The Warwickshire Herald. — 1886-06-03 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

EXTRAORDINARY OUTRAGE ON TWO YOUNG LADIES.  AT the Greenwich Police-court on Saturday, a respectably-dressed young man, giving the name of Frederick George Fuller, of Sloane-street, Chelsea, was charged with assaulting Evelyn Clara Hooper, aged 16, and Florence- Ethel Jones, 14 ; further with attempting to indecently assault the former young lady, and stealing from her the sum of 138.—Miss Hooper said she was 16 years of age, and resides' at Eversfiehl, Grove Park, Lee. She was out walking, with Miss Jones, and went to look over a house that was to let at Grove Park. Prisoner asked what they were up to. She said they were doing no harm, and thought the house belonged to Mr. Pound, whom they knew. Prisoner said he was Mr. Pound's clerk, and believed they had been up to some pranks with the rooms. He said they would have to go over the rooms with him, and they said they would. When they were at the top of the house prisoner said he had orders to detain anyone he found in the house while he fetched Mr. Pound, and that he should lock them in separate rooms. Witness said if he would lock them in together they would not object, but he would not do that, and said lie should force thee; if they did not go quietly. She then heard the prisoner dragging Miss Jones downstairs. Then there was a lot of screaming and the smashing of glass. Shortly afterwards the prisoner came to .where she was, and said her friend had gone for Mr. Pound. He asked her if she would let him tie her hands, and said he should make her. He took some string, and, after a struggle, succeeded in tying her wrists. He began pulling her about, but she then broke the string, and tried to escape, but prisoner prevented her. He overcame her resistance. She sereamol for help, whereupon prisoner pushed her about roughly, and said he would murder her if she did not bold her noise. He also took her handkerchief and tied it round her mouth. She tried again to get past him, but he flung her down, and, kneeling on her chest, put one hand over her mouth, and with the other took hold of her dress, but exciting all her strength she freed her hands. She asked him if it was money he wanted, and he asked her how much she had. She gave him her purse, which contained some gold and silver. He wanted to tic her hands again, and told her it was a lie about the other girl having gone for Mr. Pound. He broke a window with her hand. Prisoner then let Miss Jones out, and ran away. Prisoner had treated Miss Jones very cruelly, pulling some of her hair out, putting his hand over her mouth to stifle her cries. He left her with her hands tied, and said he was going to Mr. Pound.—Alfred Pearce, potman at the Baring Hotel, saint he met the young ladies about 50 yards from the house. They were in a very exhausted state. The elder was bleeding freely from the hand, and the younger had her hands tied together. They were attended to in the hotel. The prisoner, it appeared, was pursued by a labouring man named Brooker, and caught after a mile's chase.—lnspector Phillips said there was another charge against Fuller of a more serious nature as regarded indecency.—Mr. Marsham remanded the prisoner, and gave a recommendation that the prosecution should be undertaken by the Treasury.  ,-.-- (--Tr' v- p , I ,H , . , , , .............so_t ~ - 4 . . (..._ ....._ • , „ \\ , , , . rti,..7 I \ \ , 1 ... I 1 \ ~.  SOUTH K essixa tom. WAITING FOR THE iLLUMINATIOM,.