Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-16
NEGRO ASSAULTS A WOMAN
Police as Yet Have Not Been Able to
Locate Guilty Party.
PUBLIC Is GREATLY WROUGHT UP
One of Several Similar Cases and
There Is Talk of organizing
Vigilance Committee to
Hunt Down Guilty.
(From a Sad correspondent.l }

DES MONIES May 15.-(Special )--Scores
or officers are making a vigorous search OF
Des Moines and the country surrounding
for the assailant of Mrs. Mary Mann, a
respected white woman of Des Moines. Re
wards have been offered and information
sent to all the towns surrounding Des
Moines, and every train is watched.
The assailant was a negro, and the as
sault coming so closely after that on Mrs.
W. II. Riser by Lamont Frederick, has
put the temper of Des Mones citizens on
edge. The report of the grand jury today
indicting Frederick for nothing sat rob-
berry, because OF the assertion that there Is
no corroborative evidence of the assault
has not tended in any way to allay the
feeling Of indignation.
Mrs Mary Mann is so years old and the
mother Of a family of five children. She
was returning to her home when she was
assaulted by a negro near the East Sixth
street bridge, and dragged to some bushes
a block away. She was not discovered until
2:3O this morning, when DR.. A B. Morse
assistant city physician, was driving home
from attending a late call, when he heard
her groans and went to her assistance.
The woman was badly lacerated and Bit
ten by the negro She was able to give q
fairly good description of the man and
most rigorous search is being made today
in the hopes of capturing him. There is an
electric light near the bridge where the
man assaulted her, and this aided her in
getting his description. The bridge is in the
lower part of the city and on thorough
fare not greatly Travelled.
Along with this, the second assault by
q negro on a white woman, within
space of two weeks, came the announce
ment today that Lamont Frederick, who
is held for a similar assault on Mrs. W. ii.
Riser, had been indicted for robbery,
because the statutes provide that there
must be corroborative evidence before con-
viction can be had on a charge of Grim
inal assault.
Mrs. Mann today was shown Ernest Gus
ley and positively stated that he was not
the negro who assaulted her last night.
The police are searching diligently. Citi-
zers TODAY started a movement to organ
ize a vigilance committee OF 500 to patrol
the city at night and cooperate with the
police to protect the white women Of the
city.
Furthermore, Charles Tolliver, a negro
who served a term of eight years for the
murder of Barney O'Rourke at West Third
and Court avenue was arrested today for
the robbery of E. s. Hidelbaugh of Bag
ley, Ia. a witness in a suit before the
federal court here. The assault was COM
mitted near the Northwestern tracks on
East Locust. Three negroes followed Hidel-
baugh out of a saloon. Two of them
grabbed him while the other pounded him
in the face and they then robbed him Of
SIS. In the excitement Hidelbaugh's hat
dropped off and was picked up by one of
the negroes. Hidelbaugh got Tolliver's hat,
His own was found in Tolliver's house at
GIL Lyon street today by the police.
The grand jury today indicted viii Guy,
a colored man, for the murder of Charles
Richardson Richardson was shot through
the back and fingered six weeks at Mercy
hospital and then died,
Big Progressive Rally.
Progressive republicans are making big
arrangements for the rally to be held in
this city next Monday night when Governor
Cummins will speak, The meeting will
be held in the Auditorium and the effort
will be made to make it a bigger gathering
than that which greeted Dolliver. In addi-
tion to Governor Cummins, Attorney Cen
eral Byers, Judge S. F. Prouty and D. c.
Chase will speak Mr.. Chase is from
Webster City and 1t is advertised that he
will devote himself especially to answer
ing Dolliver. Judge Prouty is a candidate
for congress in the Seventh. 1t was adver-
tised for a time that Ex-Governor Larrabee