The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-08-08
Assaulted In Her Home

On Saturday morning last Mrs.
John L. Moore, of North East, was
attacked and threatened with her life
in her own home, by one Jesse H..
Shippers, carpenter of that town.
Mrs. Moore, who was tenting at Les
lie Camp, left the grounds between 7
and o'clock that morning and went
down to her North East home on an
errand. Shippers, who was at work
on building along the North East
Bay View road, saw her pass and fol-
lowed into town. While Mrs. Moore
was engaged in her bed room on the
second floor of the house, she heard
some one coming up the front porch
and stepped to the head of the stairs
(Which descend toward the front door)
only to find Shippers had entered the
front hall. 1t has developed that
Shippers has long been violently op-
posed to his wife's participation in
church services and resented her hav-
ing gone up to Leslie Camp, where
she had spent Thursday and Friday as
Mrs. Moore's guest. Presumably
cherishing this resentment and en-
ragged by the very sight OF Mrs.
Moore passing on her way to town, he
had followed her and entered the
house. Immediately upon Mrs. Moore's
appearance on the stairs he broke into
a TRADE of abuse against her, cursing
her and applying appailingly vile epi-
thets, and starting up the stairs.
Whereupon Mrs. Moore raising her
hand cried, "Mr. Shippers, don't come
up here" "Hell, | won't" answered
Shippers, and throwing up his hand in
It-biab nranaI l-,oifn bn n,;al
'Pll cut your" and Mrs. Moore
heard nothing further; for with the
flash of the knife and the first word,
she whirled and fled in terror through
the house and down the back stairs
and on out through the yard and over
barbed-wire fence to neighbor who
helped her to the Office of DR.. Cantwell
where for several hours the Doctor
gave her the attention which her col
lapsed condition called for. Nothing
was done in the matter all day Satur-
day. Mrs. Moore's friends dreading the
effect on her of any public agitation.
On Sunday morning, however. States
Attorney Henry l.. Constable swore
out a warrant fol Shippers arrest,
cnSrging him with assault with in t.
tsnt to kill" Sheriff Morgan went to
North East with the warrant, but fail
ed to find the man. On Monday morn
ing, however, he appeared with his
attorney, w. T. Warburton, before
Squire Ash and was held under bail of
$500 for his appearance at Court, his
brother, S. 7, Shippers furnishing the
bail. Shippers, it is said, denies -four
ishing the knife, claiming that he went
up there to give her a good cussing"
and when reminded that such an inva-
sion of home and assault on an un-
protected woman was likely to land
him in the Penitentiary, is reported to
have answered.: 81 don't give a G. d.
where it lands me-"
Mrs. Moore had never had any con-
troversy or unpleasantness with the
man, and can only explain his mad act
on the ground of his having some re-
sentiment Ito her unknown) toward
her for having invited his wife to
spend a few days with her at the
camp. Mrs. Moore is now at the home
of her brother, Frank E. Williams, in
highly nervous condition, as can be
easily surmised, the only wonder being
that she did not collapse at the time,
in the shock of so brutal an assault.