Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-12
Little Eunice Pierce Dragged for
Blocks by a Tramp.
HAPPENED AT 6p'CLOCE THlS.MORNING
Failing to Accomplish Hi. Heinous
Purpose He Throws the Little
Girl Into the Street-Police
and District Court.
From Mondays Daily.

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maternal ears of Mrs. S. NJ. Pierce, of
SAG Center avenue, early this morning,
as her little eleven year old daughter,
Eunice, came running home, after be-
ing dragged eight blocks by a
brute of tramp, who, not being able
to. accomplish his heinous purpose, had
thrown her into the street. With the
finger marks of the tiend still upon
her lips, the little. girl lisped to her
excited and anxious mother discon-
nected story of how she had been
dragged by big bad man and then
thrown into the street. Too young to
know the danger she had passed,
though, and loo frightened to tell the
story straight, the little one was taken
into the house and allowed to revive,
while the police and her father were
telephoned for.
Chief Williams and her father soon
arrived. They were shown the im-
prints that were still left on the face
and arm of the little girl. The affair
took place little after o'clock, and
the story told by The little girl best
describes what happened. Il was out
in the yard, and did not even have my
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coming up to the house | saw man
Standing against the back of the house.
| hurried up to tell my big brother,
as papa had gone down town. When
l goa up TO the house the man made
jump and grabbed me by my arm, and
when tried to cry he put his hand on
my mouth. lie dragged me around the
house, and down Center avenue to the
| little iron bridge. He took me under
the bridge, and then up the alley that
runs to Jefferson. He made me run
and dragged Inc so hard that it made
me cry, and when he came to Jetfer-
son, where they are building the new
[ house, I,tried to scream. He took and
threw me out into the road and then
ran down the street. ! got up and ran
| home and told mamma"
The police have been hunting all
over the city and the suburbs to
catch track of the tramp. or whoever
| it was that took the little girl, but as
| yet have made no arrests. Mrs. Pierce,
the mother of the child, is nearly pros
trated over the affair. The man is de-
scribed as wearing a small brown hat.
a brown coat and black trousers, and
has Very ragged and dirty appear
ance. Mrs. Pierce thinks that he is
the same man that She fed a few days
ago.
The jury in the case of j j. Cud-
worth VS.. VIM. Henry ct al, suit for
damages, retired yesterday afternoon
and returned this morning with ver-
diet for the plaintiff for $40.
| The replevin case of Frank Henry VS..
j. G. Slaughter was dismissed, at the
Icost of plaintiff.
The two cases of Francisco Dueser
Tvs. Philip c. Duessr, one to set aside
a will and the other for divorce, were
both dismissed by agreement of the
I parties concerned.
From Mondays Daily.
\ bold attempt at burglary was made
| in the rooming a. artments in the Eaton
block. corner Main and Green streets
today. between IL and 1 o'clock. Two
men entered the building and went TO
| the. second floor, where a humber o.
! persons lodge. The floor was practi-
Icallv deserted at that hour and the in
| truders ransacked two of the rooms
before they were frightened away by
a woman who had room on the same
floor. and into which the men attempt
ed to gain an entrance. As far as is
I known they did not succeed in getting
anything and thus far they have evad-
ed the police, who were notified of the
affair.
In District Court
What may prove to be most inter
esting case has been filed in district
court. 1t is entitled j. II. Cane VS.. John
w. Barton, c. Z. Norton and C. G..
Johnston. and is brought to recover
$500 alleged damages, including 6 per
cent interest on the above amount
from Dec. 6, 1895 The plaintiff AYERS
that in Decevmber, 1905. he paid C. e.
| Norton 500 for Il certain piece of land
that j. w. Barton claimed to own, Mr..
Norton acting in the capacity OF loan
agent. The petition alleges that Nor
ton with the said Barton anplied to the
defendant fora loan of 500. and that
MI. Norton presented and passed TO
the plaintiff rs genuine and valid, a
note and mortsagg of said Barton up
on said land, pretending 10 be duly
executed and acknowledged by Barton
before c. G. Johnston, as Il notary pub
| lie, of Keokul county, with pretend
GU tiD@tidSt iliC
er owner of the land, 10 Barton, and
upon the said c. Z. Norton passing and
presenting to said plaintiff said papers
and pretended values, plhintiff paid
4 Norton his check for $500. The plain
tiff now ayers that he duly recorded
i the mortgage, and it is now due by
non-paNment of the interest, and he is
entitled TO foreclosure of the same.
But, he further alleges, that the pre-
4 tended deed from A. J. Smith 10 Bar
ton is a forgery and that the pretend
i ed notary public does not exist, and the
title of the said Barton is all pre-
tense. He alleges that llarton cannot
be found. and was never known to g,
g. Johnston. and claims that G. 4.
Norton is liable to him for the sum.
|. ii. Tomlinson, OF Eldon, is the attor-
ney for the plaintiff
/ Apetition for divorce has been filed
in district court, entitled Thenia Mort
VS.. Oliver Mort The petition charges
cruel and inhuman treatment and
asks that the plaintiff be granted ths
! custody of her Two children, II girl OF
. 10 and a bow of G..
Don a. Pool. as special administrator
tof the estatS OF the late Dir. L, IT.