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TA Father Charged with an UnnaturalCrime. OhiLast Monday evening, Evan 8. Shipley, of the New Holland, was arrested tor the revolting G.and heinous crime of incest—criminal inti- vic mcy with bis daughter, Mary M, Shipley, j Sol aged sixteen years. The complaint upon ; lOt which the warrant was issued, was sworn j lectto by the daughter, who states that the tin*1 I natural intimacy has existed for some j ord months, commencing shortly after the death | dor of her mother in the summer of 1883, that j boa her father compelled her to submit to his on lust, and by threats and intimidation fre quently repeated the crime. On Monday last, she refused to yield to his demands, andileft home, goiug to the house of a neighbor, | 0f to whom she detailed the treatment of her j father to her, which led to his arrest.Shipley was taken bofore W A. Welch, Mayor of New Holland, waived an examin-is t5thVVtcotcatredatiou, and failing to furnish bail in the sum jtuitinof $1,000, was brought to this city, Monday | pn night, by Marshal Dundon, and placed in the j COi county jail.New Holland was greatly excited over the revolting affair, and threats of lynching Shipley were made.The girl is proposcssing in appearance, intelligent, and has been well respected in j mlt; the village. A younger sister, about thir- j BQ!onLoprlt;teen years of age, is aro alleged to have been a victim of her fathers bestial desires, n Shipley is about 45 years cf age, has been a resident of New Holland for -twenty years, most of the time engaged in the liquor business, and is addicted to excessive drunkenness.noinmStindfiT.clof01UscThe attacks made by “Darby,'* in the Unton-Her a Id. upon the Commissioners and other county officials, are of a reckless character, an Cannot be sustained by a test of♦ ’the fac». Mr. Adam MeCrta, one of the committee appointed by Judge Lincoln, in November last, to examine the annual report of the Commissioners, replies to “Darby,*' aud is abundautly able and especially qualified to combat the gross errors j si promulgated by “Darby,” having, with ; th Samuel B. Evans, in connection with the j tr Prosecuting Attorney, made a thorough, . tecareful and minute examination of the re- i pjport, and the books and vouchers, finding b everything correct, in strict conformity to I law, and in approving the proceedings of the t!Commissioners, say that the usings en- a trti m to ten ‘‘has been tr tusacted with V\1 tnQiidabiC pi’oHiptiAOSS «Uld auc-i^y. * j £
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Circleville Democrat and Watchman
Circleville, Ohio, US
Fri, Feb 06, 1885
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