Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-10-01
VICTIM OF A NEGRO FIEND.
Mrs. Foundes Brutaliy Assaulted Yesterday
in Cecil County.

in Cecil County.
Elkton, Md, Sept. "a. Consider
able excitement was created here this
evening, when Harry Seth and James
Anderson OF Baldwin'H Bank, afsmall
settlement about three miles from
Elkton, came driving furiously into
town and reported that Mrs. Maggie
Foundes, wife OF John Foundes of
Leeds, this county, who is visiting her
brother, Jacob Wilson, at Baldwin's,
had been brutally assaulted by black
feDd.
Seth and Anderson found Mrs.
Foundes, who is about 28 years of age,
lying in ditch by the roadside.
Mrs. Foundes. when she became con-
scious aud ablc to talk, told the follow
ing story: She had been in Elkton
shopping and started to walk to her
brothers. about $50 O'Clock. When
about a half mile from Elkton she
heard footsteps behind her, and, glanc-
ing back, saw a colored man, tall,
athletic, very dark and sullen looking.
The negro passed her and she thought
nothing more Of the occurrence. After
going mile or 50 further, and turning
into the Feeder road, which is denseIy
wooded on each side, the same negro
stepped out from some underbrush in
front of her and told her not to make
any outcry or he would kill her. She
was carrying an umbrella and punched
at him with it as he tried to seize her.
Then he struck her terrific blow in
the face with his fist aud she became
unconscious.
Mrs. Foundes presents a pitiable ap-
pearaDce. her face and head being
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her right eye is badly cut and filed
with the broken glass from. her eye
glasses.
AS soon as the crime became known
here posse wRs formed and they at
neighboring roads for the negro. A
telephone message from chesapeake
City states that tha negro has been
arrested there. Sheriff Mackey started
at once for that place, and will bring
the prisoner to jail. A colored deck
hand named Richard Everitt, who
halls from Goldsborough, N. o., and
who answered somewhat the descrip-
tion of the hepd, was arrested this
evening and lodged in Jail. He, how
ever. told pretty straight story. and
mo doubt will be released.
1t looked for time tonight as IL
the prisoner from Chesapeake City
would be lynched before Sheriff
Mackey could land him in Jail, but that
officer outwitted the angry mob. The
prisoner denies all knowledge of the
crime, but tells contradictory stories.
He will be, given hearing to morrow
if Mrs Foundes is able to be present to
identify him. She says she can identify
her assailant. The negro is total
stranger around here.
GREAT EXCITEMENT PREVAILED.
Elkton, Md, Sept. 25. The con-
dition of Mrs. Maggie Foundes, who
was feloniously assaulted by a negro
yesterday afternoon, is still critical.
Her face is SO badly swollen that she
of glass were taken from her right
eye. She wore glasses, which were
shattered when the negro struck her
with his fist. She is not over the
shock, and it will be days before she
can give description of her assailant.
The greatest excitement prevailed
here last night when it was learned
that the crime had been committed,
and it was heightened when it became
known that a posse had arrested a
negro answering the description at
Chesapeake City. The States Attor-
ney, W.S. Evans, had heard it rumored
that an attempt would be made to
lynch the prisoner, and he at once
notified Sheriff Maclsey, who landed
his man at the Jail about IL O'Clock.
Notwithstanding the lateness of the
hour, more than 300 people were assem-
bled on the street In front of the
prison, some with guns aad others we'll
armed. The prisoner was ushered in
side door and the large iron door Sc
curoly locked in the face of the mob.
The negro maintained his innocence
and was badly frightened. States
Attorney Evans and Sheriff Mackey
closely questioned the negro, but he
gave such straight account of him
self that they think he Is not the man
wanted. He gave his name as Taylor
Hewlett.