The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-11
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YOUNG GIRL VICTIM
OF HORRIBLE crime
Preliminary Examination Post.
poned 8 Few Hours in Order
That the Hideous Crime May
Be Investigated Further.
Dogs Trailed Well.
Fiend's Work i'm Hanover.

year-oId 81 hOOl teacher, ~..s 49,
Eaulted about thrce-quartcrS Oh
mile from Ashland Saturday night
shortly after O'Clock by negro.
At the time of the outrage snc
waS ON the way 40 see ner 81 II
father. Several habitationS were
nearby, aud she was seeking
cousin who was 10 be her escort.
Her cries for help failed To at
tract attention, though SHE insRne
her way a. the hume Oh AttOr -,Cy
I'LL Carter after the negro had
fiszi.
An alarm was Ilien given. Hun
drcCis OF citizens secured the
county for the teachers asSailant
Sunday, anu four negroes were ar
rested.
BloodhOunds from the State
prison farm followed n trail THAI
led to the home OF Addie Cash. "a
negro man of family.
Cash. who was arreSted, StOut-
IL denies his guilt, a. do the other
prisoners.
While some doubts exist as 10
whether Cash was the actual per-
petrator of the crime, it Is be-
licveo he at least knows some
thing aSOIt the matter.
In the minus OF many there are Sc
rious doubts whether any one of the
four negroes arrested in or near Ash
land yesterday is actually guilty OF
the hideouS crime Of which Miss Myrtle
Rouse the nineteen-year-old school
teec.ter, was the victim Saturday
hight.
1t appears, however, that at least
two of the prisoners know a good
deal about the matter and they will
have to explain before they are re-
leased
A preliminary examination was TO
have been held this morning. but was
postponed for a few hours in order
that the crime might be further in
vestigatsd.
Suspicion points to at least one other
negro. and in all likelihood he, too.
will be arrested shortly if he has not
already been taken into custody.
Men experienced in the working of
such crimes have suggested that the
authorities act deliberately, as fur
Their facts may develop. 1t is believed
to be the part of wisdom to hold the
four suspects now in the Ashland Jail.
as a day or so Of Incarceration may
make them yield up such information
as they have.
The man. Addie Cash, who was at
first suspected OF having been Miss
Rouse's assailant, has stoutly denied
his guilt, nor have the interrogatories
of lawyers and others served to get
any dana ging admissions from him.
He is married, and when the blood
hounds followed their trasl to his
home, he was standing on the porch
with his wife.
Both protested their innocence and
denied any knowledge Of the crime.
In some respects the story OF the
man differs from that of his wife. but
the variance does not appear ma
terial
On the other hand. the actions of
the dOgs-trained bounded from the
penitentiary farm-certainly indicate
that they did not go astray in follow
ing the scent that led TO the abode Of
Cash.
At the start these animals follow
ed a course, which, after a run OF
perhaps a mile, led them to some bits
OF paper that were partially buried.
The dogs unearthed these.
Then they were halted and mes
sengers hurried back TO Miss Rouse
TO ascertain IL she had had any let
tiers in the purse taken from her by
the negro. She was at first certain
that she had not, but when the bits
of paper were pieced together they
proved to be a letter addressed to
her. Then, after a little reflection,
she recalled the communication, which
was about some school matter.
MUcti time was lost in this way, but
AtkC delay at least served 10 show th9N
the hounds knew what they were do
Ing.
And their subsequent performances
were almost equally as convincing,
despite the denials of Cash and his
wife. BY many il is thought that pos
Eibly some acquaintance of the ac-
cused went to the Cash home. This
may account for the trail leading in
that direction.
Relics on the Hounds.
Keeper q. W. Lane, of the State
Prison Farm. who had charge of the
dogs and who thoroughly understands
their ways, is firmly of the opinion
that the animals did their work well
and accurately. The incident in con
nection with the buried paper, in his
opinion, is absolutely convincing
From the very start the bloodhound
insisted in going in that direction, mol
could they be diverted for the course
they originally took.
Miss krouse was treated in most
merciless fashion by her assailant
and for perhaps fifteen minutes was
in his clutches without the power tC
summer assistance. Her first scream:
failed 10 attract attention, and mo-
until the man departed was she free
to assist herself.
Then she made her way, as best
she could. TO the home of Attorney
Hill Carter, which is only a hundred
yards or so away. 1t was while Miss
Krouse was in the rear of the house
formerly occupied by her cousin, W
/. Patterson, that the man made his
appearance. He first demanded hel
money, but this, though quickly
snatched from his victim. was fan
from satisfying him.
Under the circumstances, the young
teacher naturally had but scant OPP
portunitieS for observing her asSail-
ant, who must have been quick tC
hush her cries. Miss Krouse. when
she had recovered partially from the
frightful ordeal she underwent, de-
scribed the man as wearing a cap
and overalls
Fiendish as was the treatment ac-
corded her, she announces a purpose
70 exercise the utmost care in her
efforts to Identify the man RESPONSE
bic for the crime.
Saw Her in the Store.
1T is the belief of L. i. ScheTer
the penitentiary director, through
whose authority the prison hounds
were procured and who spent all day
yesterday working on the case in
Hanover, that Miss Rouse's assailant
observed her when she went into Del
arue's store in Ashland and followed
her thence to the place of the crime
Miss Rouse had come in from Car
oline on the $3.50 train and was OF
the way to her fathers home, som'