The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-01-12
ALLEGED ASSAULT
GOES UP in thin AIR
Farmers Wife, Near Glen
wood Tells Weird Story
of Attack by Men
SHERIFF INVESTIGATES
No Tracks Could Be Found
and Little Boy Fails to
Confederate Mother

Late Monday evening word
reached Sank Centre that two
men driving white horse had
stopped at a farm near Glenwood
Monday afternoon and finding the
lady of the house home alone with
a couple of small children tided
the woman to post and badly cut
her about the body and also cut
the children. 1t was not under
stood that robbery was the motive.
Tuesday a Herald representa-
tive called on Sheriff Ness at Glen
wood to ascertain the facts in the
case.
Mr.. Ness sail that shortly be-
fore noon Monday a young man
living about six miles south of
jStarbuck telephoned he had Just
received word from. MS sister liv-
ing nearby that sile had been cut
up and disfgured by Strangers.
Sheriff Ness did considerable
telephoning to neighbors before he
visited the farm. Upon his ar.
rival there the sheriff found the
lady doing the family WASH in the
Kire.en. There WAS a boy al ut
sew. and a bab.. NIer h.. shand
va. husking corn IN hcf. aErut
half mile away. The story she
bold Sheriff Ness is about as fol-
lows:
While she was turning out the
washing two strangers drove up
in cutter made from a buggy.
She said they had one bay horse
and one gray one which they tied
near the house. She said one man
wore tennis shoes and the other
one wore a light silk skull cap and
together they carried an axe, a
shovel, pick and a saw. They
entered the house and picked up
strap, that had a buckle-loop on
one end and tied the strap tightly
around her neck, tied her hands
behind her, tied her feet together
and then tied her to the bed post.
They then grabbe1 her z year old
boy and took him out and took two
or three shots at him with "a re-
volver. The little baby was chok-
ed until it's eyes bulged out.
This entire story was told very
sincerely to the Sheriff. Upon ex-
animation, the sheriff saw a few
scratches on the lady's checks and
arms but there were no cuts of
any kind. Sheriff Ness then took
the little boy aside and questioned
him in a kindly way and the little
fellow told hin that he did not
remember of seeing any strangers
and that no one srot at him.
The. little baby was also exam
lned but no scratches or finger
marks of any kind could be found.
The strap, which the lady claimed
that she had been Tied with was
examined but there was no knot
or twist in it. Upon examining the
tracks in the yard the sheriff could
not see where any team had driven
in and turned around and upon
questioning the lady said that af-
ter the men had nolested the
family they each took one of the
horses by the head and backed
them out onto the r,afn road. This
road was abo 1t 200 feet from the
house.
Sheriff Ness went over the mat
ter very thoroughly with the lady
and then drove into Starbuck to
question the various farmers stock
day and there were quite a few
farmers in town from that neigh
borhood who had driven along the
main road about the noon hour.
Not one farmer had seen a team
or men of the description given.
After considering the matter
thoroughly Sheriff Ness decided
that this entire story was imagi-
nation on the part of the lady and
that the scratches on her face and
arms were infected by her self
while she was in a nervous mood.