The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-02

cuts and bruises, sustained late
Saturday afternoon when Carson al
| leges he broke into the garnet bed
room of Miss Sally Ford, 16-year-old
girl from the State orphanage, who
was working on the Carson farm for
her board during the summer vaca-
ton. According to Carson's story,
told reporters Sunday night after
a warrant for the arrest of Sally
Ford and David Nash had been
issued by the sheriff's Office, the
farmer had been suspicious for sew
eral days that one of his hired men,
David Nash, A. & M. student dur
ing the school year, was paying too
marked attention to the young girl,
for whose safety Carson had pledged
himself OF the State.
"On Saturday afternoon early the
members Of Mr.. CarSon'S family, in
Guiding his wife, brother, mother
and daughter, had come to town for
shopping, leaving Miss Ford alone
in the house. The two other hired
men had also gone to the city, leav-
ing Carson and young Nash at work
on the farm. Carson alleges that he
saw Nash enter the house late
Saturday afternoon and that when
the young man did not return to his
work in the barn within a reason
able time, Carson left his own work
to investigate, fearing for The safety
Of the girl under his protection.
after unSucceSsfully searching
the main floor of the house. Car
son alleges, he went to the garnet,
heard voices coming from Miss
Ford's room, tried the door and
found it locked. He knocked, was
refused admittance, according to
the story told the sheriff, then, de-
termined to save the girl from the
man, he climbed to the roof of the
porch and made his way to the small
window of the great room, from
which he saw Miss Ford and the
Nash boy in compromising posi-
ton. When he tried to enter the
room through the window, Carson
alleges that he was brutally assault
ed by young Nash, who by the way,
was boxing champion of the sopoho-
more class at A. & M. A smashing
blow from young Nash'S fist sent the
farmer crashing through the window
and down the sloping roof to the
ground.
I'm the fall, Carson's left leg was
broken above the knee. He was
still unconscious when DR.. John z.
Salter, physician living ten miles
from the Carson farm, on the road
to the capital, arrived at the de-
serted farm, summoned by a mystic
riouS male voice by telephone. The
sheriff's theory, as well as the doc
tors, is that young Nash, fearful
that he had seriously injured the
farmer, summoned medical help be-
fore leaving with the girl.
"a warrant for the arrest of Da-
vid Nash has been issued by the
sheriff, charging the young student
with assault with intent to kill. and
with contributing to the delin-
quency Of a minor. The warrant for
Miss Ford's arrest charges moral
delinquency. Since she is a ward
of the State until her 18th birthday
she is also liable to arrest on the
simple charge of running away from
the farm, on which the State or
phanage authorities had placed her
for the summer"
Sally, trembling so that her teeth
chartered, watched David as he read
the entire story. His young face be-
came more and more grim as he
read. When he had finished the
shameful, hideously untrue account
of what had really been a piece of
superb gallantry on his part, he
crumpled the paper slowly between
the fingers Of his big hand as if
that hand were crushing out the
life of the man who had lied so
monStrously. Then, lifting lid of
the big coal range, he thrust the
crumpled mass Of paper into the
flames.
"But-what are we going to do,
David?" Sally whispered, her eyes
searching his grim face piteously.
They'll send me to the reformatory
if they catch me, ana you-you-
oh, David! They'll send you to
prison for years and years! 1 wish
you'd never laid eyes on me! I'd
rather die than have you come to