The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-17
MANKATO FREE PRESS

Let me go, will give you any
thing.
At one time the hack driver got in
to the carriage and one of the men IN
the hack got ON the seat to drive.
The hack driver then assaulted her.
He got down from his seat two or
three times, but only entered the hack
once. He protested several times
against the violence used by the two
men in the hack, but they told him to
mind his business. Witness said that
she offered them money to let her go,
but they would not. They said,
eve will put you out of the road, SO
you won't come to Mankato again.
They also said, "We are getting paid
for doing this thing, and@you can't
clame us, and that they "did not
know the circumstances why" Wit
ness said that all of the men attempted
to have intercourse with her, and felt
sure that they had succeeded.
:. After recovering consciousness she
was sore all over her..body: The two
men in the hack had-.sa jug Of water
and some whisky and drank the latter
and tried TO force some Of. il down her
throat. TheysssIoppeass Ior: water sever
al times, and fnallys. left .--her--.--..,ttwo
blocks from the Kasota eating house,
saying that they would not drive over
to the hotel as they didssnot care to be
recognized They told her to put her
clothes on and stand. up, and that she
must walk..to the..hotel. She told them
that she-could not stand up, .and : fell
continually and was. unable to walk:
They would slap her and Say She must
walk She fell to the ground and they
helped her up and said that they
would not let her go.@until She. could
walk. She thought that she must have
remained awhile until she had more
strength. One of the men then led and
half carried her up to the hotel and
told her not to scream or he would
knock her down. They walked to the
platform and one said, ''Now you can
90 alone y She replied that she could
not, as she would not be admitted to
the hotel, looking as she did. One of
the men called the clerk outside of the
hotel and said, 81 have sick lady
out here. Give her room and will
be back when I put my horse up. .
The clerk helped her in and she asked
him if he would not go and see if he
could not recognize the man who had
brought her. He said that it was so
dark that he could not. He helped
her to a room and she was so nervous
that she could not stand. Her waist
and other clothing were torn, and
there was blood on her body, and she
was still bleeding and was scratched.
Witness said that she had between
$65 and $40 in bi lis in one stocking and
49, 90 in her purse. She did not tell
her assailants how much she had. At
the hotel, they handed her the purse
and said, ''Here, you take this and be
sure and have it in your hand when
you go into the hotel 1t then con-
tanned ST. %. She did not make COM
plat MT to anyone until she became ra-
tional She told Doctor Powell the
circumstances when he came to attend
her. One of the girls at the hotel as
sisted her, and next morning Mrs. J.
B. Hodge cared for her. The hack left
Mankato little later ten O clock and
arrived at Kasota sometime the early
part of the morning.
A shirt waist, skirt and under
garments were exhibited in evidence,
after having been recognized by Miss
Watson as being some of the clothing
which she wore on the night of the
assault. They were torn and blood
stat ned