The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-13
Harry Marshall on Lonesome
Road at Midnight Gives
Battle to Negro Armed with
A Long Razor.
| MANS COAT CARVED
ALMOST TO RIBBONS
AFTER Weapon Breaks, Colored
Man Gets Severe Trimming
Mrs. Marshall HystericaI
With Fear.

While returning home from this
city Saturday night between II and IL
O'Clock, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Marshall,
of New Paris, were held up by a ne
gro highwayman. armed with a razor,
near the Gaar's woods, New Paris
pike. about a mile east of the east
corporation Of the city. In the result
Ang fight, Mr.. Marshall had his coat
literally cut off of him and sustained
one or two minor cuts on the face,
but the negro was SO badly beaten.
that 1t was with difficulty he could re-
treat. when Mr.. Marshall had to de-
eist administering punishment and at
tend to his wife, who was suffering
from hysteria. Mr.. Marshall was SO
satisfied with his achievement, in
s'beating up" the negro, that he did
mot notify the police OF the attack.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall left this city
about II o'clock and started to drive
home. They had barely entered that
part Of the road which Is very dark.
because Of the dense foliage of the
trees on either side. when man ap-
peared from the side of the road and
grabbed their horses bride. The
command Of '.halt and unload" was
promptly obeyed by Mr.. Marshall. He
was then ordered to "shell out. !"
Got His irish Up.
However, Mr.. Marshall's Irish was
fup. and being q man six foot three,
tall and weighing over 200 pounds. all
OF which is solid muscle, he refused
to meckly give In. The negro started
to use his weapon with remarkable
rapidity and cleverness, which classed
him as past grand master with the
art So effectively was the weapon
used that Marshalrs coat was cut to
rags. The tail OF the coat was slash
ed of. and the front part cut in
,ehreds.
While the big negro was cutting
with reckless abandon, Marshall was
.efscctively using his fists. Finally the
tue began to turn for Marshall, as the
negro's weapon was broken in some
manner. Then. from all reports. Mar
shall got revenge. He knocked his
assailant down. jumped on him and
then commanded the negro to get up
again. The same procedure was re-
Ipeated and Marshall did not desist un-
It'll his wife's condition compelled him
10 60 to her.
AS soon as the negro saw that he
could play nothing but a losing game.
he prayed and begged and implored
Marshall to have mercy. but Marshall
remembered his coat and two small
cuts on his upper lip too well.
Mrs. Marshall Alarmed.
Mrs. Marshall was greatly frighten-
led when they were held up and her
fright increased as she saw the ne
gro's razor flash in the moonlight,
which came through the dense foliage.
She had hysteria and finally became
30 III that her husband had to leave
his assailant. He paid no further at
tention to him but drove as rapidly as
possible toward home. His wife quick.
" recovered and neither are the worse
for the experience.
Robbery is thought to have prompt
ed the attack. Mr.. Marshall knows
OF no other reason. He always carries
considerable money with him. Mr..
Marshall manufactures the national
cement vault at New Paris. Mr.. Mar
shall says he can identity the assailant
and 1t Is probable an arrest will be
made.