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| Source Type: | Newspaper |
| Author: | n.a. |
| Publisher: | The Birmingham News |
| Place of publication: | Birmingham, AL |
| Date of publication: | 3/23/1907 |
| Transcript: | DOG SAVES WOMAN FROM ASSAILANT BIG NEWFOUNDLAND ATTACKS NEGRO AND FOILS HIS PURPOSE. POSSE ON TRAIL AND LYNCHING MAY FOLLOW. – Special to The Birmingham News. – FLORENCE, Ala., March 23. Cleveland Hardin, a hunchbacked negro, 22 years old, employed as a field hand on the place of B. F. Rice, seven miles west of Florence attempted to criminally assault Mrs. Rice yesterday at 2 O’clock. Finding her alone In the house, which is half a mile from the nearest neighbor, be attacked her and a desperate struggle ensued, lasting ten or fifteen minutes. A large Newfoundland dog finally came to her assistance and the the negro was driven off. Bloodhounds were sent to the scene, but took the wrong trail. Mrs. Rice is a sister-in-law of Sheriff Young, of Lauderdale county, and is highly respected. Two hundred men are searching the country surrounding for the negro, who is thought to have escaped in a boat down the Tennessee river. A Reward has been offered for his capture and a lvnching will probably follow. This is the first time in thirty years that a negro has attempted a criminal assault on a white woman in this county. |
| Citation: | “Dog Saves Woman From Assailant.” The Birmingham News (Birmingham, AL), March 23, 1907. |
Dog Saves Woman From Assailant
