Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1919 — STATE NEWS ITEMS [ARTICLE]

STATE NEWS ITEMS

The Doings of Hoosierdom Reported by Wire. YOUTH NEARLY KILLS WOMAN Carl Smith of Corwieravllle Hits Mr®. Elsie Ray With Auto Crank— Charge* Victim Promised to Marry Him. Connersville, May 30. —Mrs. Elsie Ray, thirty-one years old, mother.of two children, twice married ami twice divorced, daughter of one of Fayette county’s well-known families. Is In Memorial hospital here, probably fatally wounded, and £url Smith, son of Harry Smith, former superintendent of the county infirmary, Is held In Jail without bond, as a result of an attack upon the life of Mrs. Ray at the children's playground. The boy, said to have been temporarily demented, according to witnesses, slipped up behind Mrs. Ray as she was walking across the playground, and With an automobile crank dealt her throe violent blows over the head, felling her. She Is suffering from a deep scalp wound and other injuries. Young Smith, it was said. In the local Jail, told his mother that he had obtained Mrs. Ray's consent to marry her and that she had afterward Jilted him. He had accompanied her to the playground. The two had been seen together frequently, since Mrs. Ray received a divorce from her husband, Walter Ray, two months ago. Juvenile authorities have placed no charge against young Smith, pending the outcome of Mrs. Ray’s injuries.