The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-08
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AARA NNhN bAA Will NGi III duNNs |
Met her at a basketball game at the |
HosweFth Bag company (the place |
where the girl worksl That night she
and myself two other girls and two fell
lows went out riding, We went TO
Riverside park. We stayed until about
pm,
Il took her out couple Of times in
July. saw her at medicine show on
Florida street across from the Bos-
worth Bag company. We went out
riding. Another girl and another fellow
went along, We had whisky That
night she said she couldn't drink, as her
folks would be up when she got in and
would smell it on her breath.
During June, July and the first part
OF August, when / was with her, she
always had dirty little song, or poetry,
and she had an expression there he re-
| peated a vulgar question: when some
| one would speak to her. Yes. the poetry
| was smutty, very. The song We're pro-
| fame, / was with her couple Of times
about the 10th Of August, the night of
the 2Sth, and the afternoon and night
Of the goth,
| always was somebody else along. Every
| time she'd talk more, say more, as she
| got better acquainted. ! called her my
| little old sweet sugar
Claims Ride Asked for.
81 always kissed her, from the first
time we went out She did not permit
| me to put my hands on her the first
| time. She said she hadn't known me
long. The next time | started to fool
with her. she said Let me drive !
didn't let her get behind the wheel,
kept my feet on the clutch and brake
and accele rator. let her hold the
wheel. This brought her very close. to
me. She laid against me-" He added
that he made further advances and
| she didn't say a word
ION Aug, %, l saw her at Third and
Union, where had . ppncture and was
waiting for 3 service car. She and
another girl drove up in a Ford with
Mike, Thomas, ! stood on the, running
board. ] said Hello, little old sweet
sugar Mike said, Here, that amt
right and / saw he had heen drinking
So quit, hut she whispered that they
were going to get Mike to drive them
home and for me to come to her home
I'VE went to the house later, but no
the pool hail, I called her couple of
me up about 7 o'clock, She Just got
home. She said she went by Monroe
and Wellington, and got some Dago
Red, and that those fools got drunk
and went out on the fernando road,
She asked me how about coming over
now and / said a little later. She told
rue to tell her folks my name was
Robert Wren, as Mrs. - would not
let her so with me. We get in the tn
house, but met her in another car with
dago We drove out to the Parkway
then to the pool room. ] stopped. Full
Ter Lopgley got in the car"
Engagement Made.
McNamara then detailed several
names OF men who had been in the car
on the way downtown. stegall and
Longley and Frey drove with him and
the girl across the Harahan bridge
From there they saw the boat :omine
in. They drove back to the wharf to
get more girls, Stegall got out At Mon,
roe avenue and Main street. They got
no more girls, so they drove Longley tc
his home. Then he said he had Frey
get into the front seat and drive. -
got business to attend to-" he said he
stand at Belt line and Parkway. where
they got barbecue sandwiches, but could
not eat them because OF too much vine
, gar They drove to Riverside park
where another barbecue stand was
closed Then they drove to the. rivers
edge on Sunset Point, he said, where he
and the girl got out of the car and Frey
stayed in the machine alone.
I'VE went 20 feet ahead Of the car
and sat down on the grass. We were
half sitting and half lying down" he
Suddenly Jack Frey threw on the
spotlight and shouted something.
| told him to put out the light. We were
kissing had my hands on her. she
said, Quit, Jack will see you
, Shortly after they took her home.
Mcnamara said, after they had made an
c TO see s f tod nf me S ss
/, didn't have to work the next day, and
that she would get two other girls.
10 Sup sul GO '5nv ssA Asp 'xeu eVL
the assaults.
Longley Suggested Whisky.
The ride started, Mcnamara said
from Marys house about o'clock
They went by and got the other two
girls. with him were Jack Frey and
Fuller Iongley. 1t was drlSzling ram,
He tried to trade l1i car i3r tns Nay Nay
Lemore filling station, but the man was
painting his car Aliens car had hole
In the top, he said, and the rain came
through. They started down the Her
nando road, got to Perrys store, then
turned back, and came into town, stop
ping a while under tree on Axle ave-
nue., as it began to rain harder.
Fuller said Let 3 get some whisky.
One said L can't drink straight whisky:
. Let's get some Dago Red, she said
we could get it at Monroe and yelling
before 5es w0 while s1 With R' a r. rSomas
: First they went by Fred's place. neal
: Mallory and Lauderdale, but Fred had
none, Mcnamara said. Then they went
by Grandis but Grandi was out, Ther
, to Monroe and wellington, where sshS
pointed out the southwest corner (the
! place operated, until closed by police
nv ID. II Wortham)
: Made Toddies in Park.
1.-TWO fellows in there said they hac
no pago Red bgt that they had SSm'
< meant whisky he added, and he bought
but he stiil was away There thel
bought two more pints Of whisky, Nc.
| Namara said He took drink, bu
the girls said they couldn't drink Coca.
Cola highballs, but that they could
drink toddies. So they drove to thu
! home of Brown Duffel, near Madison
and Cooper, where they got cup o.
: sugar spoon and other necessaries fol
toddy- making. They drove TO a foun
water, He filled a big glass half full
. OF water, sugar and lemon, then fllleC
the glass with whisky he said, TIVE
drank that glass. Jack and his com
panion drank the second glass, He ant
Fuller drank the third glass. In all
he said, he drank six or seven toddie'
of like size,
They got some barbecue at stand
near Overton park, Then they drov,
back with the glass, spoon and othe
things they had borrowed at Madison
and Cooper.
Then, he said, he drove to Nelson
avenue. where he called at the home Q
a girl who had solitaire diamond RIM
which he said belonged to him, He sal
' his girl companion knew what he hal
gone for and that he had promised Il
give the ring to her.
Said Girls Were Drunk.
The woman OF the house, Allen said
warned him to get those drunke
-" referring to the girls, away fror
in front of her house.
He said he drank q great deal NOR
as time went on They drove out I
Hollywood and to the New Raleigh road
Il He drank first, and then again whe