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Domestic News
July 22, 1870
The Jasper Weekly Courier
Jasper, Dubois County, Indiana
What is this article about?
In Martin County, 14-year-old Miss Montgomery was sexually assaulted by Elias Rodgers while returning from a neighbor's. He fled, leaving her injured; she reported to her widowed mother, and pursuit began but he evaded capture.
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The Lookout, Martin County Herald, gives the following particulars of a horrible outrage perpetrated a few days ago in that county:
We are called upon this week to chronicle a most dastardly outrage upon a beautiful young girl about fourteen years of age, by a brute by the name of Elias Rodgers, which occurred about four miles north of this place a few days since. The victim, a Miss Montgomery, a beautiful girl just blooming into womanhood, while returning from a neighbor's, was met some distance from any house by Rodgers, and her person grossly outraged, in spite of her cries and entreaties. After the wretch had satisfied his brutal lust he made good his escape, leaving the poor young creature half-dead by the roadside. When she recovered sufficiently to enable her to get home, she informed her widowed mother of the damnable outrage of which she had been the victim, and the name of the perpetrator. Pursuit was immediately made, but up to this the rope-deserving rascal had not been heard of.
We are called upon this week to chronicle a most dastardly outrage upon a beautiful young girl about fourteen years of age, by a brute by the name of Elias Rodgers, which occurred about four miles north of this place a few days since. The victim, a Miss Montgomery, a beautiful girl just blooming into womanhood, while returning from a neighbor's, was met some distance from any house by Rodgers, and her person grossly outraged, in spite of her cries and entreaties. After the wretch had satisfied his brutal lust he made good his escape, leaving the poor young creature half-dead by the roadside. When she recovered sufficiently to enable her to get home, she informed her widowed mother of the damnable outrage of which she had been the victim, and the name of the perpetrator. Pursuit was immediately made, but up to this the rope-deserving rascal had not been heard of.
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime
What keywords are associated?
Sexual Assault
Outrage
Martin County
Elias Rodgers
Miss Montgomery
What entities or persons were involved?
Elias Rodgers
Miss Montgomery
Where did it happen?
Martin County
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Martin County
Event Date
A Few Days Ago
Key Persons
Elias Rodgers
Miss Montgomery
Outcome
the victim was left half-dead by the roadside; pursuit was made but the perpetrator had not been caught.
Event Details
A 14-year-old girl, Miss Montgomery, was returning from a neighbor's when she was met by Elias Rodgers about four miles north of the place, who grossly outraged her despite her cries and entreaties. After satisfying his lust, he escaped.