Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-08-23
WOMAN MAY DIE
| ASRESULT OF ATTACK
Hundreds of Men are Searching
For Fiend.
NIECE OF INJURED WOMAN HIT

Mlss Ethel Lawrence 10 Suffering
With q Broken Arm, a Fractured
Head, and Her Right Eye Was
oouged Out.
Atlanta, Aug. Gas the result Of
. cowardly Gnd brutal attack upon
Miss Ethel Lawrence, of London, Eng.
land, and her little niece. Mabel, u
years old, by a negro hend Monday
morning, just stones, throw from
the home Of the little girl, three-Quar.
tiers OF mile from The end of the Co
penhill car line, the aunt lies In
dying cOndi ion at the Wesley Memo.
rial hospital, the niece Is suffering
from three blows on the forehead, In.
ficted by a big stick, and the country
for miles around Is being secured by
small mObs and posses of determined
men. who will take the law In their
own hands II they succeed In finding
the guilty brute.
In the attack upon the aunt her
right eye was gougod out. her nose
almost entirely severed one OF her
arms broken. her skull fractured AMI
her death is eXpec ed.
The niece escaped with lesser n
Juries. rs fhe feIgned death In or.
der 10 secure an opportunity To- make |
her escape and bring aid 10 her aunt |
The aunt had proposed 10 the niece
that they make trip In the wood,
Jus, across the road In quest OF some
beautiful fcraS which grow abundant
" In the fertile soil OF an antiquated
bredstwork relic OF the late civil
war. While hey were picking ferns
and were Jus. about ready to go home
The ne 20 apoi"el from the side Of
the emhankmant opposite 10 the one
they were about N ascend
come with ne. girls, your father
and brother are no here. 7 want
you both 70 go right down here with
me said NE negro after which he
grabbed mabel hi. black h.,is clos.
ang around her throat bur not until
the Girl hli first caught his hands
with her oyn. proven lEg him from
choking her seriously
Releasing his grip on her. he took
up q huge stick and struck Miss Ethel
a terrific blow full In ne face Please
don't treat auntie like that" scream.
ed the little Girl, AMI The negro turn
ell again 10 the child Producing
coarse rope from his pocket. he tried
20 throw II over her head. and upon
being unspccessful In his attempt. sue
ceeded In lassoing her aunt The !
niece rushed IN her aunt's aid In the !
nick Of time and caught the rope neal
her aunts head and kept the brute :
from Tightening II and choking her :
into Inconsistencies IA ne had plan 6
ned The negro again turned upOn -
AIabe'. and after no had struck her
several terrible blows "a her fore u
head with the s,ict. she fcil 20 the ,
ground crying out I'm dead o
Thinking he hai killed her ho again o
stacked the eunt. who was already =
IN q stunned condition from the hrs, %
blow In the meantime the H'tle o.
girl With remarkable presence or u
mind Jumped up and ran 20 W & n
hunters residence. the nearest place
" refuge a.
Seeing that the little girl hAi - o.
'aped and fearing capture. the negro y
IN from he scene. leaving bic VIC V
TN TYING on the ground IN an uneUn "
cious condition a. the result Of his
'lows -
Although much frightened and bl~ed N
nc from her voasds. little Mace ran ~
a uni.l she reached as home ~ NJ D.
nd Mrs. HgHter nearby. and toll ~
BEN her story Mr. Hunter immsal
iely len iSe house And prn' % the "
ceze Of me brutal attack spos the ~
snt and h~r It,is niecs AMI f,uad
las Efhei Lswrrncs sffii s-e8asclsas
~ iAs n~Ero hsi suee-~asd IN uak
u Els escape. sayiag fail~1 q ar OF
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