The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-08-22
Brave Young Woman Fights for
Life and Honor
AGAINST 4 FIEND.
Bob Davis ATTEMPTED to Ravish and Muir.
Ger Young Lady In Greenwood Coun.
fy. Then Mskes Successful
Attempt on q Negro
Woman.

A dispatch from Greenwood to The
Stste says one Of the most disbolics.
attempts at criminal assault possible
was made Tuesday upon the person Of
Miss Jennie Brooks, the sS-yesr- OLD
dsushte, Of Nr. and Mrs. J. P. Brecks
OF the Mt. Noyish section OF the ecun.
ty, by q negro named Bob Dsv,s. The
asnd did nos acesmpliah his pu-poss
but he csme ness numbering Mis-
Brooks who is not get out OF danger.
The crime is 3 horrible one. Mr.
Brooks is farmer who lives between
Greenwood and Mt. Moriah church,
about four and 3 half miles from town.
Es is very successful farmer and has
accumulated property. In connection
with his farm he runs store. The
store building is about so yards or less
from bis house. The public rosd runs
between the svo.
It liz 3 very public place and Il
seems incredible thst the hend woulc
hsve been 50 bold as to attempt the
crime in this place and in open daV-
light. It is the custom ct the family
to keep the store locked and to open
when customers come. Tuesday Mr..
and Ms. Brooks had gone to attend
p,otsscted nesting ss Rsnoootn.
They left their two eldest daughters,
Misses Jennie and Nslo, and thei,
grandmother, Mrs. Herlong, ut home.
The grandmother uses rolling chair,
being confirmed invalid. Miss Jennie
was called to the store By some negro
custo ners and while they were there
the negro Bob Davis came in.
She ssys she did not ike the neg.
ro's looks. He waited until the others
had one ous Of the store, than he
asked to see some shoes. BE selected
3 pair and then bought 8 pair o.
pants, then he told her he wanted
some bacon. She told him she was
out of bacon. BE pointed to some
that suited him In the box and she
came from behind the counter to get
1t. AS she cid SO he grabbed up the
nsst knife and came towards her say
ing: ''You are what want"
Miss Brooks, who was perfectly coo
when relsting her awful experience,
says she sav an iron bar betore her
and atten pied tc g,o it to defend her.
self. The negro made murderous
onslaught with the knife and she
threw up her hands inVoluntarily tx
her fsce. The blow OF the knife 81
most severed two Of her fogers. Az
soon SIS she dropped her hands, h'
again struck st her with the knife,
this time making ghastly wound IL
she throat.
This wound is sbous four inches
long and missed the carotid arteries
nv the mere fraction Of an inch. With
her blood squirting itom the wouno IL
her throat and disabled IN her right
arm By the other wound, Miss Brooks
successfully fonght CT her sssa1ant,
finally in some way securing the knle
though she says she does not Know how
she got It,
The thing that saved her was a
passsrby. Mr.. John Tolbert, coming
to town In bis buggy, passed she
store. The passing trightsned th:
negro. He fsd and Miss Brooks
csne to the door and had strength
enough lett to cali to Mr.. Tolbert.
He had heard. be said, 8 peculiar
noise in the store, but led her to the
gate, where be was met by her sister,
who sssd she would take her In anc
for him, to go for help to catch the
negro. He did so. In short time
men were leaving town in droves.
DR.. C. P. Meal went to the wounded
Girl a. oncs in an automobile, Mr..
Tolbsrt having caught him by 'phone
from the nearest phone to the Brooks
home. DR.. Neel thinks she will re.
cover.
After his attempted sssuault or
Miss Brooks the fiend went to the
homo Of 8 colored woman On the Bell
place and there made an assault or
negro woman whose name could not
be learned. In this attempt he was
successful. The description Of the
negro fits exactly Bob Davis and there
is no doubt that the same tsnd com
mitted both crimes. Il caught the
fend will bs lynched.