Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1904-10-13
A Flash Drummer Neatly Trapped.

JONHS
After receiving scathing rebuke
from the court the defendant, who has
been in this section selling hardware
frequently, was given the limit Of the
law, 800 and costs or 80 days in the
stockade-while for her part Of the
affair the young lady received the un-
stinted admiration of court officials
and assembled officers and spectators.
Miss Orr, whose home is 80 miles
from Atlanta, received the following
note in the mail:
Can't ycu go to Atlanta Saturday
morning-6.3O-and spend the day l
will meet you at the train. will eI-
pect you.
lSigned) Confidential Admirer,
DRUMMER.
P. S.-Come alone.
Completely at loss to understand
the meaning of the epistle and think
irg that possibly some friend was at
tempting to play a Joke, Miss Orr final
ly decided to see the matter through.
Accordingly Saturday morning she
boarded the first train for Atlanta
with her older brother as an escort.
Before the train had entered the
car-shed well dressed man was seen
to enter the coach and glance up and
down the aisle. It was only mo-
ment before his eyes fell upon Miss
Orr. Advancing and tipping his hat
he asked il she had received a note
and informed the young lady that he
was the writer. He was allowed to
accompany her into the shed and leav-
ing the train, both entered the wait
ing room.
All of the time Miss Orr cleverly
engaged her companion in conversa-
tion and he failed 20 realize for Sec
ond that he was blindly being led IN
to a carefully set trap.
At the moment that the man was
seen to approach the young lady upon
the train her brother alighted, and no
sooner had the couple entered the
waiting room than the young man
walked into the door accompanied by
officer. Royal and Brown, who imme-
diately placed Hunt under arrest.
When arraigned in police court a
few hours later and confronted by the
young lady and her brother, Hunt at
once confessed as to the entire matter
and entered plea for mercy.
81 assure you" said he, "that l
meant nothing dishonorable. l was
very much impressed with this young
lady and knowing her family as l do,
I could zee no harm in merely request
ing her to spend the day in Atlanta.
l have a wife and two children and
have never been accused Of anything
out of the way. If I did wrong in
writing the note, am very sorry. l
regret the entire affair"
Miss Orr declared that she did not
know the man, had never seen him
before he entered the train, and had
never heard of him. She presented a
striking picture when che was called
upon in court to make her statement.
She was cool and deliberate and told
the story of the affair in a straight
forward manner. With brown eyes,
chestnut hair and tair complexion, she
was strikingly handsome, attired in a
white silk shlrtwalst and brown skirt
with tan shoes to match. She wore a
white sailor hat with a flowing veil.
All were impressed with her extremely
youthful appearance.
In making his statement Attorney
Cox, who represented the plaintiff,
said:
This thing Of insulting our young
women is becoming too common and
it is high time that it is being stopped.
This entire affair is disgraceful. This
man, with a wife and children, comes
TO a decent and civilized community
and insults a refined and cultured
young woman. I invoke the limit Of
the law"
npaesingsentence Recorder BrOyles
was very brief in his remarks. After
telling the defendant that his story
was entirely zoo thin for belief. he
continued:
"If your intentions were honorable,
why did you fail to sign your name
to that note and what does that post
script mean2 l will give you one
hundred dollars and costs OF thirty
days"
Binks-Hello, Jinks; haven't seen
you for some time. Been away?