Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1898-11-16
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AND PLACED IN THE HOME
FOR FRIENDLES

Sixteen Year-Old Girl Yesterday
A Sensational Case From Near
Campbellstown, O.-Story b w
T. Walker.
Yesterday W. T. Walker of near
Campbellstown, o., brought young
woman named Anna G ,Odman, sixteen
years OF age, to the Home for Friend
less Women, in this city, and placed
her there to be cared for. The girl is
in trouble, and the cause of it, accord
ing to the decision OF 3 Justices court
in Eaton. o., is Clark Shute. 5ourg
man who llves near Campbelstown
The case came up in the court at Eaton.
IN Shute was found probably guilty
and bound over to the cireut court al
that place in the sum of S400 Since
that time there have been alleged az
tempts to get the girl ont OF the way,
by sending her away on the rain, etc
but they have failed Re emily q
man named Roberts, at Ce lterviIl5.
became involved in the plot of the
story, and the girl was tai en- 10 that
town. Thence, on last Saturday night
Roberts and Miss Goodman drove by
a round bout way to New Paris. and
there staid all night. The next day a
rig was hired at New Paris. AMI the
two drove to Campbellsto to the
home of Mr.. Walker There Roberts
wanted to borrow $40 of Mr.. Walker
IN order TO get married 10 the girl.
threatening to kill her orc
If provisions we're not made for then
marriage. Tue officers in Ohio appear
reluctant to take hold of th case, and
If is probable that no prosecution will
be made. The girl for awhile during
her trouble came to Richmond and
rented a room on Fort Wayne avenue,
where she staid alone for week She
is daughter of parents living in this
city, and their home is on south
twelfth street. The case is one with
good many sensational and revolving
features if all were brought out. The
youngman Slute promised to marry
the girl after the justice trial IN Eaton,
but did not fulfill his contract. She
will get good care In the Home.
Mr.. Walker is indignant that the
people in the case made his place a
rende zvous without his consent, as his
Rome is resort for the best people of
Il chmond when they go out that way,
and he does not wish to become in any
way connected with events of such
questionable odor.
THE GIRLS STORY.
The girl herself was called on at the
Home for Friendless Women, on
south tenth street, and, through the
kindness of the matron, Mrs. Spencer,
reporter was permitted to talk 20
her. The girl is tall for her age, as
she says she will be sixteen next month.
Size says that some three weeks ago,
afssr this trouble with Shute. she went
to the home of Walker, near Camp
bellstown, to work. She had been
there but short time when she came
home to Richmond, her parents resld
ing at 6l0 south twelfth street Thence.
on last "Wednesday evening, she was
taken by Samuel Lawrence Roberts, on
the 1880 train to Centelville. There
she was kept till Saturday evening,
when she was taken to New Paris on
the train. While at the home of Rob
erts, where she staid while at Center
vile, she says an attempt was made TO
poison her. She said that Roberts
proposed going and getting some poi
son for them to take that they
might die tC gether. This tender bit OF
tragedy she refused to AIRY ont, and
the trip to New Paris was next
She says that she was not mis-
treated on the way, but that Roberts
'didn 'ttslk nice' to her. They drove
to Campbellstown in rig belonging
to Brown. the New Paris hveryman.
and that when they got to Walkers 5
Roberts asked that gentleman for
money with which TO get married,
threatening, If such money was not
paid over, to kill her at once. He said
he must have her. and that if he
eou dn't he would kill her. Walker
| then took charge of the girl that (Sun
day. morning and took her to the
Home for Friendless Women, on Mon
day There she is being cared for.
She does not appear to be overnight
When asked why Roberts had wanted
| to kill her. she said she did not know
but that she supposed some one else
had got him to attempt the job. Her
story IN every essential eorroborates
| that of Mr.. Walker, and il should be
| Investigated fully.
| LATER.
| The girl was taken to her home on