Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-08-22
Girl Names Two Men Id Attack.

telling tale of being kidnapped and kept
IN a tent and an unoccupied farm house in
asecluded section of Howard county, where
she was forced, at the point of pistol in
the hands of a notorious character well
known to the police and wanted by peace
omcers in Montgomery county, Md, and
rairfax county, Va, on various pending
warrants, to submit to repeated criminal
attacks, Miss Retha Smith, 16 years old,
appeared at the Rockville court house on
Monday to unfold her story to States At
tomey Robert Peter, Jr.
The warrants were issued Monday BY
States Attorney Peter. following the dis
closure to him by the girl of the details of
the alleged crime. One of the men is
charged both with abduction and criminal
assault and the other with abduction.
Both the police and the States Attorney
withheld the names of the men contained
IN the warrants. pointing out that it might
hamper justice by disclosing them at this
time.
In the meantime the police have renewed
their search for the two men, who are re-
puted jackers of stills, live on Abandoned
farms and are credited with general out
lawry. They are represented as being
dangerous characters, always carrying
pistols. but they have always succeeded
in evading numerous police traps which
have been set for them.
Miss Smith, who is a daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. William M Smith. who live near
Unity. this county. and who was the VIC
tim recently of an alleged fake marriage
ceremony in Howard county, in connection
with which two men were arrested and
now await trial. told reporter, while
waiting conference with the States At
torney. that last Sunday week she went to
a spring near her home. and while there
two men approached, one of whom had
revolver in his hand. Pointing it at her,
she alleges. she was told that if she made
an cutlery she would be killed, but if she
kept quiet she would be unframed.
While one of the men held his hand
over her mouth. she said, she was forced
to accompany them along an unused road
to the main highway where a car was
waiting. She was placed in the automo-
bile and was driven what she described as
great distance to the home of one of the
men. who is said to be brother-in-law of
the other. There the brother-in-law got
out. and the car was driven by the other
into road in the woods. where, she as
serts, she was kept couple OF hours,
during which she was criminally attacked.
During this period, the girl said. threat
of death was made.
Following this, she continued, the man
returned and picked up his brother-in-law
and the three drove to Howard county, near
Daisy. where she was placed in an I'M
occupied tenement house on the farm of
the father of the man who attacked her.
Later. she added, she was taken to a tent
near the house and repeatedly criminally
assaulted. She remained in the tent until
last Thursday, Miss Smith said, and then
was taken in an automobile to some big
town." the name of which she did not
know. and was placed in the home of a
widow for boarding. After the men left,
she reported, she told her story to the
man and woman in the house. whereupon
the former took the girl to the latter's sister.
Florence Without. in Howard county, and
left her at the gate. However. the sister
was not home at the time and the girl
walked to the home of another sister. Mrs.
Cleo Marshall. in the vicinity. and there
told her story Her parents then came
for her. after being Informed OF her plight.
Chief of Police Alvie A. Monkey. of the
county police department, said that the
police had been looking the men for some
time and that they are known to the police
officials