The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-10
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WOMAN


sH1urnutSd ao8a1ls on Miss
SSridon. 18-year-old dangh-I
N. and Mr.. Lawrence Par
" i70o Eighteenth avenue.
- sikht resulted II william
6ine bOund over to the
M this morning., following |
~ before Police Masistrats
~ s1sN 4 charged with assault
s1flnpt to rape" . charge on
~ 4 at present on parole
a. state penitentiafy at Jol.
- he was sentenced to 30
~ Imprisonment in 1915 The
'7ss, Ciiense was also committed
SSsk Island. He ID 30 years old
\ tsa recently been employed IN
ssi6eCtion work at Aledo. to
~ city he had been paroled.
5sSfesenting himself as q mern-
y r. ~ police department, Hor-
Sfuye Miss Pardon's escort
Saturday night at Watch
fe bark, took her in custody"
sfter walking her from the
- 4 the Twelfth street road, at
- to assault her near Chip
sIock cemetery, at the corner
twelfth street and Thirty-arst
Ir1ue.
- cries attracted the attention
| 1etxhbors, who called the police.
- Pardon left her fathers
~ river camp, Shamrock" at
n 1880 Saturday night with
nflss Scherer, 1907 Twenty
nth street, her escort, and an
~ couple of young people. Camp
knUrock is some distance from
\ Wstch Tower and they roNed
/ IL park, landing below the
her coaster, where a convenient
4 leads up to the park grounds
|1ts couples separated to attend
Y attractions at the Tower, agree.
4 10 meet at the roller coaster a.
Itclock. Miss Pardon and youns
Aeftr arrived at the meeting
~ first and sat down to wal
\ the other couple. Suddenly thu
n glanced up to find a large mai
ding close to her. He said h,
- 3 policeman and that the.
~ both under arrest, giving a
= only cause that "they had n
~ 10 be there" He walked then
Iboat the park for nearly tw
)Dafl, threatening to take them t
v Dulice station. About midnign
y told young Scherer to take tn
NJ car to town, threatening t
Ut him up" II he did not folio
u orders.
He told Miss Pafidon he woul
Ne her home and they starte
lnak the Tower road towards tt
NJ. At the Twenty-fowrth stree
IN, he told her he had change
u mind and was going to tai
u to the police station. Return
! past the Tower, he forced HI
walk with him down the CO
Acks. to Twelfth street, and the
lhkted into the city. AS they al
reached Chippiannock cemeter
y attempted the assault, seizin
" by the throat. He found her
itch for even his strength, how
NJ. az the fight she made durin
y next hour prevented him fro
geCmplishing his designs. 81
|lIeamed several times and SON
4 the neighbors put In q call
= police.
officers Hastings and Min,
lteched the spot at about 1880 ar
ind the grim struggle continuir
n ditch beside the road. The 81
I'D still fighting gamely, althOue
u strength was nearly exhauste
- police took her to DR.. Bra.
sd's home for medicel attentio
~ throat was lacerated and 81
(e4ered severe bruises about Il
~ and body. az
yAe hearing this morning WI
~ In Chief Cox's office, Hor,
|ldns put under $1,000 bond al
|lenanded to Jail for failure
punish bond. pending hearing
~ case before the grand jur
y Pardon did not appear at Il
ting, her father and Chief C,
tfying for her. my daught
y . courageous fight again
beast who attacked her" N
Non asserted, "and kept hi
= accomplishing his design
\ was not to blame in the Sigh
for the occurrence. There
ething radically wrong with Il
NV Of the administration Of Il
which will permit a degene
like this being loose in a COZ
nifty"
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