The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-12
Miss Cecil Hill, Earlham Stu
dent, Prosecuting Witness
Against Accused, Went to
Anderson Today.
ALLEGES ATTAC.N
IN PULLMAN CAR
Miss Catherine Snepp of
Earlham, Attends Girl
College Reported to Be
Aiding Prosecution.

Attended by MISS Catherine Snepp,
dean of women at Earlham college.
Miss Cecil Hill, a partially blind stu
dent at that institution. appeared
Wednesday in the Anderson. Indiana.
circuit court as prosecuting witness
at the opening of the trial of Benja-
min c. Barnes. charged with an at
tempt to attack Miss Hill in Pull
man sleeping car on the night of jan
uary q at the time the train was
passing through the county in which
Anderson is located. Miss Hills faith
err. who is professor in the University
of Chicago, also appeared with her in
the court room.
The entire morning was taken up
with the selection of a jury, it being
completed about noon. Testimony in
the case began in the afternoon.
Barnes, who is assistant manager
of the Dubuque, Iowa, branch of the
National Cash Register company of
Dayton, Ohio, was accompanied in
court by his bride-to-be, Miss Eva Co
bel. of Washington, ID. c., and her
father. Barnes home is at Wash
ington.
Prosecution of the case is being made
by the Pullman Car company and it has
also been reported that the Earlham
college authorities have had some part
in the arrangements. Fred Vanuze. OF
Anderson, an Earlham graduate, is
counsel for the prosecution.
Miss Hili's Story.
The conviction of Barnes, on a
charge of assault and battery with
criminal intent is sought on the story
told by Miss Hill. She alleges that
she was awakened in her berth by a
man who threw one arm around her
neck and the other about her waist
She says she struggled in the grasp
of the man for some time before she
was able to free one arm and push
the button summoning the porter who
elected the man from her berth.
Miss Hill, who was on her way to
her home at Chicago, told the story to
her father when she arrived there and
he Immediately took the matter UP
with the Pullman car officials. BY
means of a ticket which Barnes had
given the conductor he was traced to
Dubuque and there apprehended. He
was taken to Anderson and released on
bail.
Barnes is well appearing young
man of about "a years. Miss Hill is
said to be about 20 years old.
Barnes entered a plea of not guilty
uyhn rroio ~, CHARGE in the
Anderson court on Wednesday morn.
ing. He admits riding on the train on
the night of January q. but says he
knows nothing of the incident charg
ed by Miss Hill. nor was he aware al
any time of any such occurrence hap
pening until he was informed by the
sheriff who arrested him at Dubuque
He is represented by fine array Of
legal talent, consisting OF two Ander
son attorneys and one from Dayton
Ohio.
]. C. Reed. porter on the train who
elected the man from Miss Hills berth
and Tom Stanley, an Earlham student
who accompanied her to the train. are
among the witnesses who have been
subpoened to testify in the case.
Miss Hill came to Earlham last fall
Her eyes are SO deficient as to make
it impossible for her to read. She II
accompanied at al; times by girl com.
panion who reads the questions and
lessons to her in the classroom and IN
her room in the dormitory. Miss Hill
takes her examinations in separate
room. the questions being read to he1
by her companion. She is one Of the
most popular girls at the college.