Show I VILE OFFENSE CHARGED C W Cameron Accused of Assaulting Little Girl TRIED TO MAKE HIS ESCAPE I C W Cameron 0 New Arrival i tho City Taken in Charge tar Taking Indecent Liberties With an Eloven YearOld Girl His Actions Having Been Observed and Complained of by Several Persons Tried to Make His Escape by Tripping Officer Up but Is Recaptured C W Cameron n recent arrival In the city was arrested by Officer Gll lesple 1 at a lato hour last night on 0 charge of having taken liberties of an Indecent nature with elevenyearold Ella Wilson The arrest was made In the German village where the prisoner r had been observed by a number of people Pitting with the child In his lap and acting in f decidedly obnoxious manner Officer Glllesple was notified of the occurrence and he arrested the I fellow after directing the little girl to I the home of her widowed mother on I East Second South street It Is said by those who witnessed actions i 1 ac-tions that word of the occurrence wa I I spreading and that a suggestion that I he be roughly dealt with was being considered when the officer arrived Cameron when collared by the policeman police-man asserted that there was no foundation foun-dation for the charge against him and I made a brief resistance but was quickly quick-ly overpowered and marched from tho fair grounds through the Third South street entrance THREW OFFICER DOWN After walking meekly along with the officer for a short distance Cameron suddenly sprang upon him and succeeded I suc-ceeded In tripping him to the pavement Glllcsple fell with great force and was stunned for 0 moment but he quickly regained an upright position and grasped his charge before the fellow could develop sprinting powers Apparently Ap-parently the act caused great edification edifica-tion among a crowd of several hundred hun-dred persons who were gathered about and who did not know of the revolting nature of the charge upon which the prisoner had been arrested CROWD GREW THREATENING Loud applause asheardtor the prisoners effort to escape and several boisterous young men gathered about the officer and suggested overpowering him and releasing the captive However I How-ever no move of a threatening nature I was made and the unpleasant suggestions sugges-tions were discontinued Immediately upon the arrival of police reinforcements reinforce-ments Cameron occasioned no further trouble on the trip to the police station sta-tion where he was searched and locked up He claimed to be a plumber and Informed the officers that he arrived in the city several days ago from the I East coming here In sear h cf employment employ-ment |