State v. Altomari

Preston, J. —

Prosecutrix and defendant are Italians. On a Sunday in June, 1922, prosecutrix, together with her cousin Mary, aged eight, and Lena, were returning home from a-picture show in Des Moines, Iowa. Defendant and another were in an automobile, and- asked prosecutrix and her cousins to ride. They rode out to some woods in' a park, and there, according to the testimony of prosecutrix, she was ravished by both men. She testified that they put a cloth over her face, tying a handkerchief tight over her eyes; that they threw her to the ground. The details are toó revolting to set out in…