The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-09-06
Suspect Was Apprehended Blooming Grove This
Morning and Was Taken Before Mrs. Norris and
She Declared That He Was Not the
Right Negro
The Officers and Posses S Securing the Country for the ead pckes
were Posted All the Public Roads Last Mshtaense Excite
ment Still Prevails Howard CommuRIy

A posse of about twenty-five men
rode into Blooming Grove this morn
ing before daylight and took charge
OF negro who is believed TO have
criminaliy assaulted Mrs. $. p Nor
ris near Howard Monday. The
crowd found the negro asleep In an
old house at Blooming Grove and
took him In custody without any re-
slstance being offered The negro
assault that had been made on Mrs.
Norris. but stated that he had work
90 In that community and left there
yesterday for Blooming Grove He
| said that il was his intention TO re-
| turn 10 Howard today. The crowd
| left Blooming Grove this morning at
| Z O'Clock for Howard with the in
tention of taking the suspect to the
Norris home for Identification by Mrs.
| Norris At I O'Clock. however. they
had not reached that place and it is
! believed that a detour OF the country
Is being made with the intention of
reaching this city and placing the
negro In Jail
As soon as the news of the arrest
reached this city Deputy Sheriff Geo.
c Sweat and Constable Ben Abbott
Jeff for the scene OF the crime The
Officers had not learned the full par
ticulars of the arrest az Blooming
Grove. but desired 10 be on the
ground IN order to afford she prison
or all protection possible in the event
OF hts Identification by Mrs. Norris
The officers stopped az Howard long
enough for Mr. Sweat to talk 10 the
Light reporter over the telephone
He said that quite number of peo-
lplo had assembled at Howard and
that several buggiss had JUST left
there for the Norris nome Two and
"a half miles south of that place Mr.
Sweat said be dtd not know what
course he would pursue until there
were furgher Developments He said
Jhag If the negro proved TO be the
fright one he did not know whether
or not tbe citizens of that community
1 would listen 90 reason, but that he
would do everything he could go pre-
vail uBuu them tu let the law take
its course
The operator OF the Southwestern
Telegraph aud Telephone Company
lat Hloamius Grove furnished the
i4ght with Information of lhe negro a
apprehension there He saw the
Negro and said that bee partially fili-
"a the description uf the one who
Il
said tbe ncEro was heavy sea and
almost coal blauk and had several
Uld sE1rs GA bis face.
Two representative of the Llgut
Visited Howard iate Yesterday after
no0u and found that nearly every
man iu fhat community bad Joined
in ghe huut Cor the nsMrn few
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