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eANOTHER SENSA-k:sTION AT CAYUGAEls , WM. RODENBAUGH ARRESTED; W, ki11 i ON THE CHARGE OF Ste t ,BASTARDY C1i frt i i1- : I•a Lillian Pender, a Sixteen Year Oldl£ : |i Girl, the Abused Party s;•e . j:e ! After a lapse of several weeks ' le Cayuga again gave vent of its desire : } il to add another crime to-the already j jr ;e , long list accredited it during the post jit : year. Sunday evening William Rn- !‘ - I |)it denbaugh was arrested on the charge ! V\11 of bastardy, the wronged party beingLillian Pender. ; Wn:hiwj William Rodenbaugh is 21 years j of age and the son of George Roden-V Laugh. Lillian Pender is t6 years i f age and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Pender.? • tih { At first it was thought and granted ^ v that the Pender girl was not sixteen jI * • 1 Is years of age yet. which would make;, the case rape. But on investigating ■,r the records it was learned that she '• tfg was born in January, 1892, which ' ,1 • • . 1 Kh11vba11o'.II . would make her past sixteen and at ,cl the same time save the hide of Ro-ie denbaugh. When this fact was d learned a marriage license was pro-:e cured and the couple were married, j ^ h the girl had not been 16 years of ^ :1. age she would have been unmarriage-Ih able and the case would have beenat rape.o, | This is the third case of this kind L({ that has become public in the last id six months, and several cases have5e j remained in the dark to the public,ly | The girls are not to be called the e, wronged parties, it is a term ton mild for them.c- It is the meanest, and most dis-w graceful crime that a man can com-1ie mit. He is the responsible party for as the credits of the crime. But all the d, blame is not to be laid upon the male 1-t. | oppressor. The girl is responsible cas and in the back ground is her parents.
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Newport Hoosier State
Newport, Indiana, US
Wed, Sep 23, 1908
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