The Portland daily press., 1900-11-17
Girls Story Partly Confirmed BY
Friend.
One Man She Names
Was Not at Dance.
Police However Put Complete
Faith in Her Story.

Auburn, November l6.--The police are
engaged In search for still another man
whom they think was implicated in the
case of Miss Abbie Whitney, the young
woman who, yesterday relatei startling
story Of abuse at the hands of several
young men at Sabatus, last Saturday
night. Already three men have been ar
rested as result of Miss Whitney's slle-
cations, but 1t is believed the man most
interested is still at large. The police
have q good description of the wanted
man, and think he is a person well
known about town who has been missing
from his accustomed haunts for several
days past. They are confident, however,
that he is still In this vicinity and hope
to place him under arrest very soon.
The story told BY Miss Whitney ysster-
day, which resulted in the shree arrests
last evening, was partially corroborated
today by Miss Ella Rice, Miss Rioe told
City Marshal GarceIon that she acconl-
panied Miss Whitney to the dance at Sa-
batus last Saturday evening, and was
with her pretty nearly all the time until
after intermission when together they
went 20 the sink room to get drink OF
water, Miss Whitney, she said, took a
mouthful OF the water, but fond IL to be
warm and went to the side door to throw
away what remained in the glsss. At
that time Miss Rics's attention WAS at
tracted In another direction, and when
she turned around to speak to her friend
the latter WAS not TO be seen. The door
was closed and she heard voices on the
other side, but supposing it was friend
OF Miss whitney she thought no more OF
it and returned to the dance hall.
Miss Wnitney's condition was consider
ably improved today and she WIS able to
SIT up In bed and converse with those
around her. It Is expected she win have
fully recovered within a few days. 10
several friends who called at the house
this forenoon Miss whitney repeated the
story told City Marshal dArceion yestsr-
day, ana said that while she did not
know the man VINO made her eat this ice
cream she was confident she could identi-
fy him II he were brought into her
presence.
Miss Whitney has not charged any of
the young men who have bean arrested
with having committed the outrage, but
the city marshal felt justified In making
the arrests, owing to what the girl said
concerning thsm and to information in
his possession obtxfnsd from ,othor
sources, In relation 30 their conduct on
the night of the dance.
While Hitchcock 8 name has not been
spoken by Miss Whitney, City Marshal
Garcelon has had the man under his no.
tlce for several days past, having learned
early In the week that Hitchcock, Ahearn
and Bewley were more or less together
on the night of the Sabatis dance.
The man whom Miss Whitney says she
recognized as one of her assailants has
not yet been arrested. Upon investigation
the officers learn that the man she names
could not have heen at the Sabatis dance.
There Is absolutely no question con ,srn-
ing this young mans ability to prove an
alibi. In her statement Thursday, Miss
whitney called this man by his full name
the name she has always known him by.
Referring to this person, in conyersa-
tion with reporter Friday morning,
Miss Whitney said:
whether or not the nams or this man
is the one that gave, l am sure that the
man l spoke of as helping the other two
in an attack upon me, is known TO me.
have always known him by this name. 1t
may be that the family name is correct
and that was mistaken regarding his
first name. Possibly have always known
him by totally wrong name. am sure
that have known him, whether by his
real name or not, and I'm positive that
the young man have referred to was one
of the men who attacked me at Sabatis. .
Miss Whitney's acquaintance with the
man she refers to dates back some time.
She says that he has paid hers attentions
at various times during the past summer
and that those attentions were not agree
able to her She mentions an Incident
connected with a ride on the merry-go-
round at the Turner strset clay bank,
last summer. On that evening this young
man rode near her and asked her for the
privilege of escorting her home, after the
"p erformance.' She says that she
"skipped" him and that he was very
angry in consequence ana Bwore Vengeance
against her
Miss Whitney says that this youth
chased her home that night and that he
hollered to her and told her that he would
kill her If he caught her. She alleges that
the fellow had a knife in his hand when
he made the threat.
she says that she reached her home first
ann ran up stairs all out OF breath. Later
her mother looked out and saw the young
man Watching the house.
Onoe after that she had an encounter
with this youth. 1t was iats ono evening
on Lisbon street that the second affair oc-