Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell
THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 10
Marlin, Texas,Thursday, May 2, 1907
ARRESTED ON SERIOUS CHARGES
-----
Negro Held a Second Time for Simi-
lar Offense.
-----
A negro named Pittman was brought to town by a number of other negroes Wednesday
and delivered to Sheriff Poole.
He is held for attempting a heinous crime
east of town early that morning. He was but recently discharged in a
similar case for want of sufficient evidence to convict. The negroes, who
brought thim (sic) in were armed with shotguns and formed a cavalcade that
looked menacing to the prisoner.
The complaining witness is a young negro
girl.
---------
Copyright permission granted to Theresa Carhart and her volunteers for
printing
by The Democrat, Marlin, Falls Co., Texas