El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-11

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w as "Biu'-whose marriage and
divorce escapade this summer
was the sensation Of FL Paso, cannot be
located today, although deputies Of
1he sheriffs office are searching for
hin with a warrant issued on an in
dictment returned by the grand jury.
Two nights of wild life in FL Paso,
eliminating with an automobile ride
down the county road and a complaint
following by a girl of the party, pre-
ceded the airing of the affair before
the grand jury.
Ellen Godsey, a chorus girl at the
Crawford theater, figures as the other
principal in the case.
She told her affair to several ac-
quaintances, among them Howard Fogg
and Chas. KnOblauch, before the mat
ter got to the grand jury. Today the
story is common talk on the streets,
and it is known that the grand jury
returned the indictment.
The affair occurred little over five
miles below FL Paso. according to
the girl
some Recent History.
The Godsey girl was brought here
with the Crawford company from Cali
fornia and worked IN the chorus and
during last week took the role Of the
housemaid in the cast. Saturday night,
. her services were dispensed with She
had been out with Caples; Howard
Fogg says that she was not IN con-
dition to do her work properly Wnen
she was laid off Monday night she
was at the theater on the front row
with Caples and when young Fitzsln-
mons sang q song about FL Paso, one
of them tossed up a bottle OF WHISKY
to him, which he caught and quickly
dropped behind the footlights- soon
an usher came 10 them and said some
thing and they left the theater-
Monday night according to the girl,
she and Caples and two other girls
went automobile riding down the coun-
~ road, after having supper and a num-
Der of drinks, she alleges that she was
assaulted by Caples while out IN the
automobile. after he had put the olhsL
girls out of the car and she had herSelL
5umped out and tried to escape
Special Session OF Grand Jury.
A special session Of the grand jury
was convened Wednesday evening Tor
the purpose Of taking up the case IN
the Indictment it is stated that the
Cod sew Girl IS only 1b years OF age
The affair had been reported TO OIL
GERS Wednesday morning and the girl
was taken before the grand jury Wnen
IT convened, where she told her story
that led to the finding OF the lnolcI-
The story Of the girl as told the grand
Jury was that she and two otner SlrlS
of the Crawford chorus went with
Caples to the Florence cafe Tor
sumner after the performance
Monday night Then, according
TO the girls story, the two other
Urls got out of the machine ana
C,sDIes requested her to stay IN II until
l,e turned round Then he started east
ward and she told him that she olo
not wish TO go out Of town, but ne con-
tinued. she says, on down the county
road.
lust east of the fivemlle bridge, she
said. CapIes stopped the machine and
told her she would have to submit TO
him or walk back to town She says
she told him that she would walk back,
and getting out Of the machine started
back toward town, when Caples, get
ting out of the car, ran after her'
overlook her. and assaulted her Sew
eral times she screamed, she says ana
IS many times he beat her in the face
with his fists, raising bumps on the
lips and scratching her face.
Then, she says. he brought her back
to town in the machine, after having
kept her down the road for about two
hours
The Return Home.
Bleeding, with her hair disheveled
and her clothing torn, she made her
way I'D to her room IN the Hollenbeck
house, at the corner of Stanton and
Texas streets. where her companions
also lived She was IN n hystericai
condition and spoke incoherently Of
what had happened Her first impulse
was to keep quiet about the affair. but
her friends told Of it and the officers
learning Of the affair. made complaint
to county attorney P R Price and later
TO district attorney W ". Bridgers.
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