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BENTON CO. MAN ONTRIAL FOR RAPE CHARGERoy LaGue entered a plea of “not. guilty” to a charge., of rape in Jus-4• tice Ladd's court at Fowler Monday i morning and he was bound over toi! the circuit court under bonds of j $2,500.ii During the preliminary hearing, a4number of witnesses were examined and it was after hearing this evidence that Judge Ladd put LaGue i under a bond of $2,500. It will bo j remembered that LaGue, who resides I. at Lochiel, in Benton county, was I arrested about two weeks ago charged with committing rape on the per-j son of Janie May McCord, the 14-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. McCord of near Kentland. According to the testimony of the■mother, the girl was born fourteen years ago in Fleming county, Kentucky and the family moved onto a farm near Kentland two years ago. Mrs. McCord is the mother of three children.The victim of the alleged assault, was placed on the stand! and according to her evidence was induced to live at the LaGue home in Lochiel two or 4;hree days during the absence of Mrs. LaGue and her four children. She testified that she first accompanied the defendant to his home onthe night of August 21st and stayed with him until the evening of August 24th when he took her to her homeand she introduced him to her mother as Robert Eden, her husband. On cross examination she admitted that • she suggested the name. It was also brought out during her examination | that LaGue drove her to Lebanon a few clays later where they took the train for her former home in Fleming county, Kentucky. According to her LaGue promised to get a divorce and marry her and that they were to make their home in Kentucky.On cross examination of the girl- by Elmore Barce, counsel for the de-1 fendent, it was brought that snehad attempted to commit suicide ati a dance in Kentland several monthst ago. When asked her reason for at-«- tempting to commit the rash act,shereplied “I was tired of living and*just took a foolish notion like a kid would.” It would seem by the cross f] examination, that the defence will attempt to prove in the circuit court, that the girl has a “past reputation” and that she got into the dirty n scandal at Lochiel on her own free 0 will and accord, if the alleged attack took place at all. By her evidence d it was learned that she had been l(p keeping company with some fifteen or twenty, different boys for some time .-el prior to the Lochiel affair.4Mr. Nolin, prosecuting attorney, told the court that a special grand jury would be called to investigate the case before it is brought to trial in the circuit court.aitloklx-r-w FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT SUF-
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Williamsport Review Republican
Williamsport, Indiana, US
Thu, Sep 29, 1921
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