
| morning when Miss Lathrop was found in
the coal bin in the cellar of the Drummer
| tailor shop. In brief, his story Is that on
June he worked all day about the tailor
| shop, and that he went home to supper
about 6 D. III. He walked toward the store
with his brother Conrad, reaching there
| about d 40 p. IN.
Just before reaching the shop his
| brother left him to go 10 store across
| tho street for cigar, and Karl met q
! friend of his, Henry Rowland. the door
keeper of the Colum bia Theater. Boston,
and tho two went to the shop. From that
| time until about 5 o'clock Karl, his
| brother and Mr.. Rowland, sat in the front
| part of tho salesroom talking, when the
Salvation Army came along and started u
meeting at the square, short distance
| away
| Karl then stated that with his brother
| and Mr.. Rowland he stood in the crowd
| around the army singers, listening to the
J service for five or ten minutes, and then
returned To tho store with Mr. Rowland,
| bis brother having left a few minutes be-
| fore. From that time until 40 he sat in
the tailor shop with his brother and Mr..
| Rowland.
| Then, according to the two brothers.
| the store was closed and the two walked
| home together meeting several citizens
| of Lisbon on the way and making the
| last few rods in company with the town
| clerk. Kari stated positively that he
| knew nothing concerning Miss Latbrop's
| movements that evening after she left the
| shop at p. III.
!. The next morning, after Conrad had
| sscertaincd from Mrs. Shaw that Miss
| I.athrup had not been at home all night,
| be searched tho cellar without finding
| her Karl says he went down afterward,
| found her lying bound hand and foot
with handkerchiefs in tho coal bin, raised
her head felt cf her pulse and was sure
shat 81 Q WIS alive and then called DR..
Shattuok, who was riding by on his
| bicycle.
The handkerchief which bound the
| girls wrists was one of Conrad's, which
| had been lying on the table in the work
| shop for week previous, having been
| taken from his coat pocket while the
| garment was being pressed.
The probable time of the commission Of
| the assault is placed between $40 and
| 30 d. III.