Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-08-22
NEGRO LYNCHED FOR ASSAULT.
MISS BROOKS, OF NEAR GREENWOOD,
WAS BRuTE'S VICTIM.

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number from 500 to 1000 men is
securing Greenwood county in hot
pursuit of negro rapist, Bob Davis,
who this morning attempted to desc
crate the body of Miss Jennie
Brooks, a young lady 20 years old,
who lives near Greenwood, and who
later assaulted negro girl.
The blood hounds of the county
are, being used by the mob, and
whenever the dogs strike the trail
the men become almost frenzied
their impstience to get in view q.
their quarry. The sheriff of Green
wood county accompanies the crowd,
but it is generally believed that the
negro will never reach tho Jail alive
if he is caught.
The crime for which Bob Davis is
now fleeing for his life is most
brutal one.
Miss Jennie Brooks is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Brooks,
who live about four miles from
Greenwood, near the Mt. Mariah
church. This morning Miss Brooks
was in her fathers store, her parents
having gone to church. She was
alone in the building and a younger
sister was in the homie some fifty
yards distant. During the morning
the negro, Bob Davis, who has been
employed in brick yard in Green
wood, entered the store. He said he
wanted to buy some shoes. Then he
wanted to look at some trousers.
When those articles had been
shown him he said he wanted to buy
some bacon. When the girl turned
to get the bacon the negro seized her
and growled, "You are what want"
Given great strength in her blind
terror, the girl threw the burly negro
off. He blocked her way, however,
and seized her again. She fought
desperately, and the negro seized
big knife used to cut the % 1eat. The
girl tried to snatch the knife away
from him and two of her fingers were
almost severed. Then the negro
slashed the girls throat, the cash
being four inches long, but despite
the loss of blood and the choking
fear, the girl fought On and was max
ing some headway towards the door
when a Mr.. Tolbert drove up in
buggy. The negro brute heard the
wheels and dashed out of rear
door. The girl called feebly to Mr..
Tolbert, and tainted. She was car
ried by Mr.. Tolbert into her home
not far distant. Mr.. Tolbert drove
one mile 10 telephone and sum
lnol ed physician and also notified
the authorities in town of the deed.
The news spread with incredible
rapidity and within few moments
an angry posse, headed by the big
dogs OF the Jail, were hot on the
negro's trail.
Two miles from the scene of the
first attempt the posse found that
the same negro had assaulted a
negro girl.
One rather unusual feature of the
case is that a brother of Bob Davis
was lynched twelve years ago for
assaulting white woman.
Negro Found and Lynched
Greenwood, August 16.-Despite
the presence of Governor Hayward,
who plead with great earnestness for
the sake of God, for the sake of the
fair name of South Carolina, to let
the law take it's course, crowd of
over one thousand determined men
shot to death this afternoon Bob
Davis, the negro tiend who attempted
a criminal assault on Miss Jennie
Brooks Tuesday morning and almost
murdered her by cutting her throat.
Search for Davis had been unre.
ienting since Tuesday, but it had
seemed all day that Davis would get
away. The searching party had
dropped in numbers, but those who
remained were determined. This