The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-12
Ilr1NARY HEARING OF BARBER
CHARGE OF CRIMINAL As
AUIr or GIRL HELD
NAV sIUssAR TELLS STORY
ME other Witnesses For Prose
son Examined and Defend
~ Valves Examination.
Max sEUssAR TELLS STORY
&c otheF Witnesgeg For PFose-
Waives Examination.

AZ de conclusion of the exam
ination of the prosecuting witnesses,
George Frush, barber, through his
attorneys, waived examination and
RS committed to Jail without bond
Is await trial in circuit court, at his
preliminary hearing before Magls-
5rate Gordon Thursday evening on
lie charge of criminally assaulting
Maggie May Slusser on the Bridge
sooft road near the tin plate mills
last Monday evening.
Although no announcement was
made of The time set for the hear
ine except TO the attorneys and
those interested in the case, there
vas q fdir-sized mob of curious men
surrounding the magistrates court
but policemen and constables sta
toned there prevented any from
enfarfag except those interested in
the Se
W1e the hearing commenced
johnson and Hofheimer, attorneys
for the defense, made motion that
another continuance be granted in
order 30 give the defense proper
time % prepare is side of the case.
John Basel, one of the counsel,
had sent word Just before the hear
ing that he could not attend because
Of Illness and this and the fact that
two courts have beer session the
last two weeks ese1e argued as
causes for delay. The court over
ruled The motion and directed the
hearing 20. proceed after Prosecut-
ing Attorney Morris protested be-.
cause the defense had already asked
for and been granted two continu-
ances.
u Attorneys for the defense entered
plea iof not guilty
Another motion for a continu-
.ance was made by johnson because
of The. absence of Mrs. Grace Hop
lins, witness, but this was over
ruled.
The first witness to take the stand
was Miss Slussar, the complainant
in the case. She told story of the
alleged attempt Of Frush to Grim
inally assault her and of striking
her and dragging her by the hair
Monday. evening on the Bridgeport
road virtually as was published in
the Telegram Tuesday She said
that she had met Frush only that
day and that Mrs. Grace Hopkins
introduced him to her and later
told her that he was gentleman.
She said that she agreed to go driv-
ing with Frush when he asked her
to and that evening they walked
down Pike street from the Waldo
hotel corner and Frush procured a
rig at Sedwick's livery stable.
The prosecuting witness identi-
fed the prisoner as the person who
attempted to assault her.
e1s that the man who you say
committed this actY she was asked.
eyes, sir; that's the man sitting
right there, George Frush," she re-
piled with emphasis.
The S1ussar girl testified that she
was seventeen years old on the day
the alleged assault was made. I'm
til three weeks ago she resided with
her parents at Mt. Clare. At that
time she came to Clarksburg to go
to work and since coming here she
said she had stayed at the Walker
House, Mrs. Hopkins house, and
the Deison House She met
Mrs. Hopkins on street car
going to the Barnmn s. Bailey cir
Gus about two months ago. Since
her arrival in the city three weeks
ago she had worked at the Five
and Ten Cent store, at Smithy's res
taurant and was learning to be a
telephone operator, while at nights
she attended the West Virginia
business college, taking shorthand
and typewriting. She would not
lSstate how long she had remained in
the employment at the places nam
d. q. Demling, boiler tender at
the tin plate mill, testified that he
saw the prosecuting witness in the
boiler room of the tin plate plant
Monday evening about 8 o'clock.
She came in and asked him to as
sist her or to get someone to assist
her back to Clarksburg. She had
her hat in her hand, her clothing
was wet and muddy, her hair was
hanging loose and she was crying
and very nervous and excited. She
told him that she had been out driy-
ing with a Eoung man, barber, and
that he had done everything that a
man could do to her. She said She
had fallen into o mud puddle while