The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-08
GIRL MAKES
CONFESSION
Telling of a Most Heinous
Crime.
POLICE AFTER Tue men
Albert Scott and Charles
Morton Have Left City.
Fourteen Year Old Daughter Of
William Rhodebeck in la Pitiful
Condition Physically.

Charging Albert Scott, negro and
Charles Morton, white man with
ravishing his fourt zen year old daugh-
ter, William Rhodebect has filed an
Iaffidavit in the police ronrt and the
lofficers are putting forth every effort
to locate the two men who have lett
| the city through fear of arrest.
Rhodebeck states that he Is en-
lployed at the Central Ohio lime kilns
and that his daughter is compelled to
remain at his home on North Main
street above the Pennsylvania rail-
road, entirely alone. The men were
lemployed during the day at the quar-
ries and went to the house last Sat
urday night, knowing that no one
would be with the girl.
| While there thy handled her very
rougly and prevented her calling for
help by choking her. After committing
the dastardly act the white and the
NEGRO warned her that IL she told of
the occurance TO any one they would
kill her. For this reason she did not
plausible excuse for her condition. TO
neighbors she told that her father
had beaten her.
Finally the girl confessed to neigh
bors that she was afraid to stay
alone at night fearing the men would
return and when the neighbors took
her in to remain with them she told
the whole story of the crime.
When the police were notified they
searched the city for Scott and Nor
ton but only learned that they had
left and had stated that they were
lgoing to Chicago.
The case has attracted considerable
attention on account of the extreme
youth OF the girl and there is con-
siderable feeling against the girls
lassailants in the section of the city
where the crime was committed
Chief of Police Cornwell filed an
affadivit in probate court, charging
1.-THE girl with being a Juvenile delin-
quent. She was taken into custody
TFuesday afternoon and was brought
before the judge. She was found to
be in pitiful condition physically.
Her clothes were unclean and badly
worn and her entire appearance gave
levldence of improper life.
After she had admitted to the indigo
that she has not been living as she
should she was taken to the county
jail and placed in charge of the ma
iron, Mrs E. Il. Drown. There the girl
was cleaned up and given some new
clothes. Her father has been ordered
TO appear before Judge Foster and
tell all he knows about the case, af
Ter which the court will take action
DR.. c. T. Wiant was called to make
: physical examination of the girl
Wednesday morning.
Wednesday afternoon Judge Fos
ter ordered the Rhodabeck Girl sen
to the Girls Industrial Home nj
Delaware. She will be taken down
: Thursday, by Sheriff Drown.
, Life In flat would be an ex.
cellent title for farce comedy basef
on the scenes enacted and the stor.
les told In the mayors court yester,
DAY afternoon during the trial of Mrs
; Myrtle Miller who was charged b,
, Mrs. Julia Cooper, with running q
notorious establishment In the Ions
, tlats on North Main street.
. There are several flats I'm the Tope
, building that are separated by onl,
the thinnest partitions. All of IN,
tenents use the same hallway and th,
same stairways. There has been frict
ION between the Miller and Coope,
FAMILIES according TO the story ant
word battles between the two faction,
have been frequent
Each told long story of the dali,
and nightly occurances in the flat.
ana the means adopted by each fac.
tion for learning what was transnir.
ing in the next apartment provokina
much laughter in the court room
Inc sensational charges against Mrs
Miller could not be sllbstantiated and
'he mayor dismissed the case for lack
, or preponderance of evidence against
Oh evidence against the accused.
Barney Prosser and Willie Swine
hart, two fifteen-year-old lads. lef
the city yesterday and have moi
been heard from since. The polic,
have been asked TO locate them.
AT meeting of ile commitie,
interested in the lowering of tb,
Erle and Big Four tracks throuql
the business section. of the citv /,
be held tonight, arrangements will
be made for conference betwee,
the city council, the committee an,
the Officials of the railways inter
ested to be held here Nav 16
doe Thomas, drunk, was ARRESTED
yesterday by officer Chapman an,
was fined 81 this morning by ths
mayor,