East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-01-27
Chris Morgan Charged With
Attacking Three Parties Of
Young Ladies.
KEEPS OFFICERS BUSY
Carries On Annoyance on Wholesale
Rlan, Approaching Parties of Fair
Ones-Given Preliminary Hearing
Today.

After jumping out upon three diff
ferent parties of ladies last evening
between the hours of and 1920,
Chris Morgan, Jack the Grabber,"
was finally captured by Officer Sheer
and will be given preliminary hear
ing this afternoon before Justice of
the Peace Parkes Joe H. Parkes on
a charge of assault. So frequent
were the complaints of the mans op-
erations coming into the police sta
ton last evening that the whole
force began search for the man
but it was not until after his third
attempt that he was finally captured.
The man was first noticed shortly
before O'Clock by party of four
young ladies walking along North
Main street en- route home from an
afternoon party. They observed the
man following them and muttering
over and over the number "10l."
They turned into the postoffice and
on coming out, the man stepped up
close to one of the girls and blew
mouthful of smoke into her face.
Follows Girls Home.
At the Hotel Pendleton corner, one
of the young ladies turned up Water
street and the man followed close be-
hind until she turned into her home.
Complaint was made TO the police
officers about s o'clock and a good
description of the man was furnish
ed. While the officers We're listening
to the details of the affair Morgan
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$40 two Irish girls, who are en-
ployed in homes of we'll known fam
lilies of the city were crossing the
Main street bridge when they noticed
a man lurking near the south ap-
proach When they arrived near
him he suddenly threw both arms
about one with the exclamation, "Oh,
you blonde but released his hold
and ran when the girls screamed.
Frightens -Four More.
About 1880 he made his third at
tack which resulted in his capture.
Four well known ladies were coming
up West Alta street on their return
from a party, and when they neared
the corner of Garden and Alta where
the Chinese quarter is located, man
suddenly jumped from the shadows
of the building and confronted them
with arms outstretched. The ladies
lodged to one side but the man fol-
lowed with arms still outspread and
then it was that the ladies screamed
Chnaman Follows Culprit.
The screams reached the ears OF
several persons, among them ing
Goey, well known Chinese merchant,
and he emerged from his noodle
house in time to see the man dodge
around the corner of Main street. He
followed until he had located him
and then summoned Officer Sheer,
who made the arrest.
The police have today interviewed
every one of the ladies of the three
parties separately and have secured
the SAGE description of the culprit in
each one. which description talles
evactly with that of the man in jail
Man Known Here.
Morgan has been around the city
for several years and recently has
been in the employ of George Meek
err. Whether or not he has been the
same man who performed the Jack
the Grabber'' stunt on several pre-
vious occasions is not known, but the
police declare they will see that he
does not molest any ladies abain for
some time if it is possible for them
to convict him of the charge against
him