Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-09
THE MYSTERY SOLVED.
Ida IIathrop Tells Story-Was Freq
nant by and Afraid Of Drummer.

nant by ana AIralu Oh oru"e'
LISBON, N. H., Oct. AFTER two post
ponements, caused by the feeble condition
OF the victim, the hearing in the case OF Karl
Drummer. charged with assault to kill Ida
Lathrop on the night OF June =, has been
called. 1t will be recalled that the girl was
found in the coal bin In the basement OF
Karl and Conrad Brummer's tailor
shop, where she was employed as
seamstress, in an unconscious condition,
bound hand and foot, and with her face
pounded to jelly. 1t was not till June III,
that she recovered sufficiently to tell
coherent story Of the events Of the previous
evening, and on the strength OF her state
ment to County Solicitor Adams, Karl Brum-
mer was arrested and held in $4,000 bonds.
On both July and Aug. 10, the dates set for
the hearings, Miss Lathrop had not sum
ciently recovered to take the stand, and 1t was
not till now that her physicians pronounced
her tit to appear. Counsel gave an excellent
summary OF the testimony. He said that
Miss Lathrop and Karl Drummer had been
too intimate, and this intimacy was the
cause OF the affair. 1t begun when Miss
Lathrop entered the shop, and CON
tinued till she became pregnant. AL
though the respondent was fully aware
of the fact, he had failed to fulfill his prom
ise to marry her. and had discovered II new
attraction. That new attraction caused the
trouble. Miss Lathrop had threatened to re.
veal the true state OF affairs to the thiru
party, n Miss Mary Carleton or Woodsvllle,
and in turn had been threatened by kafl II
she did so. The girls testimony was IN SUD,
stance this: She is 26 years OF age and had
taught school previous to engaging IN tail
oriny. She entered the employ Of George
Drummer three years ago. Kari was there
when she commenced work, but left soon
afterward, and did not return till March,
1894. He was then employed In the shop,
and they both worked in the same room.
Her undue intimacy with him began
in the spring OF 1895. and In May,
1896 her condition in consequence was sucn
iRs th9aSht it wasthat k had s snsa
promised to marry her. and when she found
herself in that condition she demanded that
he fulfil it. He asked her to wait until he
was in better circumstances. In the spring
OF 1896, witness said. she first learned OF his
attentions to Miss Carleton, and heard OF his
paying his addresses TO her. She wrote
Miss Carleton on three different occasions,
ing that Miss Carleton had mailed
copies OF her letters to Karl, she
taxed Karl with Withholding her mail. On
the afternoon of June she had CONVEX
sation with Karl in the rear room OF
the store, after dinner, when he again
asked IL she intended to carry out her
intention OF seeing Miss Carleton. She
thereupon used threatening language,
shook his fists In her face, and, with
an oath, said he would kill her II she
took any further steps In the matter
She went home In the afternoon and
wrote to Miss Carleton, intending to mail the
letter next day, and then went back to the
store, at the request OF Conrad, who had
some work he wanted finished. She left the
house in the evening about 7.3O, to the best
of her recollection, to get her buttonhol.
cutters to use on waist Mrs. Gates hac
brought for her to complete. She turned OF
the light over her bench. remembered nal
turning round and extinguishing the light
and then everything was blank to her.