The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-02-24
NEGROES ATTACK
CAUSES RUNAWAY;
GIRL IS INJURED
Miss Georgia Oliver Painfully
Hurt While Returning
From School
BUGGY STOPPED IN
ROAD BY BLACK
Frightened Horse Ran Away
And Man Made Good
His Escape

Suffering form numerous bruises
about the body, and badly frightened
from her experience Miss Georgia Oil
yer, aged 16, is at the home of her
grandfather, Mr.. Doc Suapp, in Rud-
dies Mills, as a result of an attack
made upon her yesterday afternoon
by negro who grabbed her horse,
while she was enroute to her home
from Millersburg. The horse ran
away and throwing her out she sus-
tanned painful, though not serious in
juries.
Miss Oliver, who is a daughter of
Sam Oliver, of Riddles Mills, was re-
turning home from Millersburg, where
she is attending school at the Millers-
burg Female College. When at a
point between the homes of w. F.
Saunders and V. l.. Barton on the
Riddles Mills and Millersburg pike,
the negro, it is alleged, jumped in
front of the horse and grabbed the
bit.
Frightened at the sudden attack
the animal reared and plunged and
succeeded in freeing himself from the
grasp of the man. He then dashed
down the road at preakneck speed,
Miss Oliver making every effort to
check his speed until rug in the bug
gy becoming fastened in the wheel
caused the animal to increase his
speed and soon got beyond her con-
troll. The horse ran into a ditch on
the side of the road, throwing the oc.
cupant of the buggy out.
The girl was rendered partly un.
conscious by the fall and her injuries
were so painful that she could not
summons assistance, and remained
where she had fallen until Mr.. Hughes
residing lon the G S. Allen farm
found her on the side of the road
and taking on a feeC slide which he
was driving removed her to his home
where she was given every comfort
and soon recovered sufficiently to tel
her story.
The horse i'm his flight ran almost
to Riddles Mills snd was stopped
near the home of James Fisher. The
animal was recognized as being the
one driven by Miss Oliver and severa
started along the road toward Miilers
burg in an effort to find the girl, whC
it was believed had met met with
serious accident. The search cOntin
ued for some time until she was 10
Gated at the home Of Mr. Hughes.
According to the story of Miss Oil
yer, after attempting to stop the hors'
the negor climbed a fence and startet
across a field. He was soon lost tt
view. She described him as bein,
large and heavy set, black and wor,
a mustache She described his cloth
ing and claims to have seen him Of
several occasions. Immediately afte
the affair, which occurred about fou
o'clock, it was reported among tn
people of that neighborhood and sew
eral men set out in search of the ne
gro, but when darkness set in the
were compelled to abandon the hunt
Mrs. Barton, wife of V. L. Barton
near whose home the attack on tn
girl was made, claims to have seen
strange negro going along the road
few minutes before and Mr.. Barto
stated that he heard a scream, but a.
tached little Importance to it.
The people of the neighborhoo
were considerably excited over the a
fair, and had the man been caught
is more than likely he would hav
been summarily dealt with. SO
It was suggested that V. K. Null
kin, of Lexington, be summoned to tn
scene with his bloodhounds, but a
ter it was considered that snow ha
fallen during the intervening hours
this plan was abandoned. Resident
all along the Millersburg road hav
been notified and given descriptio
of the man and sharp lookout
being kept with the hope of capturin
him.