The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-01
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Field He Is Trailed
by Bloodhounds.
NOW A PRISONER
IN ASHLAND JAIL
Addie Cash Denies Having At
tackled Miss Myrtle Rouse,
but Evidence Against Him I
Is Strong-No Violence !,
Feared, and Law Will
Take Its Course.

Especial from stan Correspondent)
Ashland, Va. March 3I.-Trailed by
bloodhounds for miles through swami
and field to his home in Ashland, Adj
die Cash, negro. was arrested to-
night charged with having been tho
assailant of Miss Myrtle Rouse
nineteen-year-ol school teacher who
was brutally attacked late last night
half mile from here. Three other
negroes. Harrison Jackson and his
brother. Robert Jackson. and Smlthey
Cash. are held on suspicion
Three hundred citizens of Hanover
county Joined in the all-day man
hunt. which was led By dogs from
the State Penitentiary Farm under
direction OF l. L. Scherer Miss
r.. Anderson. Richmond attorney,
, near the scene of the crime. in
highly nervous and excited condition,
and on that account no attempt was
made tonight 10 have her identify
the negro believed to have been her
assa'lant. The officials believe that
Cash knew that Miss Rouse was go
! ing along a lonely road to the homo
of relative. and that he followed
her from Ashland.
No Fear OF Mob Violence.
! Ashland has been highly wrought
up all day over the situation, but
there will be no violence Armed
posses on foot and on horseback have
been securing the country and taking
part in the search, hut tho law will
be allowed to take its course Tho
best citizens of the community have
directed the hunt, and no fear was
expressed of a mob. What Ashland
feared all day was that the negro
would escape into the swamp, and
the law be cheated of its. due,
Miss Rouse teaches school at
Ruther Glenn TIer father, Thomaa
Rouse. who lives near Mt. Herman
Church, three miles from Ashland,
has been seriously II, and on Satur-
day his daughter was summoned. She
arrived at Ashland at $3.50 p. NJ, and
| stopped in Delarue's store for some
purchases. She then walked alono
through the town and along a main
| country road for n distance OF about
Il half mile, to a house until recently
| occupied by her cousin. w. l. Patter-
son. whom she expected to secure as
her escort for the remainder of tho
! trip. Mr.. Patterson had moved last
| Thursday to place a quarter OF IL
nile distant, and the house he had
occupied was vacant, as was the next
one 10 1t, of q row OF four frame cot
tages. Mss Rouse tried the front
door. then went around to the rear.
/ where the DullulnP SnaUeO her IrOHl
| the brilliant moonlight
Followed Her From Town.
Here she first saw the negro. who
1t is now believed followed her
either from the station or from the
store in which she had stopped. The
negro wearing a cap and overalls-
ev IDENTITY a working negro from the
mel ghborhood--asked for her money,
and she gave him her purse contain
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| Then the man grabbed her by the
throat. the marks Of mis- finger prints
| being still livid, and the ground In tha
rear OF the former Patterson home still
! plainly shows the marks OF desper-
ate struggle. 1t may have been fifteen
minutes later that screams OF tho
| fainting girl were heard by Samuel lie
| Carter. Il Richmond attorney. son of
| Hill Carter, of this place, whose homa
! Is just across the road from the house
formerly occupied by Mr.. Patterson.
standing some distance back in fina
grove of trees. Mr. Carter had tho
| girl carried to his home. and medical
| attendance summoned. and notified
Sheriff y. II. Hall, OF Hanover county.
and Mayor Grew. of Ashland. and with
his neghbors began a search for the
, miscrcant, who. it was thought, might
stili be hiding in the vicinity.
| Miss Rouse. although much excited,
| was positive she could Identify hen
assailant. and told oc his having
drawn IA pistol during the struggle.
She could not say how long q time
had elapsed after the attack before her
calls for help were heard, and the me-
I, gro had evidently had an ample stare
on all pursuers.
/ Bioodhounds Gated In.
! Mayor Crew having had an experi-
ence few years ago in trailing a dam
gcrous negro, immediately thought %
| patched to Chief OF Police Werner, OF
trains from Ashland be watched,
county. was appealed to. but his dogs
We're absent on another call Much
time was lost In trying to get COM
muncatlon with parties In Louisa
county securing bloodhourds. which
proved without result, and early thia
| morning Mayor Crow appealed TO the
| State Penitentiary Farm In Cooch-
land county for aid. Superintendent
| Davis had already sent two OF his
! dogs. Fannie" and "Topsy," TO Hilia-
! VILE, and was uncertain whether otht
er keepers could be spared. About Z
y. NJ he called UP Claim Agent L. l..
Scherer. OF the Chesapeake and OHIO
Railway. n member of the Board oe
| tho Penitentiary, and NJ Scherer took !,
| hold OF the situation at once.
! Since no train passed the farm for
some time, a high powered motor car
raced from Richmond "a the farm, se+
cured two dogs, Hobo" and Liz,
| Keeper Lane and q convict who ia
familiar with working the dogs in tha