Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-17

AssaiIant - Officers Are Securing
Country. 4a-.
An unknown man attempted criminal
assault upon Miss Edna Deaver, aged
is of this city. at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. 7. j. Chenille, i've and one-haH
miles southwest of the city at ABOUT
10: 40 this morning, but by a heroic de-
Tense the girl thwarted his purpose,
ane. escaped with a few minor injuries
The man made good his escape but the
country is being secured in the nope
Of his capture. The girl is able TO give
a good description of the assallant ana
is positive that she could identity MN
if She should see him again.
Al1ho bound the girl frantcally
fought her assailant and managed TO
phone for aid after she had succeeded
in frightening him away D. hef
screams for help.
Within thirty minutes after the at
tempted assault had been committed
he sheriff's officers We're "a the scene
and the immediate Vicinity OF the
house vas thoroughly searched AS
vet there is no clue, with the exception
that d man, ans wering tE5 description
given by the girl, passed the HARRISON
home. about d mile south OIL the Che-
VILE home shortly after the crime was
committed.
Miss Deaver Was Alone.
At the time the assault was commit
ted Miss Beaver was alone at the Che
Vile home, Mr. AMI Mrs. Chenille haV-
ing come to the city about an hour
earlier. The Chenille boys, Howard
and Willie, aged II and 8 respectively
,vere working in field u short distance
south of the house.
Miss Deaver was pressing waist IN
the kitchen and was not aware that
any one was around the place until she
heard a step on the floor. Even then
she had no suspicion that stranger
had entered, and without turning 10 see
who it was, asked, Have you come in
for drink" believing it TO be the
| boys from the field.
Hands Bound With Ropes.
She was answered with a laugh, and
was seized in the arms of the man. He
| forced her back against the door of the
kitchen and in his endeavor to tie her
hands he bruised her face and pounded
her head against the door Miss Dea-
yer struggled with all her strength, but
the man succeeded in securely pinion-
! ing her hands behind her back and tied
| them with a piece of small rope.
The girl screamed for help and bat
| tied with her assailant for what seems
to her TO have been period of five
minutes when he turned suddenly and
ran from the house. He became fright
ened, no doubt, at her screaming and
feared that help might come to her
rescue
Rings Phone With Teeth.
Altho realizing her dangerous posi-
ton Miss Beaver never lost her pres
ence of mind. and as soon as the man
had LETT the house she staggered from
the kitchen into the front room of the
house and here succeeded in sending
in her call for help. She knocked the
| phone receiver down with her Shout
der and rang the bell with her teeth.
a quarter of a mile west of the Chenille
home, and told them what had occur
red.
turn, Miss Deaver did not wait for
iISIp ~ eti / ~ =, Dllt Sltil up CliO iSli
to the Langdon house.
She was met about mid way on the
road by Mr.. Itangaon, who released her
where she is now being cared for to-
day.
Description of Assaiant.
When seen at the Langdon Miss
Deaver gave a description of the as
| L;
weighing about 200 pounds, well dress
ed. with blue clothes, and a cap. His
face was rough and red, and she said
he appeared TO be hard drinker. She
noticed in the scuffle that he wore a
diamond ring and that his hands were
not those of a hard laboring man. Gis
hair, she believed to be brown, was
parted on the side and was wavy. AL
tho she did not. see what Kind oe shoes
he wore she felt sure that he must have
had on tennis shoes or soft soled shoes
because he made little noise when he
entered the house.
Second Add Assault ftp Nj
Laughed in Girls Face.
Miss Beaver said that the man
laughed in her face like a fend and
pressed his face against hers. He said
| som dDOuL iitI JeluS pi Guy
girl" as near as she could comprehtnd
Apparently he was young man, and
t evidently knew that the other members
of the household were away when he
. attempted the assault.
When she screamed for the boys
Miss Beaver says he turned away, an6
he apparently thought that the boys
were large and able to put an end tc
the struggle. He then made his es-
cape
Hears Noises Night Before.
Thursday night Miss Beaver wa:
away from home until rather late ant
when she returned with friend she
: heard a noise near the gate like some
Z large object moving among the bushes
!. Later in the night the dogs barked fol
{ some time and she thought at the TIM
Z that some one must be around tn,
:, house.
Miss Beaver had been staying at tn
Chenille home for, the past FIVE weeks
: Mrs Chenille being her cousin. PRO
8 to that time she had made her hom
8 in this city with her mother.
: When asked bw the officers if sh