The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-06-07
Alleged RAPIST
NOT YET FOUND.
Five men have been Arrested as
Suspects but Mrs. Drummond
Says none Of them was
her AssaiIant.
DetaiIsof The Crime Revolving
Neighbors so Wrought up That
Many Gathered here and In
dulged in Threats to lynch
the fiend, if caught.

The claim, Mrs. Allie Drummond,
wife of Lee Drummond, Of LamoertS
Run, makes OF a tramp foreigners &C.
complishing criminal assault upon her
the afternoun OF May %, has resulted
thus far In the arrest Of five men on
suspicion, but all five have been re-
leased upon her emphatic denial that
any Of them was her assallant. There
are now several doubling Thomases as
to the truth Of her story, but it may
be true.
The first arrest was made Friday
afternoon by Constable Marcellus Nc
Chung, when he brought Steve Bodnar
In from AdamstUn. Then Friday
night j. T. Borgess., L. A. McCloud
and G. A. Waldo went to WilSonburg
and arrested Joe Gere and Larry Par
nett. Their action was based upon
the finding OF a dead dog by railroad
hands near the B. s. o. cut east of
Wilsonburg Friday morning with its
head cut Off. The hands supposed the
train had killed it and they buried it
in the cut. After hearing of the al
legged rape and learning that dog &C
companied the alleged rapist, they re.
ported the matter to our officers, and
the dog was dlsinterred and the head
Brought here. The dogs color was a
brtndle and tan with considerable
black in 1t. Early Saturday morning
a large number Of farmers gathered
here from the section in which Mrs.
Drumm md lives and threats of lynch
ing were freely INDUCED in. Mrs.
Drummond was spirited into the jail
at IL o'clock to inspect the prisoners,
but after careful survey she, said
none of them was her assailant. She
was shown the dead dogs head and at
first said that was not the dog. Later
she said it might be. The three men
were all released that evening, and
the farmers dispersed. At that time
IL she had identified one Of the prison
Iers as the fiend there is no telling
what might have happened, although
assurance was given that a special
grand Jury would be called on Monday
sRnd the criminal brought to speedy
Justice.
Friday Carl Weirth, German, was
arrested in Parkersburg for lettering.
From the description sent out officers
there thought he was the rapist and
E, L. Stealey and E. ]. Weekly went
after him Monday. They were satisf-
ed he was the right man but he refus-
ed to accompany them. They came
back with his picture and Mrs. Drum
mond swore out warrant before
Squire David, and Stealey and j. I.
Boggess went to Parkersburg and
brought him here Tuesday afternoon.
In the meantime an alibi had been
proven for him at Parkersburg, show
iig him to have been in Chlllicothe
the day OF the rape. Mrs. Drummond
looked Weirth over Tuesday afternoon
and said he was not the man. He was
released at once.
The other fellow was William Hack
ney,who was arrested at Chiefton Sun
day and brought here Monday. Mrs.
Drummond said he was not the man
and he was released, too.
Mrs. Drummond's story in short is
that she and her two babies were alone
at home about 3 O'Clock in the after
noon when tramp called and asked
for something to eat. She complied
with his request and he sat down on a
bench and ate the food. She asked
him to go. He refused and made re-
mark which led her to believe he
meant to harm her. She started to
get a gun. He grabbed her, threw her
down and accomplished his purpose
and held her while a big dog he had
assaulted her. She returned to an
other room, finished her churning.
changed her clot les, went to visit h er
sister q half mile away, returned home
and not tell any one about the az
fair Sntll 9 o'clock that night, when
she informed her husband. She had
no commissions and was not Frustrated,
as at first reported, although she suf-
fered from nervovD
Her fathS 80 offered
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