The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-01-29
NEGRO ATTEMPTS
A VILE ASSAULT
NEGRO ritNb ATTEMPTS TO CRiHNAlly
ASSAULT WOMAN NEAR GARRETT.
WOMAN FLED FOR LIFE
Affair Caused Intense Excitement in
Garrett Community and Armed
Posse was Soon In Pursuit
of Nexro.

Flourishing an empty quart bot
tie in a threatening manner negro
made a daring attempt TO criminally
Assault Mrs Ed Jarek, the wife of a
Bohemian farmer, about half mile
tast Of Garrett yesterday morning.
From the best information of the
affair that has been ascertained it
seems that the attempted assault was
committed about $50 O'Clock
Mrs. Jarek ran, terror stricken, to
kitchen the rce.o entered from a
back door and suddenly confronted
Ler, He carried an empty quart
attempted to strike his intended vic
Itim. She eyaded ths bow and then
the negro made an effort to seize
| her, bat she ended his grasp and
i fled irto an adjoining room where
she got hold ;f 4 revolver with
which to protect herself against the
attack of the brute. The negro at
tempted to follow her, out when the
pistol was displ;,, ed before him he
.led from the house and made off to-
ward the Trinity nTeH bottom
Mrs. Iarek ran terror stricken to
the house of n he'chhor and gave
the alarm, aud in her agitation she
reported that she htleved her baby
had been killed The news of the
attempted assault spread rapidly
and in few minutes an armed posse
was in pursuit of the negro. The Of
Ulcers at Ennis were notified and they
were soon on the scene and began a
systematic search for the assaiant.
They went first 10 the Jarel home
and found that the child had not been
injured, but the woman appeared to
be very much agitated She was,
however, able to give the officers a
good description of the negro which
resulted in an arrest being made at
a railroad section house. The negro
arrested gave the name of Elijah Mil
.ler, but denied being the party want
ed He insisted that he had not been
around the Jarek place, but he was
brought TO Waxahachie by Deputy
Sheriffs McCalpin and Morgan and
placed in the county Jail.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs Jarek
identified Miller as being the negro
who had assaulted her that morning
Miller stll denied having any knowt
edge OF the otfense. but last might
he admitted TO Sheriff Minnick that
he had been to Jarek's home that
morning.
Mrs largk stated thar when th,
Iueero entered her house he had on
a black coat and black hat. but She
Ibid NOT remember the kind OF pants
Ihe wore When arrested ne had dis
carded bis coat and was wearing d
leap. Ne had also drawn a pair oi
old trousers ON over his pants h,
went from the Jarch home TO th,
section house and on the way he pull
ed Oft his coaf and threw o. down b,
the roadside where De- was later
found by the Officers Miller is d
small yellow negro and is from Rob
ertsou county Ne came ta Enni'
about wear ago and after working
for a farmer near there some tim'
he secured employment on one of ths
railroads ss section hand
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