The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-21
An Attack is Made by M. As
Palmore Upon Miss Emma u
Cobbs.
THE GIRLS sHRIEKS 5
BROUGHT TIMELY AID
Palmore Was Captured ard
There Were Threats OF Lynch-
ing, But He Made His Es-
cape, Game to Richmond
and Was Discharged BY @
C.. & o. Company.

y. q w company.
In quiet and lonely railway station
In Goochland county a few nights ago al
drink-maddened white man. OF previnua
resnectability and good raputs, attempted
o dastardly assault upon helpless young
girl as she sat at the telegraph key per-s3
forming her duties as night operator. s
The frenzied shrieks that started the
quiet brought to the side OF the strug.
Cling young woman the assistance aosS
badly needed and violent hands were
laid upon her assailant. Thn.nts or
lynchlng or some other summary bueSs
effective punishment were Whispered.
hut under cover OF the dark, or II, srnnaa
other manner Us. yet unexplained, the
man slipped away, and was seen on the
spct no more. Twenty-four hours late
he appeared in Richmond. accompanied
by his wife of a few months. and though
llc admitted his crime and the gruvityEofs
It. and was promptly discharged by the
railway company with which he was
connected. he fingered n while and them
passed on unmoested to parts as yctss
i, unknown. as,s, s. "a
The search has at last been instituted. Il
however. and the police are hotgong thA5
trail Aswarrant has been issued s9lNsSl
Goochland, audsthe county officers are}s
exerting every effort to come up witll5
the fugitive. Inquiries are also being
mao, from this quarter, and the local@
authorities will probably be ut work on 81
the case before long. &
How It Happened.
The attempted assault occurred LAST
Wednesday at Sabot, Va, station onss
the James River division Of the Chesi-s
r..nke and Ohio Railway. about thirty
miles west of Richmond. AT Elk HILL
little further on. is another station,
at which NJ A, Palmore, Of Cartersyllle,
Va. was employed by the railway as
day operator, At Sabot itself the tele-
graph office was In charg., of Miss Emma 81
Cobbs. a seventeen-year-old girl. whose
duties compelled her to work Mt night.
On the evening mentioned Palmprs$
went from Elk Hill to Sabot. According
to report re paid visit to ways!dei
saloon. and drank freely for some time.
After knocking about for while longer
he went over to the telegraph Office to2'
visit Miss Cobhs, with whom he had 81
previous acquaintance. At this lIour OF f#
the evening the young lady was bustly
engaged with her work.
a few moments passed and then q 4
series OF shrieks startled the quiet stas.s
tion to action. Several peopis were
standing around, and three or four OF n
them at once hurried to the telegraph
oifice. whence the cries proceeded. The
Miss Cobbs could be heard loudly callin9 a
for assistance. Without more ado an
entrance was forced and Palmore was a
wrenched away from TIE young woman.
II the reports received here are correct
the assalant narrowly escaped fartnESI
cva6 Mann
around the station. In some manner un-
explained however. he succeeded in es-s
Gaping. and under cover OF the darkness |
eluded his pursuers. He was seen no
more in the neighborhood.
Came to Richmond.
The sequel OF the story Is laid In Rich
mond On Thursday Palmore appeared
upon the streets OF the city. and was
accosted by several people who knew him.
He came In response to a summons from
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, and l
is said to have visited the o tlces OF the
company. He was there notified OF bis
discharge.
According to the information In hand
Palmore spoke Of the crime he had COM
rritted, admitted the gravity OF II and
deplored the whole anar. He attributed
his vilninous conduct to bad whiskey.
II ought to have been hanged for ",
he Is reported to have said,
ut Is not too late to have you hanged
for 1t yet is the remainder OF the con-
versation reported as coming from a
man In the office.
Then Palmore. accompanied by his wife,
dropped out oi siPst again Whether he
has gone nobody knows, though there IS
n very evident anxiety on the part OF
many to find out, The authorities have
been aroused and have nst.ta :, Il search.
Ii was stated last night that warrant
had been issued In Goochand. and that
the county police were on the trail In.
quires We're also being made here by q
detective. Up to late hour, however,
nc success had been reported.
Of Good Reputation.
Previous to the assault Palmore had
BORIS an eXce.snt reputation where hs
was known. He had recently been mar
red and for some time had been emf
ploye,i as day operator .. EN- Hill
His home Is In Cart,rsville. where h
Is we'll known. He has relatives herr
and the house of one of them was visited
Thursday night by n detective engaged
In tra search. Ills friends are nj u losi
to account for his conduct, unless, as ~
declares, he was maddened by drink.
Miss Cohbs Is only seventeen years 9
age, She Is quite pretty, and is cxnssd
ingly popular in Gonchand. When NO
In the telegraph office she lives with he
parents at Howardsvilla. In Albenarls
county. So far as can l., learned ~
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