Milford chronicle., 1891-03-27
Attampted oatrage Of Women.


-Four attempts to outrage women in Dover
oocurred at about midnight last Saturday
night, and the social standing Of those as
saulted created intense excitement Each
Of the assaults happened near midnight.
The yoke Workers" an association COM
posed Of many Of the very best women IN
The town socially, were holding a FESTIVAL and
as it was well attended ii lasted until mid
night as stated. The women who had been
taking an active part in the affair leit by cou-
piles for their homes in different sectious OF
the town.
It was shortly aRer II O'Clock while two
Young women, both well known, were com
inc up Bradford street. that the first outrage |
occnrred. They we're Miss Katie Cullen and
Miss Ollie Wilson. They had just reached
the residence Of H. B. Day, when a ourly
negro sprane from the shadows ofa tree and
seized Miss Wilson. Both the women
screamed. but he ran across the street with
Miss Wilson. she being but as a child in his
arms. Miss Cullen meanwhile ran toward
Ioockermau street screaming for help John
II Toues. who lives nearly opposite and in
The direction of whose house the negro was
running. heard the alarm and ran out, revol'
yer in hand. The negro saw him, and with
all his strength dashed Miss Wilson to the
pavenient and made his escape down an alley
on the opposite side of the street The ladies
were both conveyed home.
While the excitement caused by this out
rage was still at its height screams from
small house on North Street just below State
occupied by Mrs. Hurd, an aged woman drew
a party of citizens to that spot. As a num-
her Of gentlemen turned the corner, headed
bv r. o. Culbreth, whose residence fronts
ON state street, negro was seen dashiHg
away from in front Of Mrs Hurd's house,
and he disappeared in the darkness up North
street.
Mrs. Hurd was found lying inside the
front room Of her house on the floor insensi-
HE. When resuscitated, she told her story.
! She had opened the window to close her
shutters, when as she leaned out to grasp
, the shutter negro arose as if from the
ground, right below the window and seized
z her. He tried to draw her out through the
t omen window, but she fought desperately
and her screams brought assistance just in
+ time. She is also yet prostTated from the
/ shock. and because of her advanced age il
! is feared that fatal effects may follow.
/ A very little while after this outrage, Mrs
+ George West who was also returning from
the festival mentioned above, and who re
Z sides on New street above Division, noticed
+ sume one following her as she neared he
a gate. She hastily ran into the house whei
a nepro-by this time she had recognized
e he was black-dashed up on the porch an'
:, AGAINST the door. son of Mrs. West
4 alarmed by his mothers screams, and
r ueighbor, named Michael Riley, hastily RAJ
= into the yard, when the negro jumped th
u ward fence and disappeared across an opel
lot.
Then almost Immediately from a poin
+ several blocks away, still in the upper par
4 of the town, aud almost as far as can b
l. ascertaiued, occurred the most bold outrag
of the night. Mrs. T. F. Cook, wife {
e the engineer Of the water works, with Mis-
y Tones, was nearing her gate when she wa
seized by a negro. without any warning an
# thrown violently to the ground almost at he
E, own door step she fought and struggled de-
o perately and Miss Jones beat the assailar
d over the head with large pitcher she wa
carving, but the villain persisted and ha
n nearly accomplished his purpose when NJ
a Cook, awakened by the screams, threw up
ID window and peeped out upon the scene. Til
" villain then fed Mrs. Cook had fougl
ID desperately and was exhausted.
X /; Of course these repeated and numerol
outrages, all occurring inside of an hour
re different parts of the town, created intens
is excitement Patrols were organized an
!" every part Of the town searched all of Satu
al day night and day. -Four men were arreste
D. on suspicion, but at hearing several of ii
in ladies' declared that neither was the ma
,i- and they were discharged.
is About O'Clock in the afternoon Ofic,
or Milbourne captured William Collins an
y marched him to the home OF Mrs. Cook wi
~ identified him positively as the man wi
sc made the assault; as did Miss Jones, wi
m was with her
,e; Collins claims he was home before
ms O'Clock. The officer went to his home al
~ asked his wife to get her husbands ha
10 10 She produced light colored one and the
1r- a black SLOUGH and said her husband was n
he home at II O'Clock, but she did not remer
Der the exact time. She said he was a We
he bad man and compared him to a dog. CO
;le Inns was seen near the boarding house
90 Mrs. NJ. E. Norris about II O'Clock, al
m this is very near the place where the t'
&C. young ladies were attacked Collins
an known to have acted very suspiciously
he two instances. The full extent of the pc
atty for an attempt to feloniously assault al
y female, is $500 fine, one hour in the pillor
re 90 lashes and ten years imprisonment.
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