Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-06-25
DlI, HE MEAN RAPE
Three White Girls OF Bristol
Rushed on by u Negro Man
In an Obscure and Sc
Guided Spot.
Pursuit Quickly Abandoned.
Escape of the Girls and
Arrest of the Negro.
Committed to BI5Untffne Jail.

AClIplCh iopNs
son of some Young white ladies, and
an immense number, of ali ages and
avocations gathered at Conway Hall.
where it was understood the negroes
we're to be tried. The case proved
to be a very singular one and during
It's examination before Justices Ra-
der and Pile. excited the most in
tense interest. Tie facts are about
these:
Last Tuesday t grown Young lady.
a niece Of Capt. ". P. HulSe. of
Goodson, together with a younger
one, scarcely grown. and q daughter
of Capt. Hulse, accompanied by a
little nine scar old daughter Of Mr..
Hunter, entered the old briar feif,
known as the King field. south o! the
Cemetery, and on he tennessee side
Of the State line. for the purpose of
gathering bIa~ckherries. At the mo-
ment thFy enter the field, three
negroes. Frank Nickels, I fully grown
stout negro man. and " negro boys
nearly grown, named VIM Wells and
VIM Crnmp, the latter a very brigh'
mulatto. were living concealed in a
sink hole situated on the opposite
side of the briar field and distant
from where the girls entered 1t. some
three hundred yards. Adjoining the
briar field is a wood land, aud Iii
sink hole is situated mostly in The
briar field. but a clump Of bushes,
! extending from the wood land, ram
down into the sink hole, towards, but
not reaching the centre of it.
Through this clump Of bushes is ,hr
dividing fence. leaving quite a clus>
ter Of them below the fence. L. this
last cluster the three negroes we're
secre ed, aud their position vas such
that they saw the girls enter the
field and saw by their course they
were working their way toward The
sink hole. Indeed they seem to
have seen them from the time they
entered The fed until they entered
the sink hole. The two younger ne
groes were lying down, and the olde'
one. Frank Nickeis was sitting beside
them, Capt. Hulse's little daughter,
aged apparently about II: was it
front Of the others some few PAGES,
and had reached alMCSt the centre
Of the silk hote. when the negro maj
! Frank. without a VOID Of warming,
sprarg at her, wien she Immediately
screamed and yan, followed bv the
others. 1t seems tirSt he pr>zfed
her but IL few PAGES, When Ire stopped
snd one Of the younger negroes eX-
claimed ''nO bOhl's going to hur'
you The girls RAJ several hundred
yards 20 where Me<>rs. JuO. IlilIiard
and James QuailS were quarryiug
A'One. and at once Informed them OF
the occurrence. MesSrS. Qdails AUG
billiard went Immediately to the To-
cality, when the two young negroe,
arose, and Frank attempted to c,capt
by running across the fe"ce in,n thu
woods. One Of the Young negroes
asked him why lie ran, saying vet
did not do nothing 20 the girlS.'-
Frank Get away. aud was on Frida,
arrested in ,own.
The testimony Of the two youn,
ladies' is clear and explicit, hut tina
of the TWO Williams is contradictory
and seems intended to screen Frank
Frank contends they went into Tn
bushes in the sink hole to escape
shower OF rain. which preceded th,
arrival of the girls. and that Will
there .hey commenced playing cards
but the two others say no cards werI
ylayed until aGer the girls ran ewav
One of them says they were Their
half an hour, the other one three.
fourths of an hour, before the girl
came to the spot. and they deny tn,
direct and explicit testimony ~ tt'
girls, that Frank sprang at the cne
{ ont.
The prosecution was conducted h.
Messrs. Bailey and McCroskcy. wtI
no one as cOninsel for the accused
and III default of 81 coo bail. Fran
Nickels was sent to B~iourtvi'ie Jail
Frank has an impudeut look. an,
his course towards the girls. SMILE o
trial, was decidedly iMsaiene.
Rev. Z. l.. Burson will preach hex
Sabbath, June 30th. ut S'ociuck at u