Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-03
FOR TRIAL IN SUPERIOR COURT
Two Mystic Men Over indecent Assault Charge
 Girls in Their Teens Are the Compliments Against Philip

Two Mystic men. John Duer and Philip J. Button, both on charges o1 indecent assault, were bound over from the Groton town court Thursday morn Or court.
 John Duer was charged with felon- ious assault on Hilda Ordway, also oi Mystic Duer is IT years old and the girl is but IS years old.
 Duer was arrested by State Police men Jackson and Rudd. The war rant was issued by Prosecuting At torney Warren B. Burrows of the town of GIoton. In the morning Duer was arraigned in the Groton town court, and was bound over by Judge Frederick F. Latimer for trial at the January term of the criminal superior court. Bonds were fixed at $500. Duer went to jail.
 Duer is the son of MT. and Mrs Nicholas Duer of High street, Mystic
 He is employed at the Chester Main farm in North Stonington, where he was found Wednesday by the state po- lieeman.
 The Ordway girl was in the town court in Groton. She wears short dresses and scarcely looks Is years old.
 The Button Case.
 After a hearing in court Thursday morning Philip J. Button, the Mystic tailor charged with indecent assault on F year old Leah Barraclough of Mystic, was bound over for trial by Judge Frederick F. Latimer, under bonds of $1. .0G0 and the same man who went bonds for Button when he was arrested last week supplied the amount of bail and Button did not have to go to jail.
 Thursday morning in the Groton town court only enough testimony to supply ground for finding probable cause was introduced. The girl was on the stand for more than an hour. and she accused Button of deeds vile beyond imagination.
 Button took the stand in his own be- half and unfinchingly denied having ever taken any liberties with the child and protested that all his kind nesses tow1rd her were simply in the spirit of charity
 Court came in at o'clock for But toms hearing. The court usually sits in the court room in School street and no change in plan was announced, but the court was held Thursday at the town hall in Poquonoc. Apparently this was done to keep curiosity seekers out of the court and to make the ernbar- rassment of the parties as little as pos sibIe. The hearing was held with prac- ticaIly no onlookerS and had 1t been held in the regular court room there would have been a full house of those who find interest in the morbid details of such cases There were many per sons waiting around School street for court to open.
 Claims Button Gave Her Money.
 The Barraclough girl was the first witnesse called. She said she was 12 years old and would be 13 next July. She said she first met Button about two years ago. when she went to his tailoring shop. then located in the old Central hall building. The girl said she went there to have the sleeves of her coat shortened. Button charged her tfa work and asked her why she didn't come down once in a while to see him.
 She said she went down the next day. Button took liberties with her at that time and gave her money. She said sine had frequently been in his shop ever since and that he always gave her money, sometimes 10 cents, sometimes Is cents. and sometimes q quarter.
 The girl said she was usually &C.,