The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-07-18
KARRICK CONFESSES
That the Girls Visited Him, But Says
His Conduct Has Been Entire
Iy Misunderstood.

His Conduct Has Been Entire
ly Misunderstood.
! A ANews-Democrat reporter called on
Karrick at the telegraph tower at
Stark siding, Saturday morning. Kar-
rick was seated at the operating table
and reporting train which had just
passed.
''Is your name Karrick?" inquired
the reporter.
Eyes, sir, step in and take chair"
he said.
After waiting few moments Kar-
rick turned around and faced the re-
porter. A glance into Karrick's face
revealed several reminders of the lash
ing which he received from Mrs. Geltz,
Friday afternoon. Just over the left
side of his face there was long cash,
still bloody. The tip of his nose was
covered with dark scab, and several
other smaller cuts were visible over
the right cheek. 1t was apparent that
he was not in an amiable mood as
he turned around to talk to the re-
porter.
"Mr. Karrick," said the reporter, sit
is understood that Mrs. George Geltz,
of East Second street, called on you
Friday and administered severe whip
ping and charged you with taking i'm
proper liberties with her nine-year-old
daughter. Is it true?"
Eyes, it is true that she called on me
and whipped mel won't deny that.
But as to taking improper liberties
with her daughter Hazel, must deny
that. Little Hazel and another girl,
Clara Hadopp, called on me several
times. like children and when they
came to me simply played with them.
II they had been older I would not
have let them into the tower. have @
child of my OVID. romp and play
with him. When 1 meet other chill
dren do the same. Well, the girls
came out to the tower sometime last
spring. They first stood and looked at
the passing trains. Finally they grew
better acquainted and came up to me
in the room. They were nice little
girls. They played, and read to them
sometimes, though / never neglected
my work. When 1 was through with
my work sometimes took them on my
lap and talked nice to them. / did not
commit any Intentional wrongs, but
of course in holding them on
my lap may have unwisely
embraced them, but intended
no evil by it. One time ]
gave the girls nickle with which to
buy some candy. They secured it and
came back into the tower and played
and ate it there. One time l walked
up into the woods with them and we
gathered wild flowers. There was
nothing wrong about that On Tues
day night left my home to take book
to the city library. On Mahoniue
street met the little girls. They ask
ed me where l was going and tolC
them l was going to the library. tool
along pair OF shoes to shoe shop OF
Third street and the girls then asked
me II they could go along. l didn'
want them to go, especially in the
D evening, and told them so. But the.
insisted. allowed them to accompan!
me. We walked straight up Thirt
street. We came out at the merry-go
round. We stood and looked on. 1t grew
q late and when the Geltz girl suggeste,
!, that we had better go home assente,
2 and walked along with them. Haze
said she wanted me to go along to he
9 house. OF course / should have gon
!. along and explained TO her parent
j where she was and what she was doin
y but didn't, and that's where made
II mistake. Nc doubt the parents threat
It ened the girl for being out 30 late an
o having no other resource she told th
y story Mrs. Geltz stated. Mrs Gelt
o called at the tower Friday. She aske
" me If / was guilty, and l said was. c
o course | didn't mean that / was guilt
OF any Intentional wrong. Yes, mad
IF the statements she said made. wa
b. not allowed to fully explain to he
n what | wanted to, and / was satisfe
o that II / had been allowed to tell he
It the story she would have thought di
d ferent. OF course must take |
X / always treated the little girls righ
r. one just as affectionate as the othe
Ie la fact as though they were my ow
vt children. intended no wrong. al
O. sorry 1t all happened, but was FOOLS
le TO ever allow the girls TO come and se
Is me. They called on me several time
g don't know why did it. IL was n,
10 intended wrongly. am sorry for
I'd all. asked the pardon of the Gel
q, woman. II did anything that WI