Typed as spelled and written

Lena Stone Criswell

 

 

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT

Thirteenth Year - Number 41

Marlin, Texas, December 11, 1902

 

BAD NEGRO AT RIESEL.

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    HELD THE TRAIN CREW AT BAY WITH GUN

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    Officers were in the city Saturday night looking for "for a bad man from Bitter creek" who held the train crew at bay with a pistol while he rode from Harrison to Riesel.

    When the negro alighted from the train at Riesel citizens and officers of the town exchanged about a dozen shots with the negro, but failed to overhaul him.  They stated to the officers here that they followed him to Marlin but lost all trace of him here.

    Sheriff Greer received a message Sunday afternoon that a negro answering the description of the bad negro was at Perry and coming this way. The sheriff, and constable Peebles left at once for Perry and met the negro, whom they placed under arrest and brought to town.  After keeping him for several hours the sheriff could find nothing to connect him with the affair at Riesel and released him.

 

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by The Democrat, Marlin, Falls Co., Texas.