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GIRL OF 14 ACCUSES HERJohn ShelDiart, A#b Under$3,000 Bond on Charge Inferred by Girl.. .. One ot the most - unusual • casss brought to.notice ■ in this part of: the siate in som'e time, is now in court atStar City.•John Shell fa art,- living throe miles southwest of Star City, is at liberty today,under $3,000 bonds on a charge of rape. 'The prosecuting witness isNellie Lddgard. age fourteen years. Sheilhart is sixty-five, years old and married. . *He is .tb^ step-eranfl£aiher of the girh \ • V #I. Shellhart .was-arrested Wednesday on a grand jury .indictment'and taken. to Star. City- Has .bond was signed by three Star City men and he has employed attorneys to figfat the case. The girl was unable to appear : tn court, due to Illness . following the birth of the child .on Monday,.• The incident has caused Quite: a stir - in -'the community owing to the age of the principals in the action, and their relationship..
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Logansport Pharos Reporter
Logansport, Indiana, US
Fri, Mar 14, 1919
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