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MONT ItKUTAL ASSAULT lt;1Mr». Granville Kearns Struck Downby Highway Robber.Mi*. dranviile Kearns, (13 year* of age, was knocked down by a blow from a weapon, In the hands of a highwayman, ju*t a* she was about to Pl enter her home at the corner of Vine 1tatoand High street Thursday night, and w robbed. Mrs. Kearn* while badly in ^ jured is not seriously hart. **Mrs. Kearn* had been spending the 1C( evening at a party given at the home dlt; of Mrs. Bculiln on Franklin Btreefc. It I a*was not yet 9 o’clock when Mr*. P( Ki arn* started for home. The streets tftiwere lighted by the arc street lamp* all the homes of the city sent ont from |81 window* cheerful rays of light, people were coming and going along ltthe sidewalk*. It was yet early in the 0 evening and Mr*. Kearn* was not 11 afraid. For many years she has visit* 118 ed her friends about the city andp never had anything to fear, even M1 when Austin was a pioneer town, and j u when there were no sidewalks and nostreet lamp* or police protection. She felt no apprehension until she approached the corner of Vine and Laws- J ^ log ave. when she was aware that a man was keeping close behind her. 1° She felt that tner^ was no reason for n alarm but as she could not shake the I r!ellow off her steps nor would he pass her, her fear increased. With her|n rising fear* *he quickened her steps ~and it wa* with great satisfaction that J1( she came up to her own yard and had but a few steps to take to put her on |1 her own land wheu the tough stepped to her side and dealt her a blow on I LcIthe temple, knocking her to the|c ground. He then grabbed her handjt bag containing some fancy work —u her purse which held a bill andsome silver and ran. . ,Mrs. Kearns wa* not knocked In-j t sonsible and she pluckily turned her face to the villian but did not get a good look at him.With the blood streaming from a three cornered gash over her faea and down her furs Mr*. Kearn* entered her home where her daughter Mis* Alice Kearns was awaiting her. The ngly wound bled most profusely forsome time.The authorites were notified as soonas the family f'ould get telephone connection with the officers anc it isIto be most sincerely hoped that the assailant will be caught. The authorities will leave no stone unturned todetect the criminal.This assault and robbery i* one of the most brutal that ever occurred in-I1*our city. We have had more seriouscrimes but a case of such premeditated assault, committed on a helpless woman, this city has neverjexperieneed before.The Minneapolis Tribune of Thurs day tells of two suspects who are wanted for the murder of C’has. O. Bader of Minneapolis, who were track ed to this city. The Tribune says-Detective l^awrence went tlt;Owatonna, Minn., where, he had been Informed, two men, were under arrest on suspicion. When he reached that city he discovered that the marshal had not arrested the men, but had merely kept them under surveillance Lawrence followed the men fromOwatonna to Austin and there lost track of them. From descriptions,however, the detective is positive that the suspected ones had nothing to do with the Bader murder.
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Austin Daily Herald
Austin, Minnesota, US
Fri, Dec 29, 1905
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