Rock Island Argus., 1897-08-12
CLUE TO THE GIRL 4.
Miss Lottie Temple May Still
Live.
DETECTIVES MAKE A DISCOVERY
Belisves fhat She Ran Away with .
ecmewhsse In Icwa-JaFy In the Porter

Former Bnfllngt0a EoRin00e and - New
somewhsss In Icws-Jary In the Porter
Case.
Does Lottie Temple still live?
There is q late Chicago dispatch
that indicates that there is ground
for hope that. whatever else the girl
may have become, che has not fallen
victim to the hand OF the murderer.
This dispaich says that Detectives
Corbus and Cudmore. of the Chicago
force, two of the best men on it.
have been working on the case since
the disappear auce of the girl was
announced, and have discovered a
clue that makes them certain that
the girl was neither disposed of in
Chicago, nor at Wayland, Mo-, but
that, on the other hand, she left Chi
cago about the time she dropped out
Of sight there. and has gone to q city
west of there, it is Understood in
Iowa. with man who used to be q
c.. B. & Q. engineer.
They are not te ling all they know
till they have confirmation of their
theories, but they telieve that Lottie
Temple is alive.
Another Sensation in Henry County.
Henry county is stirred by anoth-
or sensation. Bound and gagged,
James Johnston, q wealthy bachelor
farmer living near Kewanee, pass=d d
Tuesday night upon the floor Of his
kitchen. He was assaulted by two
masked men at 8 O'Clock that night
while eating supper, and tied hand
and feet and thrown into q corner Of
the room while the men searched
through the house for the secret
hoard Of money which they believed
he possessed. The crime ia one of
the most high-handed ever perpe.
trated in Henry county, and every
attempt is being made to capture the
robbers. Johnston is 80 years old
and a man who has al zays lived
alone on his farm in Wethersfeld
township. He had just gone home
from town when his door was dark
ened by two men, whose faces were
concealed by handkerchiefs. Before
he could move they we're upon him,
and while one held a revolver at his
head, the other tied him with tarred
ropes. They then asked him where
he kept his money, and when he did
not tell them they struck him upon
the head with q heavy club. John.
ston was rendered unconscious by
the blow, and while he remained in
this condition the men looted every
box and trunk in the house, but
failed to find the coveted money.
Then they returned to Johnston,
who had regained his senses. and be-
Igan to torture him in the hope of ex-
tractipg his secret. They tied d
strong piece of twine about his FORE
head aud then sawed it back and
forth. lacerating the flesh terribly.
But he would not tell. giving them
as his answer that he had no money.
He lay on the floor until morning,
when he worked one foot out of his
boot and then was able to walk to
the nearest neigh bors. He is in bad
shape, but will recover. The men
took his gold watch.
Bendt and Mrs.. Behrens.
Mrs. Behrens and Henry Bendt are
lauguishing in Jail, both greatly wor
ried over the outcome of their cases
When Bendt was first placed in jai
he showed an eagerness to tell every
one he could talk to all about hi
troubles, but one day his attorney
visited him, and since that time h'
is as silent as an Egyptian sphinx OF
every SUBJECT. He will now SAY
nothing. He thinks the woman go
him into trouble, and that he is tn,
subject Of persecution. Mrs. Beh
rens, on the other hand, is too ignor
ant to fully realize the magnitude o
the crime committed, and but for oc
cssional visits from her attorney ant
her daughter. life in the Jail woult
be remarkably lonesome for her,
Davenport Republican.
To Try Mrs. Porter.
The jury to try Mrs. Charles Por
ter on charge of numbering hel
husband, has been chosen, and tn,
case is now in progress before Judg,
w. h. Gest at Cambridge The fol
lowing are the jurors: H, A. Mar
tin, Burns; Nels A. Carlson, Galva
Bernie E. Anderson, Andover; Loui
N. Higgins. Atkinson; August Cherf
ing, Andover; H. G Copy. Cam
bridge; Charles Davis, Hanna; Dan
iel Holsinger, Yorktown; &. H
Wayne. Orion; John A. Peterson
Cambridge; Olof Walline, Andover
s. 8. Moon, Annawan.
Orion's Case.
It looks now as though Orion's
latest sensation would come te
naught. The states attorney and
sheriff had An interview with Mis-
Chilburg. the young woman WHIT
claimed to have been criminally as
saulted by Lester Miner, after whicl
it is said they decided to drop tn
prosecution.
Buckisn's A1DioA potve,