THE
MARLIN DEMOCRAT
APRIL
11, 1908
BUD
COLEMAN CHARGED OF ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO MURDER
In Judge Dashiell' s court on Wednesday afternoon Bud Coleman, the negro man who
beat up a negro woman by the name of Georgia Ann Hopperwood in the alley on the
south side of Mrs. Smith' s residence on the night of March 28, was given a
preliminary hearing on a charge of assault with intent to murder. He was not
represented by an attorney and refused to make any statement whatever concerning
the matter. Judge Dashiell fixed his bond at $250, which he was unable to make,
and he was sent back to jail, where he will remain until tried on the charge.
The woman was beaten up in a terrible manner, the weapon used being a picket. At
the time of the assault there were few people moving about in the neighborhood,
happening as it did at 10 o'clock at night.