The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-20
FRUSH ON TRIAL
FOR ASSAW =
of Criminal Nature on Former
Maggie May sIussar. Aged
Seventeen Years.
TELLS HER STORY
n 4 Positive and Rather Emphatic
Manner of the Alleged Crime and
i Not Greatly Shaken.

trial Wednesday morning on an in
dictment charging him with criminal
assault on Maggie May slussar. aged
17years, and who married since the
time Of the crime alleged.
Mr.. Frnsh is represented by At
torneys John Basel and NJ. G..
sperry, and Prosecuting Attorney
WIN p. Morris appears for the state.
The jurors in the case are James
Criss, Howard Mcdonald, Wilson
Waldeck, Carl Drummond, Harry
Hcrr, Samuel Lewis. John A. Ian
caster, George NJ. Ross, A. j. VIII
Hams, Harrison H. King, George
Nutter and Frank Dennison.
Girl Tells Story.
The first witness on the stand was
the alleged victim herself. She re-
lated an apparently straight story,
telling the jury and court of Frush's
inyitaion to her to take buggy ride
the night of October last, and after
riding around the city, they drove
out the pike toward Bridgeport.
Some distance beyond the tin plate
mills, she said, Frush drove the bug
gy to one side of the road, she got
out and started down the road away
from him. He followed her and she
ran. After running some distance
ne overlook her, caught her by the
hair and
Dragged Her Down
70 the ground on the nat of her back
She stated that he then committed a
partial criminal assault.
After releasing her she promised
70 go back to the railroad yards with
him, but near the tin plate mills che
got out of the buggy and went to the
mills, where she received assistance
In getting into the city at a late nour
Of night.
The story toldon the witness stand
was practically the same as she told
in magistrates court at the time OF
Frush's arrest and the same as told
the grand jury by her. Her man
ner was self-possessed and some
what emphatic were her declarations.
There was
Nothing Dramatic About Her
except the astute manner in which
she answered questions on the cross
examination. which was quite rls,d.
After she concluded her testimony
Street Car Conductor James Fittro
and two tin plate workers were on
the stand and told of her bedraggled
condition as She arrived at the mills
and was brought to the city on
street car.
Frush on Stand.
At o'clock the state announced
that it rested The witnesses for the
defense were sworn. There are a
dozen or more OF them. Frush was
then called to the witness stand to
testify in his own behalf.
The slussar girl is daughter OF
Jacob slussar, of Mt. Glare, and had
y been employed in store or two
here.
The slussar girl is now Mrs.
Charles N. Fowler. Mr.. Fowler mar
Red her January %.
At press hour Frush had stated
that he was introduced to her that
evening on the Waldo corner and
that within fifteen minutes she had
asked him three times to take her
buggy riding. Here the attorneys
got into an argument as to that sort
Of evidence.
Edwards's Case.
IN the case of the state against
Richard L. Edwards a motion was
made to require the state to file a
bill Of particulars.
Edwards stands indicted for the
embezzlement Of funds from the
Metropolitan Life Insurance com
pany here In 1904 and was but re-
Gently apprpehended in Washington,
p G. The trial Of the case win take
place At this term OF the court.
Ray Wieks plead guilty to an as
SAINT and was fined s25 and given
ninety days in the county iail.
Frank oliverio plead guilty IN an
assault and was fined $50 ana
sentenced to ninety days In ian
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