The Cairo bulletin., 1913-03-21
Dorothy Holt, Victim Of Blind Pig"
Conspiracy Receivers Sufficien.
ly to Recount Ordeal.
FORM VIGILANCE COMMITTEE
Sullens Faces Death Penalty and
Prosecution of IA violators Of
Liquor Law Planned.

Salem, H.. March 2O.--Dorothy
tHeit. 14-year-old daughter OF As
sistant States Attorney Z. N. Hot.
is slowly recovering at her home
from the attack made on her last
Friday night by Thomas Suilens In
an abandoned barn, mile from this
city.
For the first time since her ter
rible experience the girl was able
today to tell. sane y and coherently,
the story of the attack and for the
first time the attending doctors de-
clared her out OF danger, although
the shock to her nervous system, as
result of the ordea'. will render
her an invalid for months.
Sullens, who, drink crazed, at
tackled the girl and was saved from
lynching at the hands OF an angry
mob by prompt action on the part
of Governor Dunno and Sheriff Vur-
cell in calling out the mi itia, is in
all at Mount Vernon, twenty miles
from the scene OF his crime. Ernest
Harrison. keeper of blind tiger"
and accused by Sullens as the insti-
gator of the attack is under heavy
guard In the county all at Vanda'ia,
Salem is quieting down from the
tumuIt which Immediately followed
the discovery OF the crime and the
better element Is making extensive
p ans to prevent, by cleaning up the
town, any recurrence OF the Holt
case.
Story Told BY Dorothy Holt.
The pathetic story OF Dorothy
Holt came from the lips OF the frsil
girl, propped ap among the pillows
at her home and attended by her
mother and trained nurse.
Il had been to a moving picture
show with Mrs. Hull. the wife OF
the mayor, and her daughter" said
the girl. ''Mrs. Hull walked with
me on the way home as far as the
corner half block from my home.
There she to d me good night and
started to run home. Just before
turned in at the gate some one call
ed to me, o Dorothy. | thought it
some one knew and stopped. The
voice called, You can't guess who ii
Is, and I ran a few feet farther
along to see. 1t was Tom Sui en-.
IL never did like him because he
goes with the sporty crowd. and |
started to GO He said he wanted to
tell me something. Then he said
that unless my daddy stopped push
ing the 'blindpiggers' II would go
hard with you kids, meaning Ward,
my little brother, and myself. l re-
piled that Ward and cou,d not
help what daddy was doing and that
1t wasn't fair to hold us for 1t.
Then ,as started to go ne seized
me. put his hands around my throa E
and started to choke me. tried to
scream but could not. He hit me IN
the face | fell. striking my head
on stone. tainted, guess, fol
the next thing knew he was hall
carrying. half dragging me down
the street, away from home.
Whistle is His Signal.
II opened my mouth to cry out,
but he stuffed dirty rag in it. If
you don't shut up I'll XIII you, he
said. Holding tightly to my arm.
he made for the railroad 'racks,
about half mile away. He pulled
me UP the embankment. Then he
walked back and forth along the
tracks, ,whistling, as ii trying to
signal some one,
"No one came though, and ihe
pulled me down the tracks. At one
time he thought he heard some one
coming and he dragged me down
the embankment again and into an
old mine hole 1t was false arm.
Though, and he made me start
again.
I'VE came to an abandoned barn.
He pulled me toward it, though
fought back. At the barn he pushed
me into the loft. Then he tried to
put him arm around me. He tried
to kiss me. fought and scratched
at him until my strength gave way.
Everything went black. but | heard
him breathe, Now I've got you.
Il don't know how long II was be-
fore | woke up. | felt Ill and weak
and cried out that I wanted to &c
home. Sullens was sitting few
feet away. smoking cigaret. You
can't CO. he said, until you love
me a lit Bit He came toward
me again.
II screamed, but be hit me be-
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