The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-11-16
Says She Knows H er
Assailants.
Men Arrested Protest Their
Innocence.

Auburn, November 15.-Miss Abbie
whitney. the young woman, who has been
unconscious at her home here since last
Saturday night, evidently as the result of
pisoning and who, In her delirium ao-
cused Lewiston young man Of giving
her ice cream which 'tasted bad" re-
gained consciousness this afternoon, aud
the story she told City Marshal A. A
GarceIon of this city, ooincides in almost
every particular with the disjointed allie
cations made by the girl while she was
In q stupor.
Acting on the story told by Miss Whit
ney, Auburn officers this evening arrested
two young men whn are charged by her
with taking part in the attempt to admin
lister knock out drops and assault. The
men arrested are Everett j. Brewley of
Lewiston, aged "a, and John Ahearne.
aged %. Brewley and Ahearne both ad-
NIT they were at the dance at ssbatus on
the night in question, but deny in toto
the charges maze against them by Miss
whitney. Brewiey is employed in the
Lewiston bleachery and Ahearne works
In an Auburn shoe shop. Their parents
are working people, and both have borne
fairly good characters SO far as the police
know.
The story as told City Marshal Garceion
by Miss Whitney, is in many respects
similar to the Patterson case, for which
four men now are awaiting trial and
1t is believed that arrests Will be made
before night. Marshal Garoslon says
he PLACES absolute confidence IN the
story as told by the young woman.
When Miss whitney regained conscious
ness this afternoon Marshal Garcelon
was called, and to him she related the
story much as follows: Last Saturday
evening she attended dance at Sabat-
tbs with girl friend, and during the in
Permission went to the sink room to get
a drink of water. The water was very
warm and Miss Whitney opened side
door to throw out what remained In the
glass when she was seized by young
man from the outside and drawn from
the building. The door was closed be-
hind her and she could not return. The
man, whom she does not know, then
drew from his pocket a pasteboard box
containing ioe cream and asked her to
accept. The girl said she did not care
for the ice cream, but that she wished
TO return to the hall. Upon her refusal
to eat the cream the man drew knife
and said, ''Eat or Ill kill you.H Fear
ing to disobey she tasted the contents of
the box and found it to be very bitter.
She thereupon threw the box to the
ground and refused to eat any more.
Again the knife was produced and the
girl was told that unless she would eat
the ice cream she would bs stabbed. The
man then took frnm his pocket vial
and poured part of It's contents into the
ice cream and forced Miss Whitney to
take two more mouthfuls. When she alb
soluteiy refused to take more, her COM
panion called to two other men some
distance away and as they approached
she recognized one of them as young
man from Lewiston. The three then
seized the girl and dragged her to
woodshed nearby There fierce struggle
took place, and finally the girl succeeded
in breaking away from them and return
ing to the hall. Aftr that she remem-
bers nothing more until this when she
regained consciousness.
The two men Brenley and Ahearne were
charged with assault and battery AMI
furnished bail In $500 for their appear
ance before Judge Mitchsil Saturday,
November 2.