The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-02
ACCUSED or ASSAULT ON WO-
Mtsi AT MAYflEL'D MON
DAY NIGHT.
HEAVY GUARD Al JAIL
Suspect Tracked BY Bloodhounds Hur-
ried to Paducah jail and Spir-
tied Away When NICK
Formed.

The neighboring towns Of Paducah
and Mayheld, KY. are in the thaoes
of excitement owe a brutal assault
which occurred Monday In the latter
city, In which 4 negro was the cul-
pfit anil an estimable white woman
WAS the victim. The negro saiasnel
a window at the woman's aonc late
at night. entered. AMI after putting
her daughter a young girl, out of the
room, assaulted her: then, after com
polling her 10 give him what money
she had. left the PLACE.
Bloolhounds were put on the trail
and q negro was caught Milling in a
/ vacant house near by. and was taken
to Paducah by tns sheriff and posse,
followed closely by mob of en-
ragged citizens Yesterdays Palucah
i News-Democrat has the follwina story
| relating Tresiay's Developments:
| Fearing that mob Of enragei
farmers. who are alleged to have
gathered st Magiield and other
! Graves corr.ty towns and to have ar
rived in the city last night at 3
! o'clock, would make an attempt to
secure and lynch Lewis Boone, tie
negro being held pending the inyes-
legations OF several Graves coun-
ty officials into the criminal as
sanlt made upon the person OF Mrs.
n,asS 1kxII ,.n1r - ftrlvz
at 1920 O'clock Sunday night, Den
n.p Sheriff Charles Clark and Dep
uts Jailer Waiter Cartee spirited the
endangered negro out OF his cell at
the county Jail last night and ,siilto
q place Of safety. This morning
4 shortly before 2 O'Clock tho tgo
officers and their prisoner drove to
Epperson, whore they boarded
! train for Princeton. The negro was
placed in Jail there for safe keep
/ ing.
Not Identified.
I'm company with more tnan a
dozen friends and County Judge Mon
roe and her daughter Mrs, IIolbrook
the victim OF the heinous crime. ar
rived in the city Tuesday morning at
s o'clock and was accompanied to
the county jail where the prisoner
was found sleeping soun1ly. He was
awakened and commanded to step be-
fore Mrs. Holbrook. In every respect
but one the negro tallies exactly with
, the description given by Mrs. Hol-
brook. He is not quite as tall as the
one she thinks committed the assault.
However, after conference with
County Judge Alben Barkley, Judge
! Monroe decided TO keep the negro a
prisoner, pending the capture Of the
, Porter negro, who Is thought to he in
the vicinity Of Mayfeld Mrs. hol
, brook returned 10 Mayfield on the
AGO train TUESDAY afternoon
Report OF Another Mob.
"Tn direct communication with his
brother Sheriff George Houser, Jailer
/, Houser received word that Il mob hal
gathered at MayGeld and that part os
them were on their way TO Paducah
in buggies, while tne remainder
would arrive on the o'clock evening
train The latter report was verified
ANA it was learned from a reliable
source ;hat buggies had been stream
Ing into the city since dark. In fact
continual caravan OF wagons, most
of which were empty came into the
city all day Yesterday and much talk
of violence was heard on all bands,
despite the report that Mrs Hohbrook
had failed to Identify the necro as
the nend desired No attack was
made on the Jail. rs 1t was learned
early that the negro had been taken
away,
city's Protectors on Guard.
Leaving the entire city ungr aried'
the night shift of the padncah polite
deparrf Gent were guarding the county
jail in anticipation OF the mob until
II o'clock The force then was split
qnd few Of the men restored TO
their beats. No cause for the gather
ing of the city's officers can be as
certaincd as the negro was removed
from the jail at & 40 O'Clock Incs lay
night by Jailer Hopser and Deputy
JailcF Cartec Tae negro was only
TOO willing to leave the Jail when told
Of the mob's movements and when
last seen by News.nomocrat repre-
sentative they were running west on
Clark street.
"Let Them in.e
When he left Taller Honser. leav-
| ing the keys In charge of Ms sen,
Lloyd Honser. toll him TO allow .
committee OF four from the mob 10
lenter the corridor and ascertain
whether the negra was there. If they
desired. Don't let more tnan that
number so in at once said IaIler
IiouseP. should the mob have ad-
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