The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-06
Begged to GO Homo.

MHNIE ANEl Hdlu TIC MuNlth " swap
his car for another But he coudn't
because the other car had been newly
painted, His car had no brakes.
Begged to Go Home.
we went nearly TO Whitehaven, on
the Horn Lake road, when they said
they must go 10 Mississippi tShe bad
named Fuller bongley and Jack Frey
as the other male occupants Of the car
with Mcnamara She named herself and
the other two girls as the feminine &C.
Cupants,l ! told Allen ! had TO go home
10 supper and he turned back.
I'VE came in Iauderdae to the Park
way, then down Monroe TO Wellington.
We stopped there, and Allen and Frey
got out, This is u. III, Wortham's boot
Logging joint, since closed by police
They said they could get nothing and
we went TO Cooper and Madison, where
they saw a man who they said was
named Brown, but ! learned afterward
that was not his name
Frey got some glasses ice and lem
0ns, They said they were going to
make toddy They got a pint Of
whisky at Monroe and wellington. Then
they said they were going TO drive to
the barbecue stand. | said | had to
70 home and he said he'd take me home,
hut We drove on and on. He barely
missed a street car. He was driving
so fast L.illian's nose hit the top beam
and II was cut badly. ] was going
TO- jump from the car, But he steered
with his feet and held me in. He said
he'd show me, We went TO the bridge.
Stopped at Bridge.
We went across the bridge and
Asked what he did then, the girl hung
her head. Il finally was developed by
Mr., Brown that ii was at this point that
Mcnamara made the statement OF his
Intentions He made point-blank,
direct statement, as repeated by the
LILLIAN got out Of the car and Jack
out. He wouldn't When Jack followed
Lillian, Allen terked me out OF the car,
persuaded him to lead me to the
bridge There ] could scream. | did.
He told me, I'll break your - --
neck II you boiler another time
II saw woman across the bridge
learned afterward she was Mrs. Rod
gers l asked her to help me, and she
said she'd call the sheriff. She told AL
len not to do that He called him a
- - - - - -, and
said, TIN not afraid of him
He fought me and tore my clothes.
II told him to remember his mother
and baby and TO respect me. He said
D. them all"
Asked what did he try to do to YOU"
the girl repeated the statement OF his
intentions as he voiced them, and added
the statement OF the act OF deReneracy
which he insisted she perform. She told
how he choked her in an effort to force
her, but no failed.
She said she then tore away and ran
toward the automobile 81 felt | was
going to faint or die" she said, Il
tainted when | got to the car. When
came to Allen was tanning me with n
piece Of paper ! don't know where he
got IT,"
She related that Mcnamara then took
her back on the bridge. He tried TO
tear off my clothes. l bit him on the
shoulder. He, bit me twice on the
neck" she said.
Mcnamara, then, the girl said, repeat
ed the same statement he had made be-
fore she fled and tainted,
He took off all OF his clothes. except
his shirt" she swore. HE tore off q
portion OF my clothing He had me
leaning back across the bridge"
Asked what he then had done, she
hung her head It was at this point
that Mcnamara burst out with his "Tell
the truth, please.
Then she made the damning state
ment that was when he committed"
the crime which she specified
Fought for Honor.
She said she fought until Sheriff Per-
~ arrived on the scene. She fixed
this hour at about $3.50 O'Clock.
was weak. fought ] swung onto
, sheriff Perry's car and put my arms
around his neck, Allen tried TO pull md
off. Sheriff Perry told me not TO be
would protect me. Then Allen and the
sheriff fought. Allen got his pistol
lack Frey was helping Allen. Then
Mr. Rodgers got into the fight and they
tied Allen We took him TO the jail"
The state ended examination at this
point and MIR, Davis took up cross
RE tlxed the date OF her Mrth at
NOV ?, 1902. She came TO Memphis an
orphan, when she was five or SIX years
old, she said, from West Plains Mo.
She told Of living with her grandparents
and later with grandmother and her
stepson, who assumed the duties Of the
head OF the house when the grandfather
She denied misconduct and that her
uncle had had her taken before the
Juvenile court as inoorrigible She said
she was there but that II was at his
instance, because she did not want her
custody TO be given TO the city fireman
ana his wife with whom she was Twins
az the time the alleged assault took
place.
She admitted she had a telephone IL
her own name. III l want IL in m,
name, there Amt no harm in It," sh,
told Mr. Davis.
Davis Gets Her Mad.
She denied Allen McNamara's wifi,
warned her TO keep away from Allen
She said Mrs Mcnamara told her /,
Allen.
She claimed she did not smoke,
10 You cursor Mr. Davis asked her
DO, It's nothing to you" she re
piled defiantly, She plainly was angr-
BY this time-the condition OF min
which Mr.. Davis evidently wished /
place her in.
He asked her II she knew a numbe
81 men, many OF them being notoriou
pootleggers and chauffeurs. She knev
She claimed Allen had told her h
obtained divorce on the night sh
went riding with him alone
Asked about ride to Sunset polr
on that night, which Mr.. Davis referre
70 In his question as secluded plac,
she said. In reference TO the secluslor
You ought TO know"
That is quite true" returned the I'm
perturbahle Ralph But, being a MAI
ried man, | seldom go to such plac,
at night"
The laugh which followed was quick
" sllenced by the gavel Of the Judge.
Help" Plea Denied.
Under a meroHess running fire {
questions shot from the treless lips ,
MIR. Davis, the girl was forced TO RI
z count, with all its profane details, II
wild ride to the lonely spot just ov,
the Wolf river bridge, where she sal
she. was finally dragged from the CT
by Mcnamara
There, she testified, Mcnamara to
her in blunt and brutal language
la.atu ha nj nd tn, algAh n.. .uif "a.
to his unholy desires There, her al
peal to the chivalry OF an unknown ma
who drove by in an automobile going
the direction from whence they ha
come, failed TO bring her the succor 81
crayed The girl claimed that she rs
10 the car and jumped on the runnin
board, crying to ita occupant "Hel
me- The driver Of the rnr ANSWER