Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-05-13

SAUL by lOuf lllHItiildh VI u'0" VII
a young girl at Jacksonburg,
Wetzel county, W. Va. Jackson
burg is a small hamlet twenty-five
miles east of New Martinsvllle,
and is situated on the Short Lime
railroad. The following detailed
account of the diabolical deed IS
taken from the Wetzel Republl-
can:
Miss Martha HARRIET, a IL
year-old girl of Jacksonburg, was
the victim of the most revolving
and dastardly crime ever commit
ted in this county, on last Friday
evening, when she was outraged
and inhumanely treated by four
men of that city, ranging in age
from % to 80 years. The men
charged with the offense are LIB
Barrick. Charles Tharet, Fred
Ditweiler and Jack FOyle.
"The assault was committed IN
a blacksmith shop belonging to
lib Barrick, a married man, and
one of the guilty parties. The
shop is located on the main street
of the city, opposite the Elk Ho.
tel, and adjoins the tailor shop OF
Chas. Smith.
"The story as told by the young
girl is beyond description, and re-
veals a depravity upon the part
of the men that is almost beyond
human conception. The young
girl has been employed at the
Model Hotel of that city for the
past three months. and has al
ways borne good reputation.
According to her story, on Friday,
May 5, she took a walk with Llb
Barrick along the railroad track.
and together they drank half
pint of whiskey. From that time
she has no further recollection I'M
til some time in the night when
she came to consciousness in the
blacksmith shop, and one of the
brlltes was choking her and hold
inc her to the floor, while another
was outraging her. Her clothing
had been taken off, and she was
living on the floor of the shop with
it's filth and dirt. The girl was
suffering from catamenla, and the
details of her suffering and treat
ment is too revolving to be chron-
icled.
1.-The young men were arrested
on last Saturday and on the Mon
day following were given a hear
Ing before Squire \. &. lliggln-
botham. All the defendants went
on the stand, but the story was
told principally by Barrick and
BY his story he is guilty OF one
of the most heinous and nhuman
offenses that man can perpetrate'
"Barrick confirms the young
girl in her story of the walk and
drinking the whiskey, to which he
adds other relations while they
were up the railway track. lie
states that while there he arrang-
ed with the girl to come to the
shop. In the meantime he told
Jack Foyle. a bartender common
w known as Happy Jack. of the
arrangements, and about IL
o'clock the girl came to the shop.
Barrick admitted that he was IN
innate with the girl twice, after
which he left the shop. and does
not know whether or not the other
men were guilty of the same Of
Tense.
"The girl remained in the shop
all night. and several persons
heard her crying. but for some
reason unknown to any person
who would be moved by human
kindness, no one went to her I'M
til after daylight the following
when Mrs. Anna Probst,
who is also employed at the
Model Hotel. was informed that
the girl was not in her room, and
that some person was in the black
smith shop. Mrs. Probst went to
the door of the shop, and tried to
gain admittance. Failing, she