The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
ATT1cK YOUNG LADY.
BOLD EFFORT OF UNKNOWN MAN
AT ROCK Hill.
Citizens Aroused as Dsstasuy At-
temp: at Assault on Young Lady-
No Cue to Assatlant.

NO Ssuc 70 ASSSl1ANC.
An attempt at crime occurred at
Rock Fill Wednesday evening which
for It's boldness Is unheard Of IN
that 81 Ton. A young lady, living
in wey. Main street, was grabbed
and ga2*:;ed while on the back porch
of he:- acme Fortunately her as
sailan, sas frightened away without
any se:;cus harm being done II such
was h.S purpose. AS to the intent
of the ysault no one can say.
The uung lady, who is the highly
respec young dersntes Of one OF
the best citizens. is in a highly nerv-
Gus &C !,:ition but could tell quite
clearly Of the occurrence. About
1890 O'Clock she stepped out upon
the bs,>a porch to get drink OF
water. She had walked to the
spigot end was in the act Of raising
the d.; >er when she heard slight
noise .:hind her. When she raised
her he;.A to see what It was she saw
a man ute good deal, taller than
tshe, b. at. Before she could scream.
he haG thrown the towel he had IN
his b. 7:-and which had hung on
the pcic',-over her head and sdded
| the attempted scream. She was
thrown to the floor but Ia the scuffe
managed dto get the towel from her
mouth nd began calling for her
father, hen for her mother. Tbs
latter vas IN the room quite cssse to
the pc!:h, heard her and ran out,
but not before the man had gone.
+ He had run at the young lady's
arst call, but before she had sue
Iceeded in making any one hear. She
thinks that he heard her mother
\ moving around In the room. The
young lady thinks she heard the
chain Of the garden gate rattle as he
ran away and be could reach the
street BY going that way. When the
mother got out on the porch she
;. found her daughter lying with hes
feet on the porch and her head on
the second or third step. She held
, the tc eel in her tight grasp and Tas
half dead from fright. A ring which
+ she were was found at the foot o.
, the steps and her combs were found
further in the yard. The neighboTs
were aroused and search YVES made
of the premises but without result
;, When the police arrived the garde1
was 81. tramp1ed by the searcher'
2 that it was impossible TO tel
: whethe- the assailant had gone tina
way. Only one clue, or seenfa;
: clue, aas been found.
Mr.. Joe Grow, an engineer On tns
J Charleston division, was comm,
2 home about the time the assault oc
curre.i. He lives quite near To-
-Nhome OF the young lady and Whel
he wss within a block Of hfszhom'
: on Main street he met "a rather tal
D man who was walking very fast or hal
0 running and who gave him Wild
2 berth when they passed each other
: The :,an, who was white seene'
to wisa to avoid being seen. As
! Crow cid not know him, but think
: he void be able to identity n
s man he met should he see hin
|. again.
The young lady could not sa
whet.e. the man was white or black
: She could only say that he was tai
}. ed gre a black coa&- TIE peopi
) are ,:,rch stirred up over the aTail
E and -aatever his intention, ~ous
. like to see the man caught IN
youns lady, who is q stenosraPne'
was badly frightened and was 8
o hyste ical as to require the attentao
9 of a physician, but was not ser'ous.
IS hurt.