ROBBERY AND RAPE
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

ROBBERY AND RAPE One night last week thirteen armed and masked men entered the home of the widow Ramon Sanchez, near Sapello. After binding her securely, they proceeded to rob the house, while four of them raped her fifteen-year-old adopted daughter. After accomplishing their hellish purpose, they all left. Mrs. Sanchez, who is a sister of Jesus Maria Martinez, and has been a widow for about a year, thinks she recog- nized one of the four men. Of course no city or county authorities could prevent such an out-