Show ARRESTED ON CHARGE OF RAPE T G RICHARDS 18 HELD FOR TWO ALLEGED CRIMES two step daughters arc implicated in charges but evidence may bo hard to get from tuesdays standard As the result ol 01 a weeks work on the part of chief 0 police browning captain brown and detective fender T G richards ot 2128 quincy avenue was arrested yesterday on charges ono of rape and the other attempted rape upon his stepdaughter step daughter allva lewis 12 years of age last night the accused man was admitted to bond in the sum of 1000 on the first charge and on charge pete madson and sam fenstemaker ste maker qualifying on the bond the statements on which the charge Is based were first called to the attention of the police last week and the officers deterred let erred to at once started to work on the case As they went further into the matter the evidence became stronger until yesterday they decided to swear out a complaint and arrest the man detective fender swore to the complaint and at once placed richards under arrest at the station the man was confronted with the young girl upon whom the crime Is alleged to have been in the presence of mr richards the girl made the same statements that she had previously made to the police in her story the girl implicates an older bister who lives at brigham city while in the presence of hersted father he made no endeavor to correct or deny any of the statements 01 the girl and seemed to have decided that the best course was to preserve silence on the subject in many ways the case resembles somewhat the hartog case last week when first approached by the officers the girl was ready and willing to tell the officers all that she knew later in the week she denied all that she had previously said and seemed to want to shield the man that someone has been trying to influence the girl the police are certain and they are now trying to discover who the person is the question that Is now bothen ng the police Is will the girl stick to her story when placed on the witness stand with the hartog case fresh in their minds the police are dubious of securing a conviction but they believe that it they can find the person who has been tampering with their wit ness that they will have no difficulty in securing a conviction today the time for the preliminary hearing will be set attorney lyman skeen Is representing the defendant attorney skeen is full confident he will exonerate his client but it the stories told by the neighbors of T G richards are true there Is no langu J age strong enough with which to con damn the man in the first complaint it Ss alleged that the attempted rape was committed on december 25 1903 when tha girl was but eleven years old the second complaint charges the defendant with having committed rape on july ath of the present year both mr richards and his attorney lyman Skeen were in court this moru ing but the county attorney was not ready to proceed with the case and it was continued until the attorneys can decide upon the date for the hear ing since the arrest of mr richards nuj berous stories have come to light re garding the actions of air richards one story alleges that some time ago another stepdaughter of mr richards miss viola bawls was in a serious condition and that richards was responsible since that time the girl has not lived at home but has resided with relatives at brigham city she has been subpoenaed and w bs a witness at the trial another story alleges that last week mr richards had occasion to punish his small stepson step son and that he took the boy between his legs and held him while he cut his tongue after that be forced the boy to remain under u bed richards is a man weighing over pounds on one occasion when the attempted rape is alleged to have taken place a person who ought to know states that the young girl was forced by her mother to obey har stepfather step father and that in the morning the bed clothing told a terrible story mrs richards denies these allegations it Is apparent some one has been crying to intimidate tho young girl and there is danger that she will go on the stand and deny the statements that she has already made to the police in connection with tha story of intimidation it Is understood that there a colored woman mixed up in the case and that for some reason that will probably appear later she does not wish the girl to testify that her stepfather step father has committed the crimes alleged who this woman Is is unknown but police are working today in an endeavor to locate her which it they succeed in doing will probably add a new aspect to the case the attention of district attorney halverson was called to this case some time ago but he failed to take any action and it remained for the city attorney to proceed to inflict punishment ish ment |