Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-20
Georgia Mcclure, 1o Years Old,
Said to Have Been Victim.
WILL. BE GIVEN TRIAL NEXT MONDAY
Claimed That Girl Was Assaulted
Near the Burlington Depot-Accused
Taken from West Bound Train
Shortly After Occurrence.

Abba. Nov al)-Looking
through the bars of the Monroe coun-
ty jail this morning Ed Glover, of
Charlton, Il years old, and Frank !
Thornton, of Ottumwa, 81 years of
age, denied that either or both of
them are guilty of the crime of raping
Georgia Mcclure, the 16-year-old daugh-
ter Of Mrs. Emma I. Mcclure, of this
city.
Excitement of the alleged crime
which occurred in this city Tuesday
night has abated The state will
make the claim that both boys used
revolver In intimidating the girl and
that they literally forced her to ac-
company them to the spot in the
railroad yards where the crime is
said to have been committed This the
boys deny. They make the allegation
4 that no force was used and that the
girl was not intimidated. Glover
| claims TO have known the girl pregi-
GUS to Tuesday night. He also makes
other statements regarding her which
4 he thinks will decidedly help his side
I of the case.
i Fhe young men were taken from
west bound passenger train Tuesday
4 evening shortly after the crime is said
1 to have been committed. 1t is alleged
1 they boarded the train at Maxon
where 1t Is said they had gone after
the officers had been placed on their
4 track They will be given their pre-
/ liminary hearing Monday.
1t is alleged that the girl was seized
while returning tosher home north Of
A the depot and was taken along the
4 Burlington tracks to the vicinity of the
4 water tank. where it is claimed the
1 crime was committed. The young
men charged with the crime, however,
protest their innocence of the charge
4 of rape, and stated that in their rela-
tions with the girl it was not neces-
sary to use force.
The Story.
Mrs. Mcclure, who resides at the
corner of North Oscar and West Lilly
streets, north of the Burlington depot,
who it is asserted filed information
for the arrest of the two young men.
tells the following story: She states
that Tuesday evening she sent her
daughter to the postofflce and on re-
turning to her home it was necessary
for the girl to pass the depot.which she
did between S:15 and o'clock The
mother states that when the girl was
near the depot she was approached
by the two young men. one of whom
took hold of her, while the other pull.
ing a revolver, said, I'VE want you
:. Mrs. Mcclure further claims that the
girl fought and finally succeeded in
!, making her escape, but being COM
pletely fatigued was unable to run
and elude her captors and was soor
: overtaken. 1t Is alleged that the girl
,, was then taken along the Burlington
,, tracks: that between the stocllyards
and the water tank her captors stop,
ped, and that at the point of revol
yer in the hands of one, the daughter
was compelled to submit to the desires
: of the other, until both had accom-
plished their designs.
. Are Captured.
, It is stated that the boys then left
. Abba and made their way to Maxon
! where they boarded Burlington train
= No. 1, west bound. BY the time the
: train reached AAlbia the officers hac
. been notified and were on The lookout
!, for the perpetrators of the deed. Clio
: yer and Thornton were taken from the
train by Officers Ed Delaney and S. N
Anderson and lodged in the county
Jail.
> Lives Alone.
Mrs. Mcclure, mother of the girl
q is a widow, her husband having dice
6 about three years ago. She has sever
a children, four girls and three boys
y Her daughter Georgia was sixteer
= years old last January.
}. Formerly Lived In Ottumwa.
1t is stated that both young mer
were formerly residents of Ottumwa
Glover claiming to have been en-
: ployed in the rutfler and Thornton
having had charge of an ice wagon
J Recently, however. Glover removed tt
q Charlton. While the young men dc
: not deny they had Illegal relation.
. with the girl, they persist that it was
not through the use OF force they ac
complished their desires.
The Third Case.
It This Is the third case of this char
acter which has occurred here in littl,
i more than year. One of the accused
i is at present being tried in court here
J. The young men will be given their pre-
lliminary hearing Monday. They haY,