The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-21
TO PUT POST-O OFFICE
IN CAPITOL SQUARE
BEAT ASSA|LANT
WITH RUBBER PIPE
Fourteen Year-Old Girl Defended
Herself Against Man Who At
tackled Her in Fathers Saloon.

Confronted by two rough looking
white men, who it is alleged made In
decent proposals. while one of them
attempted to lay hands upon her in
her fathers barroom, Cesarna Puc-
cinelli fourteen-year-old school
girl, ably defended herself with piece
of rubber hose. beating her assailant
time and again across the head, until
her cries summoned her father, VIM
ceno Puccinell. from another part OF
the building, when the two intruders
made a hurried retreat. The alleged
attempted assault occurred late last
night, and shortly before midnight
both of the men were arrested in a
saloon, barely more than square
away, and were locked up at the First
Police Station.
Threatened Officers.
The men gave their names as j. NJ.
| Newton, aged twenty eight, native
! of Pennsylvania, and George j. Taylor,
aged forty eight, a native OF England
! Both admitted that they had no pre-
sent occupation, and were stopping at
the Nineteenth Street mission.
The charge of attempted criminal as
sault lies against Newton. the younger,
while Taylor is charged with using
idisorderly and indecent language. Ad-
ditional charges might readily be made
against both men for threatening the
officers who brought them 10 the sta
tion house. as the entire way was
taken up with voluble boasts to do
them" as soon as they were released.
Al the station house the prisoners re-
fused to discuss the charges or to
admit or deny their guilt. Newton had
some money on him, but Taylor was
without funds.
The girl, who looks barely fourteen,
and whose dark Italian eyes flowed
freely as she told her story. was both
excited and confused. but was able to
give a satisfactory and connected &C.
count Of the hapr Jennings of the night.
Her father an Italian. speaks but little
English. ami asked that he might have
an interpreter when the case is heard
In the Police Court this morning.
Girls Story.
According to the account given by
the girl she was sitting with her
| father late last night in the back room
behind the bar by the stove, when the
two men entered the saloon and called
/ for beer. Her father, she stated, had
no assistant. had been on duty since
6 o'clock in the morning, and had
fallen asleep. She went into the bar
and served the men six bottles OF
beer. for which Newton, who seemed
!. to have plenty of money. rendered her
1 a 50 bill. Later the men ordered four
more bottles of beer which We're
served, and for which they refused to
pay. When tho girl asked for her
money, Newton. apparently supposlns
her to be alone in the house, made
her improper proposals, it Is alleged
4 and attempted to drag her across the
bar, While his associate gave vent q
all manner of vulgar remarks. whlct
the girl evidently did not fully under
stand. and which she repeated /,
the police as though entireiy uncon
sclous OF their significance.
! Catching up q piece of rubber hose
used to draw whiskey from barrels
the child raped her assailant sharpl,
across the face again and again, call
ing loudly to her father for help. !
colored woman passing in the stree
, heard her screams and the indecen
language of the men, and reported TIL
matter to Policemen Atkinson an,
Gary. who were on the next corner.
3 When the officers reached the plac
. the men had left, and the ,slrl wa
, ipitfully sobbing in her mothers arms
+ while the woman, in voluble Italian
, iseemed to be alternately urging tn,
officers on and crying out against tn,
i men who had abused her daughter
. The policemen found the two mel
, shortly afterward in saloon lowe
! down Main street, near Fifteenth
street, and placing them under arrest
took them to Fuccinelli'ss bar. wher
the girl fully identified them.
Both Policemen Gary and Atkinso,
stated positively that at the time the,
) arrested the men, although the tw
had been drinking. they were no
drunk, ard from the first fully under
. stood what was wanted OF them.
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