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Show SUPPOSED DRUNKEN WOMAN CLAIMS SHE WAS DRUGGED An Interesting case developed from fthnt was supposedly two drunken women on our streets Tuesday noon. According to Marshal Robinson Mrs. Warren Adams, who lives most of tho llmo nt the shcephcrd with her Iiub-band, Iiub-band, bad come to American Fork and hed met n cousin, Mrs. Eva Abbott, who wns traveling with th'o Rodgers Amusement company. Mrs. Abbott, It In nltcgcd, tried to Induce Mrs. Adams to hlro an auto and go to Salt Lake, which she refused to do. They then went to Mrs. Abbott's room nt tho Grant hotel where drinks wero bad. According to Mrs. Adams, tho drinks wero "doped," tho tho othor woman know sho wns carrying somo $60 In hor pocket and wore a valuable diamond ring. Tho women then went to tho Ford garngo and tried to hiro n enr, and were refined by tho man-ngement, man-ngement, alter which they entered tho enr belonging to Owen neck of At-pine, At-pine, declaring they wanted a ride. Peck offered to tnko them for a short ride. As they n cared tho homo of John Jncklln In tho Third ward tho women began fighting, during which Mrs. Adams wns forclably ejected front the car. Deck, after suvcral unsuccessful unsuc-cessful nttempts to get her back into tho car, decided to return Mrs. Ab bott to the hotel nnd get out of tho mix-up, It is claimed. Residents near the vicinity, snw Mrs. Adams walking aimlessly around and thinking her III, notified tho marshal, who secured a car and went to assist her. Sho wns brought to tho city hall Ir. n drunken or dazed condition, and when able to tell her story coherently. Mated that she had been drugged and itliat tho Carnival woman had tried to iob her of her money nnd ring. Part of the money was missing nnd tho I finger upon which the ring wns worn iwns badly) bruised, giving evidence of unsuccessful attempts ot removal. The officers also stato that her breathe did not mnoll of liquor. The enso ot alleged robbery, being n felony, tho sheriff was notified and he came to town Wednesday, only to find thnt Mr. and Mrs. Abbott had quit tho carnival and had "skipped out." No arrests wero made, but It Is stated by tho local officers that an attempt at-tempt will bo mado to locato tho people peo-ple who left tonn, and that unless It Is proven tt'at tho woman wns really drugged, sho may bo prosecuted on n chargo ot Intoxication. |