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Two Ladies Who Fed: Out of, Town and Watked Sack. ESCORTS INSULTED THEM. One of the Badies Bravely Stopped the Tennial Horses. wank She and Her Sister Escaped—3duek Wee Hity CancessZed, braids. Hata trimmed with free Searbere, ribbons, lowers, chiffon and tornamente. CALICOES. One for Calicos, ependid qualities, fast colors, lawns, etc., 3 cents @ sard, GINGHAMS. Apron check Ginghams fairly worth 5 cents. Wednesday price 5 cents a yard. ‘Visit our stores. They never have been so helpful as now. See the end less arrival of new goods. Take time to look the store over. Merellus Taousoxn Dey Goons Co. Stores 223-235 n, Main st. Sunday evening, two young ladies whose appearance anc etxlements de noted that they were preineab in the social circles of time etc, created a ripple of excitement on the ex treme east end of Kiiboby street, by springing from a Lwo 52 red carlage and appealing to Sommen, who happened to be in the usally de serted locality at the time, for pro tection. The young ladles were well dressed and prepossessid in appear ance and accordings to their own statement were sisters. ‘The two young leGie, when first seen in connection with the affair mentioned above, ‘were noticed by street commissioner “Tf. J. Hites, a man named Phalen sani another man, who were standing in the street near ‘Mr. Hites’ residence at the extreme, yeast end of Kibby street. While the three men were engaged in 8 conversation a twoo seated carriage c was driven by, going eastward, and the two ladies and two young men were seated in the vehicle. It was quite dark at the point where the men were standing, and the occu pants of the carriage could not be seen, but Mr. Hites and the other men overheard some excited talking and scuffing in the vehicle, which proceeded but a strong distance past them when the lade in the front seat grapbed the lines and brought the horses to a sudden halt. Both ladies then sprang from the carriage and appealed to the three men in the road for protection. The latter started toward the carriage and from the excited young women learned that the young men in the carriage had insulted them. Mr. Hites and ‘Mr. Phalen again Started toward the carriage, but thsee fellows saw their approach and whipped the horses into a run and escaped. When asked if they knew the men the girls replied that they had known them for several months, and had until that time considered them gen tilemen. For fear that the affair would get into the newspaper, the ladies re lfused to state eithher their names ov er names of the 7 young men, and iso refused to have the latter arrested. ' They were directed to Main street by their rescuers, and when last seen, were walking homeward.
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Lima Times Democrat
Lima, Ohio, US
Tue, Jun 09, 1896
Page 11
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