GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
Item
- Title
- GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
- Source
- Savannah Morning News (GA)
- Date
- 1884-06-18
- page
- 1
- Identifier
- https://www.loc.gov/item/sn82015137/1884-06-18/ed-1/.
- Crime
- Rape
- Subject
- Rape; Beating; Little Girl
- Race of alleged offender
- Black alleged offender
- Gender of alleged offender
- Male alleged offender
- Race of alleged victim
- Black alleged victim
- Gender of alleged victim
- Female alleged victim
- Stage of the Legal System
- Arrested
- Location
- In State, Covington GA
- Length of story
- 165
- Description
-
Last Monday morning about 9 or 10 o'clock,
about seven miles from Covington, near
Brick Store, a negro named Homer Perry, or
Bud Perry, committed a rape on a little negro
girl between 0 and 7 years of age. He took his
knife and lacerated her considerably, He
then beat her with a stick, breaking her under
jaw and skull. He hid her in the woods, covering her with leaves, and left. Perry then
gave a boy a quart of whisky to swear
that another negro committed the crime.
The negro accused was arrested and the above
facts came out on the commitment trial, the
defendant proving a complete alibi. In the
meantime the girl came to life and told her
story, she is still living. Homer Perry tied
the country. He is a light mulatto, between
15 and 16 years of age. Is a low. chunky,
heavily built fellow, with broad cheek bones,
and Is about 5 feet 6 or 7 inches in height.