Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1917 — RENSSELAER GIRL BOUND AND GAGGED [ARTICLE]

RENSSELAER GIRL BOUND AND GAGGED

Mrs. John Horton, of Roselawn, Assaulted By Unknown Man, Who Robs the Horton Home.

The current issue of the Kentland Enterprise tells of an assault upon Mrs. John Horton, of Roselawn. Mr* Horton is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Eisele, of this city, and her husband is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Horton, also of this place. Mr. Horton has been engaged in the barber business at Roselawn for the past several months, Duidng the absence of Mr. Horton a stranger entered the house, knocked Mrs. Horton down, bound and gagged her, and took five dollars from her purse. The following account is taken from the Enterprise: “Sheriff Spinney was called to Roselawn Monday to investigate an assault case. A barber living there by the name of Horton was at a nearby town Saturday night playing for a dance. When he returned home he found his wife lying on the floor and almost exhausted. A handkerchief had been stuffed in her mouth and a napkin was tied over her face. Her arms and feet were bound with rope, and $5.00 in money was missing from her purse. Mrs. Horton had been out during the evening and when she returned home she was knocked down by a man she found hiding in one of the rooms. She could give no description of the assailant and there seems to be considerable mystery surrounding the whole affair. The above is the story told to the sheriff and he could get no further particulars. Mr. Spinney was accompanied •to Roselawn by Prosecuting Attorney Reuben Hess, Clerk Hosier and County Assessor Downing.”