Evening star., 1905-08-26

rot of the train, and had also seen her
when she fell. When he went out to see IL
he could be of assistance to her Or. Smp-
ers and Charles Keefer came along. Coberth
was then talking to the woman
Are you sick?" DR.. Rome inquired OF the
woman.
THE woman is tired and wants to go
somewhere to rest" said Coberth-
Don't talk too much the woman NUT
tered
1t is certain that Miss Holly was then
IN condition that she did not know wnere
she was or realize what she was saying or
doing. The medicine she had taken while on
the train had affected her and robbed her OF
her reasoning powers. Coberth picked her
up and managed to get her to his room.
At that time no one here had recognized
Miss Holly and It was thought that she had
come here from the city to visit Coberth.
Several persons walked through the alley
that night, some of them stopping and look
ing through the window of the room in
which 1t is charged, Miss Holly was held
prisoner. Her hair hung over her head and
face and the curious ones were unable to
get an idea as to her appearance. During
the night groans were heard coming from
the room. but still no attention was paid
to what was going on In there 1t Is thought
that the blacksmith administered whisky to
the sick woman and Kept her in an uncon-
scous condition until Sunday morning,
when she rescued. A colored man who
carried coffee to the blacksmith reported
the condition of affairs in the room as he
Waters became apprehensive that there was
something wrong
This is something terrible" he told DR..
Rome, "and something must be done
After Eighteen Hours.
1t was then about noon. or nearly eighteen
hours after the blacksmith had pushed the
woman along through the alley and forced
her into his ROOM She had objected to
terinS, but the strong man broke her hold
upon the door and forced her into the filthy
apartment. Mrs. Rome, who was told of
the conditions. made an earnest plea for the
rescue of the woman. She had been q nurse
at the Emergency Hospital in Washington
and was willing to receive Miss Holly in her
home and nurse her. Mr.. Waters and DR.
Rome summoned a number of men. among
them being Mr.. Upton Bowman Mr. Louis
FrizZel, Mr.. Claud Brown, DR.. Shippers Mr.
John Gordon and Mr. J. Frank TraZZare
DIR. Shippers insisted upon getting permis-
sion to enter the place before he would ven
ture in, and Attorney d. w. Baker, who
was recently appointed United States attor-
ney in ashngton, was consulted. In the
meantime, however, the presence of many
men near the blacksmith shop had caused
Coberth to withdraw his objections to the
rescue of the woman, and several men en-
tered. Miss Holly was still in dazed con-
Gition and had idea of the nature of her
surroundings. She would say she wanted to
go away, and in the next breath she would
object to being troubled. DIR. Shippers saw
that she was dressed and then took her in
his carriage to the house of DR.. Rome Mrs.
Rome made the unfortunate woman as COM
Portable as possible and attended to her
many bruises and injuries. Monday morn
ing when the sick room was visited. the pa
tient was asked if she knew where she had
been since she reached here.
'Of course, | do was her response
Haven't l been here?
Then Mrs. Rome had to admit that she
had not been there all the time. She told
the sick woman part of the story of her
sad experience, and the latter s outburst
showed that her grief was something awful
She wept and sobbed. and at times she
would cry aloud. The patient became
nervous wreck. and 1t was not until some
time later that she was told the remainder
of the story of ner experience during the
eighteen hours she spent in the room at the
blacksmith shop. She discussed her case
with DR.. Shippers before she taken over
to the home of MIR. Amercus Biggs, her
uncle. and there she has been under the
of DR.. Nourse.
Gradually Improving.
She is gradually improving and expects
to be we'll enough in a few days to return
to her home in Georgetown. 1t is. the be-
lief of the physicians that her nervous sys-
tenn is greatly affected and that it will be
a long time before she fully recovers from
the severe shock, Everybody in this sec
ton speaks well of the Holly family but
few have a kind word for CobeIth While
the Coberths lived in this section some
years ago, very little was seen of any of
them until three years ago. when the black
smith came here from Buck Lodge. While
he had splendid business, it is stated. he
was under the influence of liquor most of
the time and was generally regarded as
being worthless He has not lived with
his wife or children for a number of years.
and a letter found in his room by a Star
reporter gives an idea of his domestic af-
f.,i i've no lnfy L.,
at 32J3 NJ street. Georgetown and the writ
er tells his father of his marriage He
complained that he had not heard from
MS father for a long time and expressed
the nope that things would not be so al
ways. The son explains to his father that
ms marriage was quiet affair and tells
him the reason he was not invited was
that ne uhe SOM knew there would have
been trouble between his parents He CON
cluded'the letter. by stating that he hoped
he would soon be settled and in a position