Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-22
''BRUI[S Assault | Girl.
FoUR MEN COMMIT BRUTAL
CRIME ON srREETs OF
NEVADA
MAKE CRIMINAL ATTACK
ON 14.YEAR.oLD GIRL
Second Girl Possible Victim - Posse
Hunts Long For Criminals, Who Make
Escape in Darkness. Leaving No
Clue to dsntity-similar to Recent
Crime.

Nevada, Aug. 22.-The city was
startled Tuesday evening about .
o'clock when the news spread that a
14-year-old girl had been attacked by
a. couple OF men over on Sycamore
street, dragged into an alley and as
saulted. 1t was one OF the most awful
crimes ever committed in the city and
it was but short time until posse
was securing the country for the fiends
responsible for the crime. Under tho
cover of darkness, however, they man
aged to make good their escape with
cut disclosing their identity.
About S:45 Jennie. the 14-year- old
daughter OF Mrs. E. "A. Post. after visit
ing at the home Of her brother. Clare.
at the corner of Locust street and Sec
ond avenue north. went. on west to the
home of another brother, Claude. and
from there started down Sycamore
street for her home on Court avenue.
The Girls Story.
According to the story told by the
half crazed girl when she reached her
home, she was about halfway between
First and Second avenues north, walk
ing down the middle of the street.
there being no walk on that street.
When just in front Of the house occu-
pied by Mrs. Elliott Mckee. she no.
ticed two men and a girl in front OF
that yard and suddenly two more men
or boys stepped out and grabbed her.
forcibly dragging her into the alley
across the street and while one held
his hand over her mouth to prevent
her from screaming for help the other
assaulted her.
Fiends Frightened Away.
She finally succeeded in .eluding his
hand and as she screamed the nends
jumped and fled north. the four going
in the same direction. She ran south
toward her home while the other girl,
to whom she had not been close enough
to recognize. ran east. AS soon as she
reached home anc told her story,
members of the family ran over to the
home Of Marshal Boiler and gave the
alarm Mr.. Boiler made a hurried
search Of that end Of town and then
came up town and within short time
there were men searching the west
part Of the city. guarding the railway
yards watching all outgoing trains
and messages sent to the nearby towns.
Automobiles were sent out on differ
ent roads to locate any strangers, but
no clue was discovered that proved to
be Of value.
Rounded Up Laborers.
A gang Of. foreign laborers working
and camping in the yards here were
"a hot h1l
none Of them appeared to answer the
description she gave Of the men who
assaulted her. Early yesterday morn
up at the Northwestern station but they
also failed to answer the description
Description Of Men.
According to the story Of the girl.
the four men were all short and her
assailants appeared to be well dressed.
altho in the semi darkness she could
give but a faint and rather vague de-
scription Of them. Four strangers who
had spent the afternoon In the city and
had been noticed on the street during
tho early part Of the evening were
searched for but no traces Of them
could be found. All hotels and board
ing houses were Investigated but go
far there has not been the slightest clue
to tho whereabouts Of these strangers.
said to be funk" men, or as to how
they left the city. there being no out
going trains between the time they
were seen on the street and couple Of
hours after tho crime was committed.
Who 10 othsr Victim?
The one clue that might lead to some
knowledge Of the crime and the identity
Of the criminals L. the other girl-the
one with the other two men on the
lawn on the east side Of tho street.
Why this girl should disappear and
make no report Of the affair. The mat
ter Is being thoroughly investigated
and a strenuous effort made to learn
who the girl was.
A Similar Crime.
The physician who was called to ex-
anime the girl reports that some weeks
ago he was called to home In the east
part Of town where . similar crime had
been committed but that in this case
the family refused to report the matter
or allow 1t to become public. In the last
case, however, the crime occurred in
such a public place and so early in the
evening that there was no way to keep
It from the public. even tho the family
might have go desired.
The friends Of the family in the
city sympathize deeply with them in
the trouble and had the guilty parties
been located and identified there
would have been q different story to tell
one that the people Of the city would
rgret to have recorded
Thought 70 30 Strangers.
While there was some talk that the
crime had been committed BY some
young men Of the city there is little
credence given to that theory. Some Of
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