The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-10
ALLEGED ACID THROWING
ERNEST ROGERS ACCUSES A WOMAN
NAMED NANCY EADs.
The Case Badly Complicated and Both
Man and Woman Are I'm
der Arrest.

A charge of acid throwing made by
Ernest Rogers, a hostler employed at
Demarees livery stable at Is West Six
teenth street, against Nancy Eads wash
erwoman, living in a room at 224 North
Capitol avenue, resulted last night in the
arrest of both.
Rogers said he had known the woman
for five years. Sunday night. he said she
came to the stable and walked with him
to Capitol avenue and Sixteenth street as
he going to his room and there threw
carbolic acid in his face Only a few drops,
he claimed, reached his face, but caused
slight discoloration. Last night, he said
about o'clock she called at the stable and
asked for him. He did not answer the call
and she went back into the stable. There
he said, she attempted to throw more acid
upon him, but was not successful because
he was on one side of horse ne was
grooming and she on the other. She was
arrested by Bicycle Policemen Griffin and
Manning, and after being taken to police
headquarters denied having been at the
stable or on Sixteenth street with Rogers
or having thrown any acid upon him. She
had two jackets, the pocket of one of which
was eaten through and upon which there
was plainly the odor of carbolic acid. She
would not give any explanation of the acid
odor. She said the jacket was given to her
by woman living at 311 North Illinois
street whom she did not know and she
had secured 1t through the influence of a
woman for whom she regularly did laundry
work. She protested earnestly her inno-
cence and asked the officers to go out and
find witnesses by whom she would be able
to prove where she was at the time Rogers
was assaulted, and also that the jacket
which smelled so strongly of carbolic acid
had been given to her yesterday morning.
A peculiar circumstance was that she pos
sessed two jackets of similar appearance.
She claimed to have had the jacket on
which there was no acid for a long time.
Rogers was sent for and accused the
woman with throwing the acid on him
and also OF having made a second at
tempt 70 do so. She listened intently un-
til he had finished and then broke into
tears, telling the officers Of many acts of
cruelty; said he had disgraced her and
live at Frankfort and Noblesville. She also
accused him of having been the cause of
her two daughters now being in the Re-
formatory. She said she would give evil
dence in court which would send him to
the penitentiary, but last night refused to
say what her evidence would be- She
claims to have worked at restaurants and
daughter and said the money which she
earned in this way was squandered by
Rogers who left her when she refused to
give him more money. young daughter
was found in her room, i'll and apparently
suffering from want of food.
Both the and the woman acknow-
lodged having lived together, but denied ii
had been as husband and wife When
asked why she habitually gave her name
as Rogers she said he had threatened to
do her injury unless she did so. Rogers
was locked up and charged with adultery
The woman said she had been twice mar
ried and divorced.