Show A f RAPE JT vi i i A villain who faals to get ills jot the salt lake tribune of aalur day sept 1880 contained n vile villainous and bestial correspondence from the writer of which knowing that ho was wickedly and maliciously the matter upon which be touched was too cowardly to write his name in full or we suspect any portion of it his norn de plume was even a base subterfuge to hide hia identity for far from being frank his article is a villainous conglomeration of as wo shall presently how the arti cle in questions tates that a young man engaged in an hotel in evanston had effected he ruin ofa young girl the daughter of mr josius E ardly living near that place the article also nude come cruel unjust and blackguard like remarks in regard to the young ladys character asserting that the act ans accomplished with her own free will and choice and asserting that the father attempted to kill the seducer this latter assertion came nearer the than anything else in the disreputable article we have thoroughly and carefully investigated this matter and will now give our the true version of the matter leaving them to judge of the merits of the case miss nia eardley aged fifteen years is a young lady of prepossessing appearance and the daughter of mr josiah birdley Eird ley a counselor to the bishop of evanston the family mansion is situated about one mile from evanston some time since the proprietor of the mountain trout house an hotel at evanston having a press of business desired that miss ella and an older sister be permitted to come to town for a few days and assist in the hotel this the father was averse to but he finally consented the elder miss eardley taking sick after being a day or two at the hotel went home but miss ella remained A day or two since the elder sister after going to the postoffice post office returned to her home sought her father and said to him father there is something I would like to tell you but I would rather dio than do so mr weirdly imme demanded that his daughter speak for said he if it is of BO serious a nature you should tell me finally the young lady told him of a report sha had heard while in town which filled be father with feelings of anguish lie immediately started fir tho hotel and upon reaching th house accosted his daughter the poor girt who seemed to be n a dazed ceedee to her home in company with her father in tho whom mr o sea had fled mr immediately got out ft warren t for the arrest of the al h started in tho direction or wasatch Wa in chopo of overtaking him mr eardley who had taken with him a rifle arrived at his destina tion but saw nothing the villain he then started for home but learned by telegraph that the fellow had been caught and was being held by the sheriff he returned to evanston and there found hig family awaiting him mrs birdley Eird ley the had her rut for a walk and then in con with miss ella learned that en the evening of efio crime the who had committed it offered the young lady a glas of giue her work for lie dy was done and having to pass through abo dining hill at one end of which is situated the bar to her own room she encountered this scamp The young lady being fatigued accepted the offer and after partaking of the wine lost all consciousness until next coining nt five when she awoke to tho terrible wrong perpetrated upon her person hia arrival in evanston mr E went to tho jail and held a short consultation with iho prisoner who mado no effort to conceal his crime but confessed to it before the irate father and hd sheriff and using such language as to convey the idea that ho gloried in his dastardly deed the father had by this time desperate there was a fiend in ahuncan shape who in his pros ence took delight in acknowledging his devilish act and the fathers mind was made up the roana must die lie did not wh to drag the particulars of the adur into court his family had deou injured enough io therefore went next morning and declined to prosecute but hia pro grammo had been arranged before coining into Eran slon ho had left his loaded ride with and goon after removed it to barn in tho of fie court house aa soon as he had his decision that he should not prosecute tho fiend who had perpetrated the frightful crime ho left the was engaged in talking wilh a friend on front street when ho espied the sharif fand other in the center of which crowd wag the prisoner in ft moment the resolute fitcher was over the board fence which shut the bar n froni tho street got his rifle and had taken deliberate hh weapon on one of the boards of the fence when the party his bent and they leaving the villain alone this made ft fiord mark for mr eardley and he pulled the trigger the cartridge failed to e he pulled aaen tal the same purpose had substituted for hia cartridges and hia gun waa useless in he meantime the young demon had taken lohi me parly who had ben wilh ahn drew their revolvers wd yr round S mr lyt at gentleman to au numbers A coni plAint wati baijo maijo by the the man whose daughter lie had outraged and mr IT locked up he was kept nan na the next be was released at morning the hn time for the appointed violator failed to put in hi accused ap pp anceal prosecutor and mr ley was discharged kird these are briefly the fact in case and we defy anybody to u truthfully that any american would have n convicted mr bardln had he succeeded in killing wretch on and this is the kind of man frank and the i are ing well uphold birds of a feather will flock together |