The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-08-18
FIVE WOMEN ASSAULTED.
Four Suspects Have Been Arrested-Ths
Outrages Occurred in the Suburbs
of Little Rock.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Aug. II. Five
brutal assaults by a Negro man on
white women have occurred in Little
Rock in the past "a hours. 1t is gen.
orally believed that all these crimes
were committed by the same Negro,
but three suspects have been arrested,
and if the right man can be positively
punishment. The victims of the as
saults are all highly respected white
women of this city. Their names are
Mrs. Belle Aiken, 2114 Chester street;
Mrs. Milton Young, 24O1 State streets
Mrs. Kennedy, Fourteenth and Jones
street; Miss Emma Longcoy, 142C
Booker street; young lady at
Twentieth and Cross streets.
All of the assaults occurred in the
suburbs of the city.
The frs was that of Mrs. Aiken,
which occurred Tuesday afternoon.
AS Mrs. Aiken was passing Twenty.
first and High streets the Negro seized
her and dragged her to the woods.
She resisted and cried for help. A
passerby frightened the Negro away
after he had severely beaten his vic
tim. Officers at once began search
for the assailant but failed to find
him.
At o'clock Wednesday morning. a
few blocks from the scene of the first
crime, Mrs Young was assaulted in al
most the same manner. The Negro
knocked her down with such force
that rib was broken, causing inter.
nal injuries of serious nature. He
choked and beat her about the head
and on the side inficting very serious
injuries. The Negro finally seized her
purse and disappeared in the woods.
Mrs. Young, who is a frail woman, is
in a precarious condition from her
wounds and the shock. Her clothing
was torn aim ost entirely off in the
struggle.
An hour later Mrs. Kennedy was at.
| tackled at her home near West End
park. She was knocked down, beaten
and choked. Her children ran for as.
sistance and the Negro fed. Mrs,
Kennedy's injuries are very painful.
About IL o'clock Emma Longcoy, the
l1-year-old daughter of a grocer, was
attacked and beaten by Negro half a
dozen blocks from West End park.
She escaped from her assailant. City
and county officers, together with 3
large number of citizens, were by this
time securing the vicinity for the Ne.
| gro. The greatest excitement pre-.
vailed and the anger of the citizens in
the neighborhood was thoroughly
aroused.
| The fifth assault occurred early Wed
aesday morning on a well known
young lady at Twentieth and Gross
streets. She was likewise knocked
down and badly beaten. Her face was
badly swollen and disfgured from the
| effects of the blows.
| These Outrages were brought to the
attention of Gov. Jones and he at once
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arrest and conviction of the guilty par
ties.
| Four Negroes have been arrested as
suspects and lodged in Jail. They all
answer the description of some of the
victims. They are Ed Wright, Joe
Gardner, Will Morgan and James Ran
die. Wright has been positively iden-
titled by Mrs. Kennedy as the man who
assaulted her. As soon as darkness
fell men began focking toward the
vicinity of the Jail, and by 10 o'clock
fully 1000 were on the streets.
About 1850 o'clock an attempt was
made to storm the Jail. The leader of
the mob was arrested by Sheriff Kava-
naugh on a charge of melting a riot
and lodged in Jail.
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