The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-04-20
Negro Struck Lady on Train and
a Mob Came &
NEAR LYNCHIN(4 HIM.
The Wretch Was Scared Grey, and
Only Tic Very Large Nambe..of His
Assa'lants Saved Him From
Being Strung Up. The
Lady Knocked Down.

Lady Knocked Down.
An infuriated mob came very near
iynching negro in>,New York one.
nighG asst week. The AMERICAN says
one hundred men clamosyed for the
III Of Albert Traut, u West Indian
negro on q Sixth avenue IL" train at
Seventy second street, when he knock
ed down Miss Is bel Oliver, q beauti.
ful young Southern woman, whom he
had grossly insulted. The negro was
dragged to the platform and was In q
way to be lynched when the police
arrived.
La the West Sixty eighth street no.
lice station, Miss Oliver, who LIS q ma.
tive of Alabama, would have attacked
the negro herself had she not been re.
strained.
Clear to the station house doors the
negro, bis face turned to q sickly COP.
perry hue with fear, was followed by
The threatening mob. Fifty men
forced their way into the station, and
only the presence Of the police pre-.
vented another attack upon Traut.
His knees trembled beneath him, and
ne had to be held up to give his name.
Miss Oliver, who Is highly educated
and accomplished was on ner way to
ner home at No 292 West Oae Hun
dred and Forty-Second street, and sac
stood In the first car OF the train,
clingipg to a strap. Every seat was
taken and many were standing ,.up
when Traut forced his way into the
car from the S,veutyssecond street
platform, Wnen he Gro Rded past
Miss Oliver, eye Witnesses say, he de-
liberately took her by the shoulders
and threw her to one side. The young
weman almost sat down in the lap OF
d gentleman opposite her She turned
on the negro With flashing eyes.
What do you mean by doing thatP'
she Cemap6ed.
TO this the negro is declared to
have made a most insulting reply, ap.
plying an eptthet to Miss Oliver that
made tho high spirited girl almost
wild with anger aud humiliation.
You miserable cur,n she said, but
got no further, for Traut ut this point
drew back and hit her full in the face,
knocking her down. Her eye was
etsakened AMI her cnin cut, but she
ala not iose consciousness.
SO sudden was the attack of Traut
chat for few seconds the other pas
SeDgers In The car sat as ii stunned.
Then the women shrieked hysterically
sud every man present with common
impulse bprSng to nis feet and made
FOR the negro.
"Lynch himp xiii the brutel'
Throw hin On the tnird rail-" were
+, few OF the cries Of the crowd that
rushed at TrauG. But 1T was the very
Qumber Of MA opponents that saved
he negro He stood still, making no
ff)rt to escipe, and tried to fight off
hose near him, VINO were fairly rain.
ing blows upon his head and face.
The Train by this time had pulled
out Of the seventy y-secOnd street sta
I.op, buh the conductor, who mad Wit.
nessed the attack on M .ss Oliver,
stopped 1t aud had IL backed up 90 the
platform again.
Tee motorman blew police signals
II the crowd surged of the train, GnCss
10 tne fcont Car pushed Tfaut ahead
Of them. Tnose In the other cars
also q ickly learned the truth aud
rfauh wa' speedily the centre of
3urging mob whose members struck
one another In their bIind desire to
get at Traut.
Patrolman Michael Flattery heard
The VIII ,tes aud rescned the L station
On tho run. He worked his way
through to where Traut was being
punched and mauled By the crowd,
Who unheeded his cries for mercy, but
the mob would not let the policeman
take him. A hundred tongues cried
for his life.
Flattery and Traut were pushed
against the railing and IL was not un.
oil the policeman drew his revolver
that the crowd subsidized. Another
policeman and Holmes detective,
who had alighted at Seven nty.seoond
street from q downtown train, Joined
Tiattery and edging along the railing
tney managed to get Tfaut down to
the sidewalk.
They had to drag the man to the
West Sixty eighth street station. He
was too frightened to walk. 1t was
after Miss Oliver had cleansed the
blood from her face and Witnessed In
tho station house mirror the disfgur-
tTg cut upon her cain that her loath-
ing for her assaiiant again overoame
her and she would have struck him
had not Sergeant Stevenson interfered
Treut covered In his cell when the
door cloSed ard whimpered that he
was glad to escape Win his life.