The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-01-11
THE CHARGE Is
MORE SERIOUS.
VIM. E. Townsed Must An
swer to a More Serious
Charge Than SeduC.
ton Under the
Promise of Mar.
riage.

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of trouble and there is likely to be
a lively tilt between counsel before
the case is ended. He was arrest
ed on Monday last on a warrant
from Philadelphia charging him
with'seduction upon promise Of mar
riage. He was arraigned in IT,,
city court on Tuesday morning an
was held in $1,000 bail for {
hearing this morning. When Town
send was called this morning he
was charged with rape. Townsend
is represented by Walter H. Hayes
and when Clerk Adams called his
name he walked over to his attor-
ney. Then he was arraigned on
the charge Of rape, having been
been committed in the State /,
Pennsylvania on one Stella Ma
Hendricks. I
Mr.. Hay yes said, 1--WE don plead
to that charge. We are here to an !
swer another charge but not thai
one. No arrest has been made or J
that warrant" I
Judge Ball addressed Deputy
City Solicitor Cahoon and asked
that officer what he had to say on
account of Mr.. Hayes claiming that
Towsend is not and cannot be ar
rested at this time.
Mr.. Cahoon replied that in the
original case he was not ready as
there were some witnesses absent
and he asked for a continuance I'M
til tomorrow morning.
MIR. Hayes was not willing for
the hearing tomorrow and asked
that Monday be set down as the
day. The case vent over until
Monday morning.
Mr.. Hayes--1 now move that that
warrant be quashed as it does not
disclose facts. -.
Judge Ball-,No arrest has bs
made and there is nothing be-
the court
At the conclusion of the ses,s
of court somewhat excited \
occurred. Chief Dolan. Dept
City Solicitor, Judge Balland others
were in the general rnix-up. Chief
Dolan was angry. He said that he
could not be policeman and lawyer
alike at the same time. On ycster-
day he went to Philat s-ir;a, ac-
companied by the n ~ father
and Matron Wogan. Y went
to three hetels and IUlil'tT that
Townsend had registered under
different names when he stopped
for one night at each hotel. The
girl will not be sixteen years of age
until next October 18th. The charge
of seduction was thrown out by the
grand jury yesterday. Then Town
send was indicted on tl-y..,,.,r-,.-----
to one for violating
of consent law OF DELAY RatsA
tor of the Arlington I'LL
attendance. They will. CONE
again on Monday mornA ~
bring the clerk OF the hotel y -
Townsend and the girl aret-
have stopped on the first 4
Philadelphia. S~-~.,
Mr.. Cahoon decided that ToWlt
send was free man IN court and
that he should be allowed to 90 to
his home before an arrest could be
made. This was one OF the reasons
or Chief Dolan being angry be-
the seduction charge does no.
now exist and the indictment of the
grand jury is in the court. The
Chief stated he would take the risk
Of arresting Townsend and Captain
Black was detailed to make the ar.
rest. Captain Black notified eve,
officer on the street to keep SHARP
lookout for Townsend and to arres.
him and send him to the city hall.
Deputy Attorney General Cooper
informed Chief Dolan that it was
proper to arrest Townsend on the
warrant charging him with statu.
tory rape. The punishment in
is Imprisonment for
| term not exceed ing fifteen years.