Show from lues daa dally sept A scoundrel let loose some days ago we published from the article in which it was stated eliat one shepherd had been arrested for ah alleged rape committed at spanish fork on last tuesday the examination was had and from the enquirer we learn that the girl testified substantially as follows she bad consented to accompany young shepherd to a dance to beheld at the bouse of john II Iggins west of spanish fork city some two or three miles she rode on the eanie horse with him ne in front and when in ted crecos field a lonely place and the night exceedingly dark he jumped horse pulled her down with him and in baite her struggles and throats threw her on ft shock of grain and consummated his fiendish purpose she showed portions of her dress which ahe says had been torn in the struggle fearing punishment from her lallier who bad forbid her going with shepherd to the dance she concluded not to return home until he had retired for the night and fearing in consequence conge quence of the darkness of alie night that she would lose her way if she left shepherd then she consented to go with the ravisher to alie dance when there as she admitted she danced with once there were no married people there to whom she could relate bior troubles and she permitted herself to be accompanied home by shepherd but in the company of others still being aar id punishment she did not mention the circumstance of alie outrage to her father until the thaid day her fattier soon alter the of the cae to sheriff turner and county prosecuting attorney george M brown the prisoner chois about 19 years of age is evidently a camp the first water lie his crime but intimated that he com bitted the deed with the full sanction of the pirl and thai he had accomplished complis hed bis purpose on another occasion this was indignantly denied by the young lady the prisoner brought a witness who cast imputations upon the good character of the victim but upon being pressed stated that all he knew about the girla badness was that the boys thought her reputation was not as good as it should be but the evidence in the opinion of the judge not being sufficient to convict the gentleman previous to discharging the prisoner stated that it was to be regretted the young culprit could not be made to suffer for the crime of seduction but be was compelled to discharge him for the reason that the evidence was not sufficient to hold him it is a matter of great regret to all that a great many of these villains should be thus permitted to escape and we trust that the time will yet come when the laws ot our country will be in such a shape that it will be next to an impossibility for the ron ronner nir tr aspatia CS Patia ilia illse dues |