The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-16
Miss Lacy Charges Holman With
Grave Offence.
THEY HAD BEEN TO A PARTY
Girl Says He Carried Her to Colored
Woman's House Under the Plea
of Getting Umbrella-Hol>
man Makes Denial.

Mr.. D. A. Lacy, of Fourth and Cary
Streets, at 2 o'clock this morning sworeout
a warrant for the arrest of George Hol-
man, son of Judge Holman. of F1uvanna
county, charging attempted criminal as
sault upon his daughter, Miss Cora Lacy.
The offense is alleged to have been COM
mitted about 1890 o'clock last night at
the house Of negro woman on a cross
street beyond First and between Mar
shall and Clay. The young lady does
not know the exact location. Not only
did Holman entice Miss Lacy into the
house under a plausible pretext, accord
ing to her account, but he went to her
house. where he boarded, afterwards and
quietly retired to his room to sleep. All
the circumstances of the case seem to be
markable.
Holman was arrested and taken to the
Second Station, where he denied emphati-
cally that there was any foundation for
the charge.
BOARDED IN THE HOUSE.
Holman is employed at the Old Do
r,inion Iron and Nail Works. For just
week and half he has been boarding
at the home Of Mr.. Lacy. He told who
he was when he came there and was
admitted into the home circle. Miss
Lacy is between nineteen and twenty
years of age. When she was four years
old she was struck on the head by
baseball bat. Ever since she has been
subject to convulsions. which come on
at wide intervals. All her life she has
Been kept more guarded than most girls.
md has not been accustomed to much
society. She is uncommonly innocent
Some days ago she went out with
Holman. And so last night was the
;ccond time he had been her escort
They went up to the home of the young
!ady's friends on West Marshall Street
to a little party. The evening was
pleasantly spent, but shortly after 10
o clock Holman, the young lady says.
proposed that they go home. pleading
that it was going to rain and they did
not have an umbrella. She agreed and
they started. They were crossing to-
wards Broad when it began to rain.
WENT INTO a HOUSE.
Miss Lacy told her father wnen she re-
turned home that Holman said to her
that his washwoman lived along there
and he would go in and get an umbrella.
She as5ented and they went into a negro S
house tust ahead. They We're shown into
the parlor and then HolmaiA left her and
she heard him talking in a back room
with some men. Presently he came out
and said. '.All right, come on She
thought he had the umbrella and that
they were now going home
When they reached the foot of the steps,
which was by the front door, Holman
half carried and half pushed her up the
steps to a. room. He then threw her
upon a bed She said she struggled with
all her might to get away and that
finally, after promising him not to tell.
did get away from him. She ran up to
the house of the friends whom she had
visited, as that was nearer than her home
and told them about what had happened.
Holman followed her. she said, almost to
the gate Then he left off following and
went back to the Lacy house and went to
bed.
Friends at once accompanied the young
woman home and there she mace tne
statement as given above Mr. Lacy