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mt..i'ijii m&mv,i,vrimr'mm!9l9Kt iwflmwpm " tm "" "' W" ly afraid of him his abue increased. I was chained up all day, as well as handcuffed to him at night. The chain would allow me about a 3-foot cir cle of movement My little girl would bring me food and hold the chain while I ate it, so sore were my wrists from the manacles. "I lived that way for six months. At Christmas time he allowed me to return to my friends at Arlington, "threatening to kin me if I ever told what had happened. After the holi days he commanded me to come back to him again, in a letter signed with a black hand and dagger. I was in terror once more. I left my little girl and went to his house. " 'I came to tell you,' I said, 'that I am never going to live here again.' But he only laughed and said: 'You will never leave me again. This is what I get for being good to you.' "Then I told him he could kill me if he wanted, but that I would not suffer again. He fired a revolver bul let past my head and my courage ebbed. " 'I'll stay with you,' I cried, 'I'll never run away again. I am yours forever.' "Almost every night I was beaten. All the time I was dressed only in my night clothes. I broke the window pane one time and shrieked all day for help while he was away, but no one heard. Finally I became so weak I could only rattle the chains. It was then I managed to have & note sent to Mrs. Bandy by Meeks' little son, and later rescued. "I am 21 years old now, but I am an old woman. My life, my love, ev erything has been killed in me by suf fering. I can only live until I die now, dully, without anything to look for ward to." EJECTED FOR WILSON INSULT Berlin, May 13. American Ambas sador Gerard forcibly had ejected from the American embassy Maurice Somborn, European director of the Rational Sweeper Co. of Torrington, Conn., and Marion, Ind., for abuse against Pres. Wilson and Sec'y of State Bryan. He has appealed to the German government, asking them to expel the offender. Somborn, who is a naturalized German-American, called at the embassy to see Gerard and told the American envoy that Sec'y Bryan had accepted British bribes. MORE BODIES OF DISASTER ARE RECOVERED Quenstown. The Lusitania sank in 60 fathoms of water, 18 minutes after she was hit without warning by the first torpedo according to report of Consul Frost forwarded to Wash ington yesterday. Frose declares the first torpedo hit the vessel on the starboard side and was immediately followed by a vio lent list He expresses doubt wheth er the second torpedo hit the ship. Bodies of F. A. Padilla, Mexican consul-general at Liverpool and three members of Lusitania's crew brought into port late yesterday. New York. Cunard company an nounced it is making arrangements to bring back to U. S. bodies of all identified Americans who perished on Lusitania. Company will stand the expense. o o PANDERER CONVICTED Frederick Bromo, convicted by jury for pandering two weeks ago, was yesterday sentenced by Judge Maho ney to a year in the Bridewell and to pay a fine of $1,000. The judge granted a motion for a new trial to Mrs. Elizabeth Caird, holding that the evidence did not show conclusively that she had de tained Frances Vanderheyden in the massage parlor at 421 S. Wabash av. Evidence in the trial showed that Miss Vanderheyen was taken to the parlor on the promise of a good job. There she was detained and attacked by men before the police arrived.