Camden, N J., March 7.?frank Balou
was sitting in the living: room of his
farmhouse near Fisher's .S Kit ion, four
teen miles fi om here, to-dfy when he
heard a woman screaming in the roai!
in front of his house. He ran out ami
saw Miss Kuth AViegand, 18, struggling
to escape from C'-armint Petescia, an
Italian farmer. 'l*he girl broke away ?
from the man as Balou shouted at him,
and Petesciik, according to Miss Wle
gand and Balou, fired two shots at her
' as she ran down the road.
Balou. although he whs unarmed,
started for the girl's &? sal Mint. H* said
Peteseia fired at him and that the bullet
ripped through his cont and set fire to
the garment. Balou was compelled to
slop and Peteseia fled to his own home, i
where he barricaded the doors and win- I
dows with furniture. Balou telephoned
; to several farmers in the neighborhood
I and half an hour later fifty went to the ,
honii' of the Italian, all armed with shot- I
guns and two or three carrying ropes.
The farmers found they were una.ble I
to get Into the place ami several of them ,
said that when they tried to break down ,
the door with a lo* as a battering ram
Peteseia fired at them. The farmers re
turned tlie fire.
