The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-08-30
WORK OF FIE:ND.
Two Young Ladies Attacked
Near Their Home byssa
BRUTE OF A NEGRO.
they Were Gathering WildIFlovers When
Attached by the Brute. Who Knecka 4!
ed Out OnesEye and Broke the
Arm of One Of the
Ladies.

The Atlanta Journal says: Misi
Ethel Lawrence, sister Of W. O.
Lawrence, is believed to be dying,
and Miss Mabel Lawrence. her niece,
| is prostrated as q result OF q singular
! ly brutal and atrooious attempt at
criminal assault made upon the two
young women by a negro near the
Lawrence home on Johnson's road,
mile from the end Of the Highland
avenue car line, early Monday morn.
ing.
Not satisfied with fracturing her
Rkull, gouging out one Of her eyes
and breaking her arm, the negro aG.
tempted to strsngle her with 70 g,
and would have done 80 had not the
niece interferred and given the alarm.
The negro fed, and Miss Ethel Law.
renee was put In an automobile and
hurried to the city. Her niece escap
ed with bruises on the head, arms and
back, which the negro administered
with q stick with which he beat both
women.
At the Wesley Memorial hospital
whore Miss Ethel Lawrence was
taken, 1t was said Monday afternoon
that her condition was critical, and
that she would lose one Of her eyes as
q result Of the attack Of the negro.
It was added that there was some
hope of the young woman's recovery,
although the outcome was doubtful.
The LaWrences are among tho most
influential people OF this neighbor
hood. Mr. Lawrence Is manager Ct
the WsstvieW Floral company. His
sister,, who Ia now believed to be
dying, was on visit here from Lon.
don, England. Sac is II years old,
and her niece, the daughter OF Mr..
La vrence, Is IA years old.
Tns Lawrences lives in pretty
home one mile beyond the end OF the
Oopenhill trolley line. The neighbor-
hood Is til. My settled, and across tho
road from the house i5 narrow but
dense strip of woods, well fitted with
the geculsion 1t offers for tho crime
attempted there Monday morning.
1t was into these woods that Miss
Ethel Lawrence, fond Of the country
after. living In the city, and unRo'
quainted with the danger which
uenaees southern women In lonely
lburben localities. went with her
aiece about $50 O'Clock Monday
morning. ..
The girls proceeded along Q brook,
and picked ferns from the banks. Doing
so, they were confronted unexpected
~ by q tall, slender and very black
negro. Apparently he had walked
ont from soncealment In the bushes.
The girls drew back in fright. They
stood near the remnant Of some old
oresstWorks.
Come here, little GIRL" the negro
said, addressing the niece. The girl,
now frightened in earnest, turned to
run to her aunt. The negro followed
her. With q stick he carried, he gave
her Q ettnging blow ACROSS the back.
He struck her again across the arms
and upon the head, and she fell, cry.
ing:
"Oh, ! am deadl am dead !"
This was . ruse to divert the atten'
tion of the negro, and he, abandoning
bis punishment Of the prostratesgirl
devoted himself 70 the aunt, who had
run to the protection Of her niece.
The brutality of his attack upon he1
scarcely seems credi5able. He struck
her with the stick and with his bony
6sts. He fractured Ter skull, almost
gouged out one of hsr eyes, broke
ner nose at the base and broke her
right arm.
Not satisfied With this, the negro
brought out rope, and slipped ii
around the girls neoh. By this time,
however, the niece lad come to hel
aunt's ASSISTANCE. There then en-.
sued q struggle that will be remem.
bered by the younger girl, and by the
aunt, II she survives, as long as they
live. They kicked and struck the
negro with all their delicate strength,
trying to keep him from choking MisE
Lawrence with the rope.
The younger girl, seeming that
their combined strength would be as
nothing against the negro's, broke
away from the struggle, and ran to-
ward her homo, seeking to givo the
alarm and bring help. She ran at the
top of her speed to the house Of O.
W. Hunter, proprietor Of the Rock
Spring dairy, and gave the alarm.
MI. Hunter ran back to the woods
with the girl. Tue negro, however
had seen Miss Mabel run towards the
Louise. he had abandoned his attac cl
on Miss Lawrence and fed. The con
dition OF Miss Lar wrencs was pltlaole
Hunter and his com mpanicn lifted bel
gently and bore her to her house. Al
ambulance was summoned from the
undertaking establishment OF Barclay
s. Brandon.
The news meantime had beer
'phoned TO town, and an automobile
driven By E. P. Steinbauer and Will
liam Hunphries Of the Atlanta Au
tomobile COM pany. appeared on the
scene about the same time ss the am
bulance. Because the machine coulc
be driven at greater speed than the
ambulance, and as 1t was feared thai
Miss Lawrence would die, she wa!