The Portland daily press., 1900-12-01
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some LIQUID in It from bottle. Then he
told me TO drink It. / tasted OF II and he
threw 1t away when told him didn't
want any more. Then he whistled and
heard an awful rustllng noise, lie
whistled q second time and three fellows
came up. One put MIS- hands over my
eyes, the other held my hands and the
third tried 70 tie my feet. kept stepping
90 that he could not do so. The man
who was holding the handkerchief over
my eyes was Dan Roach. whom / knew.
He said John Ahearne was holding my
Bands and Teddy Brewley was trying to
Ne my feet. managed to get away BY
telling them some one was coming. Dan
Roach said 4 guess some one is coming
We better let her go or they'll think she
Is drunk They then went away"
During her testimony Miss whitney
was taken with violent fits OF coughing
which interrupted the proceedings for
some time.
Asked as TO Dan Roach she said she
had known him year and a half. One
time he became angry with her at q
merry-go-round because she wouldn't let
him 90 home with her and he followed
her home with knife. After the events
on the walk Miss Whitney said she went
up stairs and seated herself at a window.
Here she took out the bottle which she
secured from the man on the walk. 1t
contained a red liquid. While she was
looking at 1t man came up and tried to
take 1t away from her. She dropped 1t
out Of the window. Miss Whitney said she
danced after intermission. She said she
felt sleepy but was better when she was
walking around,
Going home she became unconscious
and remem bered no more until she re-
covered Thursday. Thursday and Friday
before the Sebatis event she attended
dances.
The witness was GROSS. examined at con.
siderable length by Mr.. McGillicudiy.
she said she did not work and what
money she had was given her by her
parents. On the Saturday OF the dance
she had twenty five cents her mother gave
her, and ten or fifteen cents In change
and a dollar bill her father gave her.
That was all the money she had. She
kept the silver in cup on a shelf The
dollar she kept in her stocking. Inquired
of as 60 where she was Saturday after
noon CT the dance she said she was at
home. Miss Rice was there, She said a
man called at about Two O'Clock to see
hsr father. Shs asked him into the sit
ting room He remained five minutes.
Another man called later to SUE her about
work. He was asked into the sitting
room. The door to the kitchen was
closed. Miss Rice was there,
Miss Whitney was now taken over the
ground Of the events on the walk, the at
torusy bringing out the fact that during
all her struggles with this man who
pulled her out she didn't see his face
The man shs said managed to hold her
all the time he was dosing her with the
ice cream So she could not see him. She
said she heard woman laugh when she
tried the door and couldn't get in.
Asked how she knew the man took the
9 cream and bottle from his pocket If
she COULDN'T see him, she said she could
feel him. When she was let into the hall
to get drink OF water by the man who
was holding her she said she didn't cry
out because she was afraid. She knew
r. the deputy sheriff was in hearing but she
didn't think OF him.
Miss Whitney here described the
whistling OF the man who held her and
the approach OF the.other two men. She
fald the man who was holding her put
his hand over her eyes when he whistled.
1t was Dan Roach who put his hand over
my mouth. L only knew that Dan Reach
told me that Ahearne, Brewley and
Hitchcock were there. didn' see them.
Beach lives in Lewiston at Gas House
path. But one person was trying to tie
a rope around my feet. He got the rope
around one ankle. 1t didn't feel as II 1t
was tied.
Her story of how she caused the men to
leave was repeated as in her direct. She
SAID when she went back up stairs she
passed ths-deputy sheriff. She didn't tall
him what had happened because the men
had threatened to Kill her If she told.
After she went into the hau she went to
window near the ladies' dressing room
az took the bottle out and looked at 1t. A
fellow came along and said: Give me
that bottle He put his arm around my
waist and tried e get 1t dropped 1t
out OF the window. I told none or my
friends about what had happened. The
car didn't leave for 1 hour and a half
after the dance. I dldn t try to ride
mans bicycle during this walt. didn't
try to jump over table aud didn't fail
down. had been taking no medicine
that night"
Q.-Didn't you In the sink room drink
from half pint bottle, some dark colored
liquidf
A.-No 1 did not.
Q.-Didn't you do skirt dance b.
tween the tablesf
A.-No.
Cross-examined by Mr., sla.tery she
said she knew John Ahearne. He was
neighbor OF hers.
DIR. Il. u. Oonant OF Lewiston was
called. BE was the physician who was