The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-08-09
Another Mysterious Case.
THIS TIME A BROOKS GIRL is THE
VICTIM
From the Boston Globe. ]

care al ST. J0hn's hospital, Josie McTaggart,
an -o-year,old mil operative, and hand
some. tail, fair haired gr, tells an astonish-
ing story OF abduction and abuse.
On the strength Of her charges and de-
ScIiption the police this afternoon arrested
William F. Manchester on a charge of as
Sault. He Is a tinSmith, native Of this
city, where his relatives live, and young
man until lately Of good reputation.
The girl was found between 80 and 3
this afternoon by park department EN-
ployes and was taken in an ambulance to
81. Johns hospital from Rogers Fort Hill
park.
According to Miss NcTaggart it was u 80
yesterday afternoon when she was walking
along Midde<lx street near Central street.
This is at that time Of day one Of the most
crowded th0roughfareS OF Lowell AS she
naared a covered buggy standing at the
curb She says TWO men standing beside it
s-.zed her and pushed het into the vehicle.
They crowded in after her and when she
attempted 70 resist them they forced her 20
swallow what She declares was drugged
liquor.
FOUND HERSELF IN PARK.
Miss McTaggaIt says she does not Ie-
member Wha- happened to her after that
until she recovered her senses about I in
the afternoon yesterday in Rogers Fort
Hill palh. >A- started to walk home when
She saw Manchester approaching.
Then, he gil asserts, Manchester stop
ped her and placed over her face 4 hand
kerehet saturated with what She believes
was cnioToi0rM. After that She has no
recollection until She woke mp lying in the
sHTubb@rI This afternoon.
TIE men who carried Aer OF in the buggy,
Miss Nc1aggd1t says, She never saw before,
but She IS SIRE She could identify them.
MANCHESTER she knew BY sight.
Itis understood the police intend to make
another arrest III connection with the al
a 11y1fr ,t.ff,
was mentioned in connection with the case
was at his home .0n ght. He said he had
not seen Manchester since last Tuesday.
He added he would not 60 10 the police sta
.ion because he did not wish TO gain noto-
Tiety, but he would be at his home if the po-
lice wanted Inn.
The physicians az the hospital said there
was no evidence that violence had been
used in committing a criminal assault upon
the girl. She was put under ether for an
examination.
The doctor also said there was no evil
dence she had been dragged.
HER OWN sT0RY
After Miss MaTaggart recovered from the
anestheIic this is the story She told:
81 ate my dinner " e1ne>dav at my aunt's
house, and il being a little late when left
her house for the Appleton company ring
spinning room, was going up Middlesex
street instead of Jackson, as | believed it
"A hort distance along Middlesex street,
above the corner drug store, was covered
buggy near which two nell were standing.
One of the men wore dark. stiff hat. He
| was OF dark complexion. wore eyeglasses, a
moustache ami was above the average
height and build. That man had what APP
appeared TO me, tn sign on his hat. The
| other man was slim build, smooth face.
| brown eyes and Wore black cap.
| Zone of the men said Hello to me as |
ride i can't said, as | have to hurry
| to the mill One of the men said, %, we
will get YOU back TO the mill on time
"They then grabbed NE and pushed me
| into the carriage. | resisted, but they
opened my mouth and poured what l be
| lieved TO be liquor down my throat |
never tasted liquor but once before yester-
sThe buggy was an ordinary covered We
| hicle and the man crowded into it after
pushing me in. The horse faced toward
| Central street.
SURE IT WAS MANCHESTER.
Il hardly know what happened after the
| when ! woke mp about clock n the after
| noon | was III Rogers Fort Hill park. |
| was walking along there when Mr. Man
! chester attacked me with the handkerchief,
! on which was drug.
y think it was Miss McAndrews who
chester was. | was not mistaken in saying
the man | met in Rogers Fort Hill park was
| Mr.. Manchester. | am certain there was
another man partly hiding behind tree.
| 81 was lying in the shrubbery of Rogers
Fort Hill park when the park workmen
found me between $50 and o'clock this
afternoon. ! don't know what happened
| since | felt the man, who believe was Mr..
Manchester, place the handkerchief over
my face Wednesday afternoon.
81 have never been at Canobie lake or
any other pleasure resort with young men.
! My parents, brothers and sisters live in
| Brooks, Me-, and they are the only persons
| with whom | correspond. l do not like
| Lowell and will like it less on account of
| this trouble.
81 had fainting spell on the street here
| June "a last
There was no sign of mental disturbance
| in Miss McTaggart while she was telling
| the story of her experience and the house
physician of the hospital said later that it
| did not vary from what she had previously
| told him.
| The house physician also said there was
| nothing to indicate that Miss McTaggart
had been drugged before reaching st:
| Johns hospital.
IN LOWELL FOUR MONTHS.
Miss McTaggart came here from her
home and birthplace, Brooks, four months