Show A dastardly act last saturday afternoon george eddington ding ton a park city miner 65 years of age was arrested by marshal st bt jeor for or attempting to rape a eleven year ol 01 old girl ot of this city that afternoon eddington was turned over to the county officials and a charge of rape placed against the fellow he was taken to Coal vilIe that night and placed in the county jail in lieu itea of 00 ball tuesday evening eddington had his preliminary hearing before precinct justice ji jim m don the calef witness was the alleged victim of the attack who testified that eddington enticed her into a room of her grandmothers rooming house bouse while the latter was away saturday and there assaulted a cited her other witnesses who testified s u were dr W J bardsley dr T E dark clark and chief of police W D st jeor the child was or on the stand tor for on an hour and a halt half recounting ner her story and undergoing cross examination by Edding tons attorneys verne mccullough and norval Calf fister of salt lake and finally collapsed and had to be carried from the stand the defense attorneys attempted to get the girl to admit there was no attack and tailing failing in this sought to get the charge reduced to indecent attack in this they also tailed failed and the defendant was placed under a 00 bond to appear for trial in the third district court the bond was furnished by two of Edding tons brothers besides the salt lake attorneys the defense had a salt lake court stenographer present to take the testimony eddington has been in pork park city tor for about three years and a roomer in the close vicinity of the grandmother of the child and was on very friendly terms with the family he Is a married man and the father of six children some of them of considerable prominence in salt sal lake city |