ATTACKS GIRL; FEAR LYNCHING
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Title
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ATTACKS GIRL; FEAR LYNCHING
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Source
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The Seattle Star [WA]
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Date
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5/19/20
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page
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1
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Identifier
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https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ndnp/wa/batch_wa_bainbridge_ver01/data/sn87093407/00200290847/1920051901/0077.pdf
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Crime
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Assault
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Subject
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grabbed; child abuse
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Race of alleged offender
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dark skinned
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Gender of alleged offender
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male alleged offender
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Gender of alleged victim
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female alleged victim
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Law enforcement involved
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sheriff
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Stage of the Legal System
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crime
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Location
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In state; Seattle
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Length of story
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261
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Description
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10-Year-Old Child Assaulted at Ronald Station - Posses of armed deputy sheriffs and infuriated citizens of Ronald station were combing the woods north of the city Wednesday for an unidentified dark-skinned stranger, who seized a 10-year-old girl, living at the station, about 9:30 o'clock this morning and viciously attacked her. Bloodhounds from the county stockade were taken to the spot where the stranger was last seen and put on the track Wednesday afternoon. The girl is at her home in a serious condition. The man attacked the girl as she was walking along a road near the station. Clapping his hand over her mouth, he dragged her into the brush. Her screams for aid aroused men working near the station. They arrived just as the man dodged into the woods. He is of medium stature, dark skinned, and wore blue overalls. black hat and checkered socks, according to their description of him. Sheriff John Stringer was notified and two carloads of deputies were dispatched. Residents of the station, which is located on the North Trunk road five miles north of the city limits, were aroused to high pitch by the stranger's vicious assault. Deputies are under orders to bring the man direct to the county jail should he be caught, for fear some of the excited Ronaldites might attempt violence on him. Deputies Matt Starwich and William Sears carefully searched the woods all the way to Lake Forest park, while Deputies Campbell, Lee, Merrill, Ramage and Scoones made an effort to locate the man on the opposite side of the station.
