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Show AN IXFAIIOUS ACTION. i t W. F. Lewis Accused of Hiking a Criminal Crim-inal Assault On a Seven-Yer-01J Girl OrriCEB HILTON'S CHILD, NETTIE. Drunkenness u a Defense Dinted A Wifti'i Tight Against Policemen Pound Under a Bed. A small si.:ed man with a two-weeks' growth of whiskers ami whose name I W. F. Lewis, la held In the county jail Unlay on a rather serious charge. The complaining witness Istifticer Hilton of the Salt Lake police force and th.j charge Is attempted rape. OMeor Hilton's story of the affair Is that his little 7-year-old daughter Net-, tie was sent about 3 o'clock Friday evening to the grocery to purchase sewn household necessities. Hilton live in tho Twenty-first ward, near -Coffee John's corner." on Ninth Fast strwt. In passing the house occupied by Lewis, which Is in the vicinity of Ninth Fast and N street, the little girl, who was accompanied by another child 4 years old, was called lo by Lewia, who wa sitting on the ground near thn ditch. The child had a monthly pa iHHik in her hand and Lewis lold her ' rmiiQ in nun and no wouui icacn nrria read from it. The liltlo one approached anil when within arms length Wilson acUed hep ' by the dress and took highly Improper t liberties with her. No attempt . made at outraging her. however. Th child's drraw and underwear were torn and her llmlm serati hed by lwU' bands. She broke away and ran home, bidding her clothing Uxn her prraon with her hands, ami frightened almost Into spasms. Officer Hilton, her father, who w nhp in thn iomu was Informed of the atate of affairs) and finding thn rnr-ndxiratUe rnr-ndxiratUe evidence in the appearance of the child, hurried to Iwi' house to arrenl him. This Is Hilton's smry. ' lint for the fact that I aid pollen, man," ho says, 'i should hava aetn.1 In , a much more summary mnnner. I fou4 blm still sitting on the ground. He was partially lutoilcated. but not so mu h no but hu was rntnnihln '"" bU actions. 1 qiinHtiouwi him and he declined de-clined to answer. I thnil placed htm under arrest, but h uiadn a feint to strike me and In warding off thn blr I struck hi now, which bind. II14 wife hurried out and liegun striking mn employing a l.trgo alone in pursuit of this. 1 found I was unable lo manage the two and started for the station for assistance but on the way I met the patrol wagon which had bnen tnle phoned for by oiiielody w ho saw Lewi ftniilt the little girl." '"Kuturning w 1 found the house locked and 1 sent for a search warrant, which was found to bo uinicary. , When we told the woman thai unlM she opened thn door we would break It In aim yielded, and on entering we found Mmls under the bed ihlthnrhe bad taken flight. We attempted to arrest ar-rest him and once attain tint woman showed fight, so we had lo take both " i Officer Heath, wlm was a party to the ! arttst.corrobiirated lliltin'tiry about the trouble experienced In taking the two. Iwis was seen In thn police station, llo entered a general denial to anr ae-ciisntioii ae-ciisntioii as to commission or the attempt. ' to commit the offene charged. "I have no recollection of anything of the sort." he says. W"U drunk and may have relted thn otrl-cer otrl-cer s attempt t arrest me lor that, lie abused my ' ifo in arresting me and probably brings this heavy charge to counterbalance It." You remember crawling under tin bed, do you not?" Yes' "Were yon solmr enough to know what was bet to do lo evade arrest?" "Well, I was so drunk I was pot re-sponsible. re-sponsible. But anyway I d not remember re-member of doing anything thn sort." Hilton and Heath both nay U wis hail been urmking " " " '""J cogiiiaiit of what ho was doing. |