Decatur County Journal Leon, Iowa December 7, 1911 ANDREW THORNTON, the young man arrested Tuesday evening of last week charged with attempting a criminal assault upon the person of Miss ANNA THOMAS, of Morgan Township, on the night of November 23, was sentenced last Saturday afternoon by Judge Maxwell to the state reformatory at Anamosa for an indeterminate term not exceeding his natural life and to pay the costs of the case. His appeal bond was fixed at $10,000. THORNTON was taken to Anamosa Monday by Sheriff J.E. Andrew and turned over to the prison authorities that evening. Justice was swift in this case. The attempted assault occurred about 8 o'clock on the evening of November 23 THORNTON, who had been out looking after a number of traps he had set for skunks, went to the home of Miss THOMAS, who lives alone, and removed a screen, thus entering a bed chamber. He secreted himself and when Miss THOMAS entered the room attempted the assault. The identity of the guilty person was in doubt for a few days but on Tuesday of last week Sheriff Andrew arrested young THORNTON, who soon after being taken in custody, confessed his guilt. ----------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert December 13, 2009 [email protected]

Wish we had a few Judges like Judge Maxwell around today. Mary Stewart ---- Nancee Seifert <[email protected]> wrote: > Decatur County Journal > Leon, Iowa > December 7, 1911 > > ANDREW THORNTON, the young man arrested Tuesday evening of last week charged > with attempting a criminal assault upon the person of Miss ANNA THOMAS, of > Morgan Township, on the night of November 23, was sentenced last Saturday > afternoon by Judge Maxwell to the state reformatory at Anamosa for an > indeterminate term not exceeding his natural life and to pay the costs of > the case. His appeal bond was fixed at $10,000. > > THORNTON was taken to Anamosa Monday by Sheriff J.E. Andrew and turned over > to the prison authorities that evening. Justice was swift in this case. > The attempted assault occurred about 8 o'clock on the evening of November 23 > THORNTON, who had been out looking after a number of traps he had set for > skunks, went to the home of Miss THOMAS, who lives alone, and removed a > screen, thus entering a bed chamber. He secreted himself and when Miss > THOMAS entered the room attempted the assault. The identity of the guilty > person was in doubt for a few days but on Tuesday of last week Sheriff > Andrew arrested young THORNTON, who soon after being taken in custody, > confessed his guilt. > ----------------------------------------------------- > Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert > December 13, 2009 > [email protected] > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message