Evening journal., 1911-02-01
CRIER DENIES
THROUGH ALIBI
Despite II Mrs. CIifner Says
He Was in Party That
Assaulted Her
HOLD YOUNG NAN
To INVESTIGATE FURTHER

assaulted by men, while walking IN
Brandywine Park last Wednesday
evening, in City Court today, identi-
fed Amos Grier, OF No. 80 Rockford
road, as one of her assailants. Mem
bers of the Grier family sought TO
prove that the young man was in bed
at home at the time the alleged as
sault was committed. but despite the
alibi, Judge Cochran decided to hold
Grior for further hearing ON Sat
urday morning
Mrs. Clifner upon being called TO
the stand glanced at Grier in the
prisoners dock and in reply TO
question put to her by Assistant City
Solicitor Chaytor said 81 have known
that man by his first name for a long
time and he was one of the party
that attacked me. Last Wednesday
evening | was in Brandywine Park
with Ed Johnson. We we're walking
in the light Of the stars and over the
snow when that man came alongside
]
! liams. into a little house. lie grab
bed me by the arm to pull me out
Of the light into a dark place and
looked up into his face and rccog-
nized him. / know him by sight
and know that he knocked Johnson
down. When he saw me looking at
him he pulled his hat down over his
face. While another man held me
down in the dark little house he stood
by and watched. The men attacked
me about a quarter after ten or half
past"
Edward Johnson. Mrs. Clifners es-
cort who charges he was beaten by
the attacking party, was next called
to the stand but he said he could not
identify Grier as the man who as
saulted him as he did not get a good
view Of the men who knocked him
down and carried of the young
woman. When pressed for a descrip-
tiOn of the man who knocked him
. down Johnson said. well q was a
! man about the size of Gricr but 4 can
not positively identity him.
d L. Irving Handy in opening his de-
fense for the prisoner told Judge
J Cochran that Mrs. Clifner was mis-
taken as 10 her man as the prisoner
had been home in bed suffering from
a headache and cold at the time she
said she was assaulted in the park.
Estel BlOckson. the first witness call
ed TO establish the alibi, said that
he boards with the Griers at their
home on Rockford Road and that on
last Wednesday. (the night Of the al-
LEGGED ASSAULT, Grier had gone to bed
at s or shortly after s o'clock, COM
planning OF a bad cold and that he
was certain Of this fact because he
sleeps in the next room and saw
Grier go to bed and not come down
stairs.
William c. Dean said he called at
the Grier home on Wednesday even
ing and had seen Amos Grier go 10
bed about o'clock and had not seen
him come down stairs between that
time and 10 o'clock when he left to go
home. Dean said he sat near the
foot Of the only stairway learing to
the second floor of the house aud
would have seen the accused man
come down had he done so. James
/ Dougherty, who makes his home with
the Griers and sleeps in the same
bed with the accused man, when call.
ed to the stand swore that Amos was
In bed and asleep about 10 o'clock or
a little after when he went TO the
room occupied by himself and the
accused on the night the park attack
was committed.
Z Mrs. Jennie Grier, mother Of the
l accused declared that she returned
home shortly after 10 O'Clock Wed.
nesday night from a visit to relatives
nd oh
IL o'clock when she locked up the
> house and went TO bed.
Mrs. Grier testified further that
= when she returned home she saw her
sons only coat and hat hanging i'm is
. accustomed place in the kitchen, and
q stumbled over his shoes in another
S room and for that reason was certain
D that he was in bed
z Jennie Grier, sister of the accused
e when called 10 the stand, testified thai
she had been home all Of last We'd
S nesday evening and that about
+ o'clock she had seen her brother gC
/. TO his room and had not seen him
= from then on. She also told OF see
ing his clothing lying around and oi
@ being certain for this reason that h'
+ could not have left the house
Y Mrs Clifner, on cross examination
= was asked about the clothing worn
q by the man who grabbed her first II
the park and declared that although
Z very much excited she thought thar
. be had been dressed I'm black. Sh'
- did not see whether he wore an over
. coat.
Grier, who was sworn I'm his Owl
behalf corroborated the stories tol,
by the members of his family an,
said that he did not have a black sui
y of clothing.
y After the evidence had been PLACED
y before him Judge Cochran decided I,
: hold Grier for a further hearing OF
Saturday with a view TO giving MI
u Handy an opportunity to present wit
S nesses who could testify as TO the re
X liability of the members of the Grie
J. household. Judge Cochran said tina
e because of the way in which publi
$ feeling has been aroused over attack
such as the one committed upon Mrs
e iClifner, he was 10th to. release any
S one charged with such serious Of
: fense.
e Bennett A. Williams, the name re
4, ferred TO by Mrs. Clifner as being he
= assailant in the little house, ha
d waived hearing and is being hell
10 without bail for court. Williams de