The St. Louis Republic., 1903-06-25
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| Henry Griffin. a negro q years OLD. sup,
\ posed to know something Of the assau'
! made upon Florence Bruno, a whte Sii'
and a nesress, at East st. Louis iuesuas ~
| was arrested yesterday afternoon at .ie
| foot of Lucas avenue and is lockeu up d. ''ie
| Carr Street Police Station
| He is a yellow-skinned negro. big ooheo
and quite tall He is unable to give clear
| account of himself at the time the assault
was committed.
| An officer from the East st. Louis police
force was unable to identify him from the
! description given by Annie Green, the
nerres. who was assaulted He will PROB
| .hIv he taken to East st. Louis to-day to
e,ve the Green woman chance to identity
him.
when questioned by Lieutenant Mansfield
of the Fourth District last night, he tod
conflicting stories. He Is what Is tefiieo
typical negro tramp
ne said he came 10 St Louis the night
the assault was committed in company
with another negro, over the Frisco fa,
road He admits having been IN East 81:
Louis for four weeks, four months ago. ne
said while. he was there he did nothing put
He said he served three years in the Re
form School at Pontiac, Ill. On May % ne
was released from the WorkhouSe at Ran.
sas City. He is unable to give an account
OF himself for twelve days since ina. tlnt. toa
The officer from East ST. Louis stated
that Annie Green, the negress. said that ths
negro who assaulted her wore a pair OF
corduroy trousers and brown nat me
negro who Is held has on pair OF trousers
that at first sight would easily be mistaken
for corduroy trousers. He wore dilapi-
dated black derby.
quarters this morning and 'sweated. ana
from there he will be taken to East st.
Louis. ,,..., e..
this crime he is guilty Of some other, ana
will probably be held until he can give a
clear account of himself. He does not know
any one in st. Louis.
VICTIM IS DEAD.
Miss Florence Bruno. the 11-year-old
daughter of John Bruno, who was assaulted
by the negro in her home near the Four
Mile Crossing, East St. Louis. died at st.
Mary's Hospita! yesterday morning.
The girls skull had been fractured and
each temple. She was unconscious when
found and remained SO until she died.
Hundreds of farmers and citizens, led by
uties and Chief of Police George O: Purdy
of East st. Louis. and a platoon Of police
men, have searched the country between
The farmers are armed with shot-gunS
and revolvers and they are desperate over
100 negroes have been arrested. but all have
been released as they either proved an aiioi
for the day, or failed to fit the description
and gave good accounts of themselves.
to several i Of the 1ba vns
double crime was committed by the same
negro. A negro answering the above de-
scriptIon. and which tallies with that given
by the negress. was said to have been seen
by several persons, for the last three days.
in the neighborhood Of the Bruno farm
INQUEST IS HELD.
Coroner McCracken held an inquest over
the body of Miss Bruno yesterday after
noon A verdict Of death. the result of a
fractured skull. was returned. The blame
for the injury was attached to a party
or parties unknown.
There has been much excitement in both
East ST. Louis and Belleville result
of the double crime, and Sheriff Thompson
has stated that he will swear in as many
deputies as are needed to protect the negro.
If arrested and placed in his hands.
1t is openly stated In East st. Louis that
II the farmers get the negro before the
authorities, he will be shot.