The Anaconda standard., 1898-11-22
KEARHs UNDER ARREST
He Broke Into Q Woman's Room
in Walkervillo.
THREATENED TO KILL HER
Assistance Arrived In Time to Foil the
Villain In His Base Purpose.
He Says He Was
Drunk

Walkervule Is IN the throee OF perplex-
ity and the usual quiet and sedate mu-
nicipality Is submerged In the seething
flame of conjecture. The shock came a
few days ago. but the positive and mega
tive poles that started the current Of
imagination and speculation were set
last Tuesday night.
On that beautiful night Miss Clara Bull
Ter. a prepossessing young lady Of the
hill metropolis. attended the show at the
opera house in this city. Miss Butler
bears an enviable reputation. and to
avoid any suspicion Of scandal. she
sought by every resource at her COM
mand to keep the matter from the pub
lie ear. In this she failed, for the author
tiles looked at the case In a different light
and knew that by bringing a certain
young black sheep to justice would not
operate to tarnish the character of the
modest young lady. who. by the way.
was a most unwilling victim of the evil.
yet accomplished designs OF Isaac kearns.
AS stated. Miss Butler attended the Of
era and returned to her room about
ll:3o In the lodging house Of Mrs. Doyle
on Main street. She retired. but had not
that spooks were in the room. She heard
a sound. an unfamiliar sound. She raised
up I'm bed and rested on her elbow. while
her eyes tried to pierce the darkness in
their vain search for the object OF the
discomfort. at the same time putting her
ears to the test. A thrill of terror seized
her when the bedclothes began to slip
on on the floor. She caught hold Of the
comforter and tried to hold IL over her
shivering form. but the invisible hand
was too powerful and the young lady
was then sans counterpane.
"Sh-h-h!' hissed a male voice.
Whose there?" the startled lady man
aged to ask.
''It's me. Clara-sh-h-h.''
Then the courage that is ever present
when a woman realizes her danger, as
serted itself. and Miss Butler bounded
out of the bed and stood in the middle
of the room. She raped on the partition
dividing her room from the apartment oc-
cupied by the landlady. and was about to
scream for help. when a violent hand
grasped her throat and Ike Kearns COM
manded his victim to remain quiet.
'If you cry out I'll choke the life out OF
you." hissed the villain.
what do you want. sir: what is your
purpose?' demanded the lady.
"Calm yourself, Clara; give me dol
lar"
why should / give you a dollar?''
ITO buy beer with. I'll get the beer and
We III nave a Tune.
BY this time the landlady. who had been
attracted by the knocking on the wall.
and Tom Casey. a lodger, entered the
room. Mr.. Casey struck n match to light
the lamp and Ike Kearns blew II out.
Finally the lamp was lit. and the story
told by the young lady. zScarns made no
effort TO escape. lie said he was drunk.
and added:
"You know a drunken man does not
always know which room he is in"
There the story ends. for. as stated,
Miss Butler tried hard to keep the mat
ter quiet. fearing that IL IL became known
the finger Of scorn would point towards
her
Yesterday the marshal OF walkerville.
who was in possession of all the facts.
nabbed young Kearns as he stepped out
side his place of hiding. He was satisfied
that the culprit was in hiding and would
sooner or later be caught. so the officer
kept quiet and bided his time, with the
result that Kearns is in jail. Until
more thorough investigation of the affair
is made by the authorities the nature of
the charge to be placed against the pris-
oner will not be decided upon.
This man Kearns has given the Walker
willie authorities much concern of late.
and they don't hesitate TO say that II Is
more than probable that he was impl-
Gated in the recent attempt to hold up
Pinazza Thursday night on the old cable
line near the Lexington mine.