ASSAULTED AS SHE GOT FOOD
Item
- Title
- ASSAULTED AS SHE GOT FOOD
- Source
- Evening Journal (DE)
- Date
- 7/28/20
- page
- 6
- Identifier
- https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85042354/1920-07-28/ed-1/?sp=6&q=assault&r=-0.095,0.045,0.479,0.289,0
- Crime
- Assault
- Subject
- criminal assault,
- Race of alleged offender
- Black
- Gender of alleged offender
- male alleged offender
- Race of alleged victim
- white
- Gender of alleged victim
- female alleged victim
- Law enforcement involved
- Chief of police
- Stage of the Legal System
- held without bail
- Location
- In state, Wilmington DE
- Length of story
- 177
- Description
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ASSAULTED AS SHE GOT FOOD
Mrs. Talley Identifies Thomas as Negro Who Attacked Her
PRISONER HELD WITHOUT BAIL
Visibly affected when brought face to face with Ernest Thomas, Negro, whom she charged with committing a felonious assault upon her at her home, near Dexter's Corner, in Blackbird hundred, last Thursday morning. Mrs. Emma Talley, aged 58—years, white, identified the prisoner In Magistrate Gilils’ office yesterday afternoon as the man who had attacked her, Thomas, who was handcuffed to Chief of Police Lee Cochran, of Smyrna, and guarded by Stale Detective McCoy and Constable Whittington, was sullen and refused to make any statements or ask any questions.
The hearing before Magistrate Gilds lasted but a few minutes, Thomas being held without bail to answer the charge of felonious assault and committed to prison lo await trial.
According to Mrs. Talley’s testimony, she was attacked by Thomas while she was preparing him some food he had asked for.
Thomas was arrested near Smyrna by Chief of Police Cochran, following the alleged assault and brought here for safe keeping.
