Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-10-22
SCHOOL GIRL ASSAULTED.
VICTIM LEFT HALF DEAD UPo@
HTenwAY NEAR HAGEBsro as.
AssatIant Choked she Girl and Threat
ened 10 shoot Her ifshe Made an
cutlery Man stiu at Large.

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ened 20 shoot Her IL she Made an
oufery-Man stin at Large.
One Of the boldest criminal assaults
ever committed in Washington county
took place about 8 O'Clock Wednesday
afternoon Oh Cearfoss torDpike, one
Imile west of Hagerstown. Irma. If
| fourteen-ye ar-old daughter OF John
IStotler, who keeps the first toll gate
on the turnpike, was the victim. She
was returning from school in Hagefs-
town aud walking slong the road
when an unidentified man. about
TWENTY-FIVE years old. stepped ont Of
Simmons lane and asked permission
10 walk by her side. She indignantly
declined the offer of his escort He
then grabbed her, threw her down,
stuffed a handkerchief in her mouth,
choked her, threatened to shoot her if
sire made an outcrv, and assaulted
her. The man, after leaving his VIC
tim half dead, jumped over fence,
ran across the fields in westerly d.
rection aud eseaped.
The girl, with torn clothes. bleed
ing mouth. and blue marks on her
throat. where she had been chokee,
dragged herself toward her homs
Upon the way she met Edward VI.
| Bryon and wife, of Williamsport, in
an automobile. To them she told Ter
story. and Mr.. Brvon hurried 10
HagerstowD and informed the officers.
Twenty minutes after the deed was
committed Sheriff Downin, States At
/ torney Long. and their officials were
on the way to the scene of the assault.
| Up to u lare hour Thursday the assail.
ant was still Mt large.
Miss Stottler, who is a very pretty
girl, suffered nervous collapse when
size reached home, and physician was
called in. She said her assaila"t waS
about five feet seven inches tall,
weighed about 1870 pounds, was slen-
derby built. had smooth face, woie
black SLOUGH hat, and a dark suit,
He had been lettering in that vicinitv
ever since o'clock Wednesday after
noon. States Attorney Long immedl-
ately offered reward of $50 Tor the
assailant's arrest
SEVERAL MEN ARRESTED.
Several men. suspected of being the
assailant of Miss Irma Stotler, near
Hagerstowu. Wednesday afternoon.
we're arrested Yesterday, and as soon
as Miss Stotler is sufficiently recovered
they VIII be taken before her for
Identification.
Officers are in every section OF the
county hunting for the man. Sheriff
Downin deputized eight men living in
the neighborhood where the assault
was committed, and those men are
securing The immediate vicinity. Ii
is generally believed the assailant, if
not already arrested. is in hiding not
far distant.
A business man from Shenandoah,
Va, while at breakfast at the Hotel
Franklin yesterday, was taken into
custody by the officers. but after an
interview with States ATTORNEY Long,
and proving an alibi. lie was released.
J. w. Crane. of Cherry Run. W.
Va, was arrested on the street. When
searched pistol was found on him.
He asserted his innocence. He was
starting to run when the officers, who
were following him. arrested him. He
was committed to Jail.
\ man who said his name was
Thomas Dorsey was arrested yester-
dav by Constable Alexander. When
searched there were found on him a
Loo of blank checks on Maryland, Vir-
ginia, and Pennsylvania banks. Four
checks had been filled out. evidently
| by the same person, as the hand writ
| ing was Identical The checks were
for sums ranging from $lS to $40. One
was on the Hagerstown First National
bank, payable to Harry A. Byers. and
signed by Isaac l.. eastman. No such
persons as Byers and eastman live
here. When the officers attempted to
search him he resisted and tore up one
check. Last night it was learned he
was wanted at Brunswick, Md.
Documents in his pockets showed he
was recently at Martinsburg and in
/ Wood, W. Va, and Cumberland. Nd
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