Clay County AlArchives News.....16-year-old Girl Assaulted at Delta August 3, 1932
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Anniston Star August 3, 1932
James Stephens, negro worker on the farm of Homer Lee Sims, near Delta, was in 
the Clay County Jail here today charged with an assault on a 16-year-old white- 
girl near Delta Tuesday afternoon. The negro was caught at his home a quarter of 
a mile from the scene of the crime at 8:30 last night and taken into custody by 
Sheriff Charles Phillips and two deputies who tracked him with bloodhounds. The 
girl was said to have been on her way home from a neighbor's house, where she 
had eaten dinner, between 2 and 3 o'clock. The negro was said to have met her on 
the road, choked her and dragged her into a ditch about 100 yards from the road. 
She was found later in the afternoon by friends who took her to her mother's 
home. The community of Delta was incensed by the crime had possess set out in 
all directions. Bloodhounds were sent from Montgomery. When found in his cabin 
the negro surrendered without a struggle. The girl was attended by two 
physicians at her home today and was reported in a serious condition.

Ashland Progress Aug 11, 1932:
James Stephens, one of the negroes who was lodged in jail here last week, 
suspected of having attacked a young white woman near Delta, was identified by 
the young woman as the man who had assaulted her. This took place last Thursday 
and Thursday night a group of angry men from the northern part of the county 
threatened to storm the jail. Suspecting, however, that some such attempt might 
be made, Sheriff Phillips and Deputy Sheriff McCollum, took the prisoner from 
the jail a short while before the mob arrived and by a back route from the jail 
yard departed with him. and took him to Kilby Prison, Montgomery, where he was 
safely incarnated.  After the visitors were informed that the negro had been 
taken away and were permitted to verify the statement by having some of their 
number enter and search the jail, they dispersed without undue demonstration.

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