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Assault in the Evening Journal, 1900 & 1920

Bandits Leave Victim on Track.

Item

Title
Bandits Leave Victim on Track.
Source
Perth Amboy Evening News (NJ)
Date
1903-10-02
page
4
Identifier
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85035720/1903-10-02/ed-2/?sp=4&q=%22Assault%22+%22Assaulted%22+%22Assaults%22&r=0.091,0.821,0.43,0.199,0
Crime
Assault
Subject
Mutilated , robbery , offenders , adult , extreme
Gender of alleged offender
Male alleged offenders
Gender of alleged victim
Male alleged victim
Location
Out of state
AZ
Length of story
80
Description
Bandits Leave Victim on Track. NACO Ariz... Oct. 2. -J.W. Dooley, a ranch owner, was assaulted and robbed by highwaymen. The robbers then carried his unconscious body to the railroad tracks nearby. where they left him, expecting him to be killed and his remains mutilated so as to conceal their crime. Dooley was struck by a train and dragged a hundred feet, but escaped instant death. One arm and one leg were cut off, and he is injured internally.