The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-02-28
KNEW NOT FEAR.
Will Babe in Rsr Arms Woman Fights !:
OF Negro FFiield.
THE BRUTE l,I,s1E 6 is RUN DOWN

sA Daring Atterlp. At Awful Das, as
tardl Crime In Open Daylight at Il
sparsltanburg Lady Attacked stn
S. Her i Home m and Is Saved BY tho
Is screams Of Her Child.
81 81 Gary: r: lest, a negro driver Of g de-
livery swas on; entered the bed room
Of a we'll. known woman on Union
Street, in spartanburg, Saturday af-
ternoon as she was nursing her
three months old baby. says e + DIS
patch to the Columbia State.
AS she arose with a cry Of alarm 81.
Ehe seized her by the throat, chockesd q q
her until the blood gushed from n her
nose and threw her down. l:d!' her s.. s.
year old son was IN the ro",l and an'l
screamed in terror The negro
g;rasped the tot by the neck and
checked him also. Mrs. Beaulah q
sAskew, a neighbor. was in her back
yard. she heard the cries and II rush lS
.ed into the house. The negro re
leased his intended victim and fed led
from the house. 81 I: &. * 3.
within thirty minutes dozen
policeman, the sheriff, VI White,
and his deputies and a score OF cit.
{ liens were engaged in the man hunt,
they caught Gest in Dnncan's woods,
q mile and a half from the scene
Of his crime, at AIS. His captors
hustled the negro into carriage,
drove like mad and had the prisoner
Id q cell Of the county jail at 4:30
O'Clock. IA large crowd gathered
around the Jail, but there Was not
even a suggestion Of lynching.
Gest knew the woman who ne
attacked. Her husband, who is a
clerk In the Office Of well-known
commission merchant, at one time
was employed byl!W. T. Finch, pro-
4 ip,rietor of the Finch hotel. Gest was
employed in the hotel. He has re
Gently been employed in driving the
delivery wagon iof Brown Bros, gro:
,sjr, cers. He started out with his wagon
about 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon,
After delivering one package jhe re
turned TO the store and asked ques-
5tions regarding something with
which she u as perfectly familiar:
Ozler Brown accused the negro OF
being drunk. Gest denied It and
started out again. !,
He stopped his wagon In front OF
the: residence on Union street and
knocked at the front door. He asked
the woman who lived there. She told
him he knew very well. He said he
wanted to deliver a package to some
people named Brown. There is no
one Of the name in the vicinity. The
woman went back into the house
and prepared her baby for its after
noon nap:
u She was sitting in a rocking chair,
thumming a lullaby, when her little
boy cried out that the negro had
come into the house. She looked up
and saw the brute standing at the
door Of the ROOM K x 3.
Holding tight to the baby, she
feaped to her feet. Without utter
ing cry and holding the baby with
her left arm she raised her right
hand and tried to push him back
Her hand touched his mouth and he
bit piece out iof it.
The negro choked her SO hard
that her nose began to bleed and her
cries became faint. The little baby
was also screaming. The negro
without releasing his grasp on the
woman reached out and choked the
child. In doing so his finger nails
cut cash two inches long on the
boys neck, bringing blood.
During the entire. struggle the
woman clung to her baby. The strug-
gle did not last more than minute
Mrs. Askew rushed into the room
and Gest hurried out of the front
door.
He abandoned the wagon and ran
at top speed out the macadam road
extending from Union street. Wait
ing only a few moments to see to the
care of her neighbor, Mrs. Askew ran
to the door calling for help.
Not so yards from the house a
gang of negro laborers were work
ing. There were white men in the
vicinity also. Among them was F.
M. Logan, storekeeper. They saw
Gest running but did not pursue.
sMr. Logan, upon learning what
had happened, telephoned to the
police station. He also telephoned
to the woman's husband that ne
gro had entered his home and scared
his wife and she was bleeding at the
nose.
The husband was home within 20
minutes after the crime had been
committed. He telephoned to Sher-
if White, who. within five minutes
was mounted on his horse, Bucking
Dan, and galloping to the scene. The
sheriff went by the police station to
summon more officers. AS he was
turning the corner sharply his horse
slipped and fell fiat, throwing the
sheriff violently to the paved street