The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-20
Jess cramer Arrested on Information
Filed by Henry Wrieden,
Father Of Rosalie
Wricden.
HAPPENED SATURDAY
cramer Said to Have Enticed Girl
Away With Him on Promise
to Buy Her Candy and
Soda Pop.

Jess Cramer, who lives on the John
son street road, Is the defendant IN
| an information charging him with q
most serious offense, fled In the SUI
perior court Sthis afternoon by Henry
i Wrieden. Cramer is charged with hav-
! ing committed criminal assault on
Rosalie Wrieden, the six-year-old
daughter OF Henry Wrieden, on Sat
urday night.
The police captured Cramer this
afternoon and at 2:30 o'clock he was
arraigned in the superior court He
protested his innocence and was given
time to consult counsel and released
on S., 900 bail Cramer is man with
wife and four children.
| The story Is a particularly revolt
ing one. It seems that Cramer at one
time lived in the Wrieden neighbor-
hood in West Keokuk and was known
to the Wriedens and other residents In
the vicinity. He had been living In a
tent down near the cereal works, but
moved away a week ago.
On Saturday he came to town and
became intoxicated, It Is said. In the
evening he went down to visit friends
| in the part Of town where he at one
time lived and met the Wrieden girl
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Clinton.
He told the Wrieden girl. according
to the story, to come with him and
he would take her up to store near
the cereal works and buy her some
candy and soda water and she readily
accompanied him. B
Instead OF doing this. however, the
charge is made that he took
the child down on the railroad
tracks and, 1t is alleged, raped her.
He then accompanied the child home
and left her at her mothers gate, evil
IDENTIFY frightening her into keeping
silent.
Mrs. Wrieden was at home. and
noticing Cramer's flushed face, ac-
cused him Of having improped rela-
lions with her daughter, but he only
laughed and said that his face was
red because he had been drinking.
Rosalie did not say anything about
the incident on Saturday night, or
all day Sunday, but on Sunday even.
ing her fifteen-year-old sister noticed
blood on her underclothing when she
was getting ready for bed, and becom.
ing suspicious, questioned her. Ac-
cording to the family, Rosalie told a
revolving story Of the details, declar-
ing that Cramer was the one who was
with her.
Physicians were summoned and
examined the girl and stated that
there was evidence that someone had
committed a criminal assault on the
girl. Those who made the examine
tons were DR.. Ccffey, Dr. Brown and
Dr.. Rankin.
Henry Wrieden, the father of the
girl, first got in touch with County
Attorney McManus. but learned that
an information would first have TO
be filed before warrant would be is
sued. 1t was the original plan to Law
the matter before the grand fury this
afternoon. but later Mr.. Wrieden filed
an information against Cramer, accus-
ing him Of committing rape and Act
Ing Chief Pierson and Officer Wilson
captured the defendant and brought
him up to the superior court for his
initial hearing.
He protested his innocence, Judge
Mcnamara gave him time to consult
council and fixed his bond at. $1,000.