GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
Item
- Title
- GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
- Source
- Savannah Morning News (GA)
- Date
- 1884-06-07
- page
- 1
- Identifier
- , https://www.loc.gov/item/sn82015137/1884-06-07/ed-1/.
- Crime
- Rape
- Subject
- Attempted Rape; Employer wife
- Gender of alleged offender
- Male alleged offender
- Gender of alleged victim
- Female alleged victim
- Law enforcement involved
- Police
- Stage of the Legal System
- Arraignment
- Location
- In State, Lawrenceville GA
- Length of story
- 330
- Description
-
W A. Speer is in jail at Lawrenceville on
a charge of rape. The Gwinnett Herald says:
Speer was living with Mr. J. it. Davis as a
laborer on his farm, and had been employed
there for two or three months. On the 22d
instant, Mr. Davis had some business at
Lithonia, and left his wife at home. During
the day, according to the testimony of Mrs.
Davis," taken before the committing court,
while she was at work about her household
affairs, Speer entered the house with a razor
in his hand, and approaching Mrs. Davis,
told her he loved her, and made insulting proposals to her. This she
promptly resented, and told him she would
see him dead before she would submit. Speer
then took hold of her and she ran out on the
veranda, 'peer followed and renewed his
proposition. He then got a pistol and caught
tier by the shoulder and tried to get her to
kiss him, and when she refused and told him
she was going to Mr. Johnson’s and would tell
them what had occurred, he threatened to
shoot her. He kept her standing in the yard
about an hour before she could get away from
him. while he kept guard over her
with his pistol in his hand. He
told her he would accomplish his designs
if he had to kill her and then blow his own
brains out. As soon as she could get away
she went to Mr. Johnson’s, and when her husband
returned she told him what had occurred*
The warrant was sued out and the defend
arrested- He did not cross-examine her
on the trial, but made a statement in which
he stated that lie did come to the house after
medicine, but denied saying anything out of
the way to Mrs Davis, and also denied having a razor or pistol. The court committed
him to jail where he will probably remain until the grand jury investigates the matter.