The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-02
Fannie White Of New Hamp-
ton, N. H.
WAS NEARLY KILLED
Fired on Her Assailant, wounding Him,
She Walked Two Miles After Be-
ing Terribly Beaten--Search-
ing for Man.

Plymouth, N. H., Aug. PAT New
Hampton, in Grafton county, a slip Of
girl was attacked on a mountainside
by burly foreigner, hurled to the
ground, beaten within an inch Of her
life and left for dead.
Before she lost consciousness, however,
with the yalor of the girls Of the West
ern plains, from whence she came, she
managed to draw small revolver which
she fortunately carried and fred at her
assailant.
That she badly wounded the man is
assured, for at the scene Of the struggle
blood spots show that her aim was
good.
The assault took place Wednesday
evening. The girl left the home of e.
wood S. Lougee, a prosperous farmer,
to whom she is engaged, to walk down
the steep mountainside to his mothers
house two miles away.
When half way down at a point called
Dead Mans Curve, she saw the uncanny
creature sitting by the roadside. He
spoke to her, asking directions, and she
was about to inform him when, like
maniac, be threw himself upon her. The
action Of no melodrama ever written can
rival the fierce hand to-hand conflict be.
tween this mere child, weighing less than
90 pounds, and the giant who sought
to end her life.
Her head badly battered, her clothes
torn To silreds and wrenched in places
entirely from her body, she managed
to reach the home Of the aged mother
Of Mr., Lougee late at night
In her fight down the ledge in the
precipice, with no moon nor stars to
guide her, dripping 81 the sweat Of
mental fear and suffering excruciating
pain from her multitudinous wounds
she fell many times, but with indomi.
table courage She rallied from each
swoon ond erept on.
When she at last arrived at the lonely
farmhouse, she fell on the porch at the
feet Of her aged protector, more dead
than alive
Within a few hours several local Off
GERS and a posse Of armed men had been
summoned and the search for the fiend
was started
Deputy sheriiFs, headed BY James p
Of Bristol, are still searching
the woods Of Carter mountain, the scene
Of the crime. The high sheriff has been
notified and may be on the scene now.
An effort will be made to procure
in the effort to apprehend
the villain. for the countryside is aroused
as it has never been before, and all pos
sible viii be done to land the man, dead
81 alive AS 1t Il assured that ire fel |
low il badly wounded, capture win Be
eected very soon, it Is believed
The assault upon Miss White is the I
Of series Of alarming &C.
in different sections Of Grafton
and Belknap counties The man Who IS
charged with the crime is believed to be
one who has been living a hermit exist
ance at the base Of Carter mountain alt !
summer.
Description Of man who assaulted and /
nearly killed Fannie White and who, I
by bullet from her revolver,
is being sought BY an armed posse in +
the mountains Of Grafton county; age, /
423 weight, 10000; very heavy build; +
height, feet 2 inches; had full three
weeks growth Of beard; wore bright red
sweater, small black cap, dark trousers
spoke broken English; nationality be.
iayed to be either Greek or Polish.
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