Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1916 — WOMAN GRABBED BY BRUTE OF A MAN [ARTICLE]

WOMAN GRABBED BY BRUTE OF A MAN

Mrs. Lawrence Parsons Fought Him Off and Screamed For Help Near Her Home Saturday Night. - As Mrs. Lawrence Parsons, whose husband is a blacksmith at Fred Hemphill’s shop, was going to her home, the former A. G. W. Farmer property, last Saturday night at about 11 o’clock a man who had followed her all the way from the court house sprang at her when she had reached the Nathan Fendig corner. He tried to throw her down and she fought him off and called for help. So well did she fight that she pulled away from him and ran into the Hannah Davisson property occupied by William Karstner. There she related her trouble and secured an escort to her home a few doors south. Mr. Karstner and another man saw the man who had attacked Mrs. Parsons, but he ran and they were unable to apprehend him. Mrs. Parsons did not know who it was but secured a good look at him and is sure she •could identify him,