Show LITTLE GIRL ASSAULTED Unknown Wretch Shamefully Misuses Mis-uses Pearl Gardner Pearl Gardner the sevenyearold daughter of W J Gardner or 231 West North Temnlo street was the victim of a data I assault by an unknown wretch Thursday afternoon The child was coaxed from where she was playIng play-Ing near her home to a clump of willows wil-lows beyond the Hlo Grande tracks on North Temple Here the fellow I seized her and shamefully mistreated her In addition to the little girls I statements to that effect there were I other evidences of a positive nature According to the childs story the man I approached her and asked her If I she waned some tame rabbits He then told her that he had some bunnies for I her in a field beyond the Rio Grande tracks After coaxing her for sometime I I some-time Pearl followed the man who was apparently about 30 old aJpar ntr years Upon reaching the willow patch the child says she was seized and thrown down I her assailant telling her that she I would get hurt if she screamed Later the child and her assailant walked to the Prcemont school building build-ing where Pearl watching an opportunity oppor-tunity broke away and ran to her home The father who Is an employee of the American Steam and Hand I laundry did not report the matter to I the pOe at once Yesterday afternoon the assailant was seen hanging about the vicinity of the Gardner residence A brother of the child hurried to Police headquarters headquar-ters where he told the ofllccrs that the 1 man was trying to kidnap his little I sister Ofliccr Davies scoured the 1 neighborhood but did not catch sight of the fellow slShl Again last evening he was noticed in the neighborhood The father thaI made his way to the police station and told the officers of the assault Acting Detective Burt secured a description of the fellow and Is hard at work trying to run him down |