The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-02-19
A NERYY WOMAN.
Mrs. Jesse Hurd SlaSheS a Negro With
a Butcher Knife, Who Enters
Her Home.

Deshong, formerly of Licking Creek
township, but for several years resid-
ing in the Eastern Shore, Maryland.
The article is copied from last Satur-
days Kent County Md. News, and
is as follows:-Editor,
Another startling occurrence
has stirred the people of this com
munity. Mrs. Jesse Hurd, a
young wife with two children, 3
and l year old, who resides with
her husband on the Geo. H. Watts
farm, about two miles from Ches
tertown, had and encounter with
a burly negro Saturday evening
about 8 o'clock and drove him
bleeding from her home.
"Mr. Hurd, as was his custom
left for Chestertown to bring his
young sister home, the latter be-
ing employed in the Candy Kitch
en-. At the time he left a negro
was secreted under the wagon
shed and evidently had seen Mr..
Hurd take some money from a
hand satchel and replace the
same on a peg in the kitchen.
Mrs. Hurd was sitting near a
table, close to the stove, while
the two little children were asleep
in an adjoining room, when in
walked the negro. AS he ap-
preached and reached for the
satchel Mrs. Hurd grabbed up a
butcher knife. The negro struck
at her with an empty beer bottle
which he carried in his hand but
she lodged the blow. In dodg-
ing the negro she tripped over a
small chair and started her nose
to bleeding. This did not deter
her, however, for as the negro
rushed toward her she swiped
him with the knife and he quick
ly fled leaving his hat, bottle and
satchel.
"The negro was tracked by
blood spots to his hiding place un
der the shed where he had evil
dently left something, then he
returned and looked in the win
dow, and went off. The noise
awakened the three-year-old child
who got up and came out in the
room with her mother. Mrs.
Hurd says the negro hearing the
child returned to see who it was
and let fly a brick through the
window before taking his depar-
ture.
1T was after midnight when
the husband returned but the
plucky little wife kept up her
courage all the time and was pre-
pared for most anything.
States Attorney Harrison w.
Vickers and Sheriff Brown were
at once notified and going to the
scene found spots of blood in sew
eral places and tracks with blood
here and there, showing conclu-
sively that the negro had been
wounded.
Upon investigation, tracks
were seen where a man had crept
cautiously up the side of the
fence, blood being found spattered
on several boards. Tracks were
also followed, showing that the
man had made for the marsh on
the Schauber place.
States Attorney Vic k ers
thinks that the cause of the ne
gro entering Mr.. Hurd's house
was probably robbery.
"a posse led by Sheriff Brown
secured the woods near Mr..
Hurd's home Tuesday, but no
further evidence was found. The
authorities are making a diligent |
search to apprehend the guilty |
party and he will be dealt with |
severely.
Mrs. Hurd is the daughter of
Mr.. Simon Dishong, Of near
Hanesville. She is young and
will weigh about ninety pounds. |
She has been brought up to use a
pistol handily but had none in the
house.
Detective Hogans arrived
from Baltimore Tuesday night
and has been at work on the case
with Attorney Vickers. 1t is
thought a good clue has been