Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1901-08-02
William Brown Bound Over to District
Court on Charge Of Having Raped
Lizzie Long.
VICTIM A FRAlL GIRL
She Tells How She Screamed and Strug-
gled and Appealed in Vain in
Virtues Sacred Name.

The salacious details of the manner in
which William Brown, jr.. is alleged to
have accomplished the rape OF Miss
Lizzie j. Long, the eldest daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Long ot Alkali
creek, We're related In Justice HaW-
thorne's court last Tuesday forenoon.
Quite 4 large crowd was il attendance
upon the preliminary examination, held
IN the court room, among whom We're
the young lady's parents and younger
sister, the father Of the defendant and
bis young wife with babe in arms The
prosecution was conduced BY County
Attorney Caswell. assisted BY w. H.
Meyer while the defendant was repre-
sented by Attorney George W. Pierson
AS told w The Picket ast week, the
alleged assault took place ia THE corral
on MI. Long s ranch on the evening Of
Wednesday, July "a, while the girls
parents We're il this city attending lodge
The victim Of the alleged Outrage told
the story Of the crime ia a straightfor-
ward manner and her torn and soiled
dress was introduced in support Of the
charge and in proof Of her heroic re-
sistance According to her recital she
was overpowered and outraged
while engaged in milking shortly
after 8 o'clock at night, the
rape being accomplished in the COW cor
raj within 100 yards Of the house. She
and her sister were the only witnesses
examined and if their stories are true
the defendant is certainly in bad box.
He was bound over to the next term Of
district court and gave bonds in the sum
Of 81 600 for his appearance, his sureties
being his father and w. Fl. Close and j.
A. Virtue. The penalty for rape is i'm
prisonment in the penitentiary for from
five years to life. In justice to the de-
fendant, however, it should be stated
that he has not yet been heard.
The victim Of the alleged rape was the
first witness called by the state She is
small and rather frail for her age, being
nearly II years old, and hardly capable
of making much resistance against such
powerful young man as the defendant.
She was kept on the stand for two
straight hours and Withstood the trying
ordeal with maidenly modesty and the
severe cross examination to which she
was subjected didn't shake her original
story in the least. After stating that
she was the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
Dan Long and lived on Al6al creek, she
related the following details Of the al
legged assault:
will Brown came to the corral where
I was milking and asked what | was
doing. I told him was milking and he
asked me where my father and mother
were. told him they had gone to town
to attend lodge. Then he asked me to
do business and screamed and started
to run for the house. He caught me at
the feeding rack, pulled me back and
made me drop my milk He caught me
around the waist and threw me down. j
said, @. don't and screamed. He told me
to shut up or he wonld slap my mouth.
Then he pulled up my clothes and 1
begged him to quit. said, o. dear.
wish | was a little stronger. He said, |
do, too, Liz, and then started IN and /
kept begging him to quit.
What did he do them. asked the
county attorney.
aHe kept me in that position for five
or ten minutes, replied the witness, and
when he got through he told me to 60 to
the house and quit crying, as it wouldn't t
do me any good now
State whether he stripped your
person Of your clothes and exposed his
person.
He tore my dress and pulled my
clothes up over my head
hat did he do to you them,
He started in
The witness then, with great hesitancy
related the story Of the exact manner in
which the rape took place, and declared
that she kicked the defendant in the
stomach and resisted to the utmost ex-
tent of her strength. The dress worn by
her the evening of the alleged assault
was introduced in evidence. It was
badly torn and the back was covered
with mud and manure.
What did you do when you went tc
the house?' asked the county attorney.
Il told my sister, Mary" responded
the witness.
did you tell your mother when she
came homer"
Yes; told her the next evening"
The witness was then placed on cross
examination by Attorney Pierson, wher