Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-06-14
NEGRO CQnEESSES,,
TO ATTACK. ON GIRL.
"Wiid Man" OF Campbell.
Circus Confronted by His,
Victira at LeMars..
SHE IDENTIFIES. I'll
Davis, Who Was Caught at Luverne
Breaks Down and Sobs His Guilt,
Begging for Protection-Great.
Excitement at LcMars.

Excitement at LcMars.
LeMars. Ia. June 11-I.ute last Sat
urd;,g afternoon Sheriff 4Arendt took
Davis to Orange City for safe keeping
Contrasting that ne choked beat and
brutality assaulted Josephine Willmes.
the l9-year-od daughter of MIR. anG
Mrs. Nicholas WilhneS, of LeMars, on a
lonely residence street i'm that city
Thursday night. and begging piteously
for the protection of Sheriff Peter
Arendt, who arrested him at Luverne
Mimi, last night Ebenezer Davis q
brutal looking, coffee-colored circus
negro. is now in the Plymouth county
Jail closely guarded from the wrath OF
I.eMars citizens, which threatens amy
moment 20 break into a storm of of
tense and end in speedy Justice.
Brought face 10 face with his victim.
who readily picked him out, the brute
today cringed before the innocent gir
he had assaulted. and crying like !;
baby. exclaimed to Sheriff .Arendt annie
sobs.
YES. boss did it, / did it," AS he
WAS led away his frame racked With
fear
Girl Identifies AssaiIant.
"Sherin. Was mistaken i'm accusing
this man. White He looked like the
man. but | ran never forget this mans
Soice. those lips. that face. He's The
ono. sheriff. he's the one, and Miss
Willmes, leaning upon the arm of hei
married sister. Mrs Mullaney, who &c.
compal.cd her to the sheriff's house
fastened one of the darkest crimes mar
can perpetrate upon woman upon E,ben
rzer Davis who UP tn the time OF hi.
arrest Was the wild man" in the side
show of Campbell Bros circus.
Miss Willincs. victim of the brute WHO
arnses in his cell. fearing violence from
her enrag~d parents. brothers and law
abiding citizens generally. is in !, Sc.
rous state from the terrible assault
which her physician. DR.. j. l.. Reeves
finds the negro made upon her
Captured at Luverne.
Prime,i With the Negroes confession
which Sheriff Peter Arendt dexterousls
wrung from him white en- route iron
] uveine. MINI, N an eiily hour this
morning. Davis was brought, closely
guarded and heavily lnanacled to the
Plymouth county jail at 3 O'Clock thi:
morning and lodged in the murderers
cell un,ler guard of DEPUTIES.
At 10 o'clock this morning with the
meglos confession in his possession. out
with Miss Willmes in Ignorance of his
arrest and his confession already made,
n
Girl 10 his home.
At the sight of the brute. who had
rhoked and beaten her almost into in
sensiblity. ranged before her With
the first accused negro. Walter White.
standing beside him. Miss Willmcs
swooned at the sight of the black,
bully brute.
Cringed Before Accuser.
Il WAS mistaken in accusing this
! ~
sheriff he's the man Her idrntitica-
ton was Unnecessary Every twitch
of the negroes facial muscles. the
bursting relnorSe which soon found
vent in Il weird exclamation of Il did
It, boss: 1 did it," was enough. Doubly
had he been identified BY his own
ignorant but abrupt confession had he
twice admitted the heinous crime. and
there stood his victim, pointing him
out as her assailant. sure that he and
not the first negro she accused was
the man
Begging piteously to be protected by
the sheriff and his deputies. Davis.
highly excited was led back to his
steel cell, and during the day will be
formally charged by County Attorney
Struble with the crime of rape.
Davis was the wild man" in Camp
bell Bros. side show. He mad also hur-
red from the side show tent To near
~ hasten one of LeMarS most highly
respected daughters into AN early
grave. and had. according To her at
tending physician. violated her clas-
tty
Going Home from Church.
The crime. rs has been previously
stated was committed in the east end
of the city of I.eMars. a block from the
ST Joscph'S catholic church Miss
Wlllnes, :, devout Catholic girl. was re.
turning alone from the confessional A