Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1902 — MRS. DENNIS TELLS STORY. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MRS. DENNIS TELLS STORY.

Washington Woman Fails to Girt Clew to Her Assailant. Mrs. Ada Dennis, the Washington woman who was murderously assaulted on the night of Dec. 8, was able Sunday for the first time to make a statement. The police have been hopeful that what she would say would throw some light on the motive for the crime or lead to the discovery of the perpetrator, but Mrs. Dennis' statement contained nothing that would give any clew in either direction. She said she remembers nothing immediately preceding the attack upon her, and said the blow was struck while she was asleep. Nor had she the remotest idea who comnjitted the assault nor the motive for it. Mrs. Dennis said she had not been out of the house during the evening of the

night of the assault and that before retiring she had locked the doors to the front and back parts of the house. The latter she occupied as a bedroom. The police are more mystified than ever over the affair. Mrs. Ada Dennis, a famous modigte of Washington, was found in au unconscious and seemingly dying condition in her home, in Washington. She had been assaulted by an unknown, who had attacked her with a piano stool. Mrs. Dennis’ condition has much improved and the attending physicians now believe she will recover.

MRS. ADA DENNIS.