The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-05
LEWIS MISSING.
BESSIE
HER PARENTS SPENT MOST OF LAST
NIGHT SEARCHING ron HER.


House on West broad street-she
Left There In the Afternoon In "a
Hack aud when Her Parents Ar
rived Could Not ne Found-tier
Father says lie WIN Prosecute
Rouse.
b Rouse. who had been held az the
station house since early Sunday mornue.
on q charge OF a criminal assault on Miss
( BESSIE Lewis Of cyclone az account Of
which was published IN Mondays Morn
INK News. was discharged yesterday BY
the Recorder.
The grounds ~ the discharge were those
cited by tho prisoners attorneys Messrs
Robert L. Colding and Mr. r. l.. Hnl
from the Third Georgia Reports. where q
Is held that force r. the main element
~ the crime that the crime must have
been done forciby and aRainss the wilt
GO the woman. aud she must have resist
"a to the uttermost Of her strength. and
only succumbed when overpowcred. The
attorney claimed that in the case under
trial. shere had been no outcry on the
part OF the plaintiff and that neither had
she claimed 10 have made any hight. The
Recorder discharged the prisoner a few
minutes after THIS decision was brought
20 his notice
/ Mr.. and Mrs Lewis. the girls parents
arrived last night from cyclone Mr.
Lewis when seen by reporter OF the
/ Morning News. last night. stated that ne
I knew nothing of the trouble that his
| daughter was IN until Monday night when
be received the letter from Superintendent
OF Police screven. Forwarded from syl-
vania lie says that he and his wife Inn
mcdiately started for Savannah. when
/ they reached sylvania yesterday morning
they were shown telegram from Rouse
/ 10 the telegraph agent az Sylvania tell
/ INK him to stop Lewis and L.awton. that
| the tase had been settled. The 'IaWton"
referred TO. he says. is Mr.. Lawton Mitch
| ell, partner OF Rouse. who had started,
and did. indeed. come with them 20 Sa-
vannah as soon as he heard OF the trouble
into which the daughter and Rouse had
got.
When the parents arrived they went inn
mediately TO the Barracks seeking infor-
! NATION as to the whereabouts Of their
/ daughter. which seemed and naturally.
| their chief interest. though shey also
asked " IL were really so that Rouse had
I tFHN NNltAeANfa Afs A1AAis one OF hWNAt
| attorneys. who had previously asked Mr..
Lewis 20 come 10 Savannah. had left
word az the Barracks that when they
should arrive they were 20 be asked 60
call at his office, 50 there they went OK
pecling TO find their daughter In this.
however. they were disappointed. for she
was not there Her whereabouts was
unknown and though both Mr.. Hill his
father and others had been searching for
hoe TO- h.. EaI N.aar
found up 10 within a few minuiel OF mid
night. nor had the police received any no.
tice that she had been found NJ late as
O'Clock this morning.
From the accounts gathered from the
parents they had heen told that after
the girl left the police barracks In the
morning she had gone 90 the Office Of Mr..
I'M and from there had been taken 10 a
boarding house on West Broad street.
She had been told Il seems, To stay there
until she was called for which would be
when her parents arrived.
In the afternoon Mr.. HIN. ST., on his
way 20 the depot 20 meet Mr.. and Mrs.
| Lewis. stopped az the house TO let the
/ girl know that she might expect her par
ents on the next train. but was todd by
the lady with whom the girl had been
left that she had gone out in the after
noon IN a hack and hadnt been seen
since.
The last and only report Of her after
that time was made az the barracks when
one OF the sergeants reported that IN the
afternoon about o'clock he had seen he
girl in the hack near the Pulaski House.
All night while the search fer her daugh-
ter was being made. Mrs. Lewis sat on
/ the piazza az Mr. HlFs office In tears,
nor could she he reassurea- They have
done away with her" she kept repeating
| between her sobs. they have done away
I with her. and ! wont see her any more.
! Her uneasiness was the greater when Il
/ was reported 40 her that although Rouse
had expressed his determination 10 leave
for sylvania on the early train he had
/ not taken Il, but was then in che city,
and supposed to be at the Union Hotel
I Later a telephone message 20 the Union
disclosed the fact that she was not there
though the mother aid not know this.
MIR Lewis and the mother between her
paroxysms OF weeping. told their story
OF the girls trip TO the city
/ she had been In delicate health
/ said the mother for about two
years. and her ailment had affected not
only her health but had In a way affected
her mind and memory as well. for though
| "a times she was bright and cheerful she
ofsen had spells when her mind appeared
TO be clounded and wandering. Seeing.
Mrs Lewis said. the advertisement OF
4
/ able TO treat successfully such cases she
/ determined so send her daughter TO him.
Mr.. Lewis did not approve OF the idea OF
/ the girls coming to the city alone. and
the projece had about been given over
when sarah Reed. tho coiored woman.
who. Il IL said. has been the cook and
/ intimate OF Rouse. went to Mrs Lewis
and begged that the girl be
| allowed 10 come TO Savannah. saying that
she would come along and that she knew
the city perfectly from her many visits
\ here and wouh undertake the care Of
l the girl and guarantee her an immunity
I from harm. To these appeals. said
Mrs. Lewis. the woman appeared 10 be
most unreasonably SCI upon the trip. were
added the urgings OF the Reed woman's
| mother Mrs Lewis finally consented and
the trip was planned for Saturday.
on Friday Rouse. by whom Mr.. Lewis
/ Is employed a. n cooper got him 20 drive
/ him to sylvania. and on the way. said
/ Mr. Lewis. without any questioning on
/ his part. Eratuitously told him that he
was no; coming 10 Savannah. Incidental
/ ~ he sent $40 by Mr.. Lewis back 60 the
/ Reed woman's mother. and this money
/ il what paid the fare OF Sarah Reed 10
\ Savannah.
Upon leaving home Mrs. Lewis said
/ that she specifically gave The Reed wo-
/ man Instructions as to where she wanted
her daughter put. and also gave her the
/ necessary money for all expenses She
/ haa M reaanm 20 euapect trouble and