The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-03
DOGS SAVE A GIRL
AssaiIant of the 15-Year-OId
Daughter of Farmer Was
Driven Off.
BRUTE SUCCEEDS IN ESCAPING
HuIda Frommer Had Gone to Pasture
to. Milk Cows When Attacked
by Man.

Fritz Frummer, was the victim of an
attempted criminal assault by an I'M
identified white man in pasture near
her fathers home, three miles west of
Shawnee, Johnson county, at $50
o'clock the other night. At midnight
a posse of more than 100 men and
boys left OIathe, afoot and on horse
back in an attempt to capture the
girls assai1ant. Men in the posse free
Iy threatened the life of the fugitive
if he should be caught.
The girl went to the pasture to drive
the cows to the barnyard, as has been
her custom for several years. AS she
opened gate leading to the pasture
she was confronted by a big man, who
1eveled a double-barreled shotgun at
her. She was forced to walk a quar-
ter of mile from the house to patch
of underbrush. There the man grab
T bed her and a desperate struggle by
the girl to save herself took place.
Frightened by the barking of dogs,
the man tied the girl by the neck to
a tree with piece Of barbed wire and
then hurried away, going in a north
er1y direction. 1t was some time be-
fore the girl finally released herself
and staggered to the yard of her
home. There she told her sister, Flor
ence, 10 years old, of the attempted
assault. The little girl carried the
news to her father.
The injured girl was taken to Ola
the, after she was treated by DR.. o.
w. During of Shawnee. She was
taken home later. The physician said
she will recover.
News of the attack travelled fast
and soon the men and boys who
formed the posse began to congre-
gate. Telephone calls were sent to
Kansas City, Kas., and requests made
for bloodhounds. W. W. Gordon, chief
of police of Kansas City, Kas., re-
sponded with two dogs and the search
started Immediately.
Several members of the posse rush
ed to Holiday, Kas., the nearest rail-
road point that they might prevent
the assailant getting away by that
route.
Little Car Wrecks Big One.-A rae
ing car weighing $500 pounds,
driven by L. ]. Dopps, was knocked
over by smaller car weighing 1000
pounds at Pretty Prairie, when they
collided. Miss Ella Demoret and Al
Co1lingwood, passengers with Dopps,
are in Wichita hospital, suffering
from broken bones and bruises. Miss
Demoret has a broken shoulder blade
and internal injuries. Dopps escaped
injury.
x x x
Crowned May Queen.-Miss Mary
Poison of Fredonia, Kan, was crowned
Queen of May at the annual fete
which was held at the Kansas State
Agricultural College at Manhattan re-
Gently. Miss Poison is member Of
the Delta Zeta Sorority and has al
ways taken an active part in student
affairs and in debating, having rep
resented the college in inter-cille-
giat debates the last two years.
x x x
Has sol More Motor Cars.-An I'M
usually large number of motor cars
have been bought by Marshall Coun-
ty people in the last six or eight
months. The licenses issued there
now number 1851, against 500 for
the total of last year.
x x x
Brooklyn Pastor to Columbus
The Rev. Ralph A Waggoner OF
Brooklyn. N. Y, has accepted a call
to become pastor of the First Pres
byterian Church at Columbus and will
take up his duties next month. Wag-
goner is native of Nebraska and
is graduate of both Park College
and Princeton University
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Normal Teaches Kite Making-Kite
flying is part of course at the State
Manual Training Normal at Pitts
burg. The flying, however, is only
incidental to the construction Of the
kites The kites are of the box and
bow tailless pattern.
x x x
[ Killed While Stealing Ride.-John
B. Kelly of Bridgeport, Conn, was run
over and killed at Salina by a Rock
Island train just outside the city lin
its. Kelly. with Elmer Roberts OF
Portland, Me-, was stealing a ride
from Solomon to Salina.
x x x
Woman Dead at e2.-Jane Olsen, 80
years old. was found dead in her
home at Junction City, recently She
had lived alone several years.
Ex-Mayor of Two Towns Dead
Capt. r. T. Stanfield, Civil war vet
eran and former mayor both of Belle
vile and Republic, Kas., is dead at
BelleviIle At the close of the rebel
lion ne fought in Indian wars and
helped organize frontier companies of
militia.
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Newspaper Plant Damaeed-Fire
which was discovered recently in the
press and composing rooms of the
Leavenworth Post, resulted in dam
age that is estimated at about $4,000.
The loss will be covered by insurance.
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Masons Dedicate TempIe-The new
Masonic temple at Atehison was dedi-
Gated the other night with G. H Lamb
OF Yates Center, grand master of the
Kansas grand lodge, in charge Ma