Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-06-26
Complete Statement as
Given to Herman Cline
6cQntinued From Page sevenl

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when 1 would get UP l would fall
down. She said l am going out fof
a little while for some supplies and
/ win have to tie you again. !
said / cannot stand, you know l
will just fall. She said that doesn't
matter, you will be all right, it won't
hurt you a bit. 1 said, won't you
tie my hands this way Indicating
with hands in 'front.'. She said, Lay
on your side dearie," and she tied
my hands with something flat, it
looked to me like a little strap that
you turn a mattress with, that is a
flat piece of cotton. She tied this
around my wrists and ankles.
@. Did she tie your hands in front
of you?
A. No, behind me. They never
tied my hands in front of me. My
feet were crossed that way and she
tied them / heard car start ana
/ listened to the motor and it sound
ed to me like a little car, it sounded
like a Chevrolet, not like Ford,
but a little car, first I did not know
they had taken the bigger car.
@. Did you hear any voices befor"
she started?
A. No.
a.. About what time Tuesday morn
ing do you think this was that she
left?
A. I had no way of telling the
time, but after she had been gone
little while / realized that If |
could only get my feet loose would
have a chance, but I felt so weak. /
began to pull my feet and wiggle
them; then I began trying to loosen
my, hands, but could feel it was ut
terIy impossible and then I looked at
this can, it was a can something like
we used to have for maple syrup.
big Texaco can with a top that had
evidently been cut off roughly.
wondered if 1 could get to that can
and cut the straps. | could not get
off the bed and walk, but / rolled
across the floor and I stood up and
/ started on this strand and kept on
working until ripped it, but there
was no give to it; finally something
seemed to give little and I rubbed
harder and one strap or strand part
ed and then pulled with all my
might and main, and it parted.
O. That was the strand around
your hands?
A, Yes. got the feet undone
myself and left the rope right there
and did not stop in the manner Of
my going, although I could hardly
stand. MY ankles would just buckle
up like that. (Indicating). Strength
came to me and got out of the
window. 1t wasn't much of drop
at all. I didn't stop to look at any
thing; i saw I was in the desert
but I didn't stop to look which way /
went but just went.
@. Did you try to get out of the
door?
A. No.
@. Do you know whether the door
was locked or not?
"A. 1t was closed.
@. Do you remember when she left
there whether she locked the door?
A. 1 do not know.
@. Was, this window up or down?
A. The window was open.
" 1Hera WAS no SCIeSH Oh IH0
window?
A.. No, no screen.
@. It was just desert?
A. Just cactus, and I thought, my,
we must be down in the Imperial
valley or out by Palm Springs.
@. After you got out did you notice
this place at all?
A. 1 didn't stop to look, I Just
ran. I am sure it was only one
story house.
@. You do not remember whether
there was any buildings around
at all?
A. I didn't stop to look, just
ran. I am sure it was only one
story house.
@. You do not remember whether
there was any out-buildings around it
at all?
A. I do not think there was.
@. Would you say it was noun
famous country?
A. Not mountainous or hilly but
rather uneven, because 1 remember
stumbling several times; I just ran;
I was watching for car, ran
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walk; as I ran my thought was to
watch for clump of bushes that l
could get behind if she ever came
back. 1 ran and ran and walked; it
was hot; thought am I going in
a circle or straight, and after what
seems to me to have been hours
Issaw this black mountain head; |
thought if 1 could get to that hill
there might be shade and water.
Finally I had to stop and lie down
and the darkness came down. II
got quite dark when I came to a
place where there was a little raise.
I started to head for that noun
tain. 1 began to get very thirsty.
had come to something that seem
ed to me kind of high and 1 began
to think a good deal of rattlesnakes
as 1 heard how terrible it would be
to get bitten. AS l came to this lit
tie high place saw there was a
fence in the distance and thought
have found fence, isn't that won
derful, the fence was at my right,
the mountain was right here (indi-