Clay County AlArchives News.....Mrs. Hannah [Hanner?] Assaulted July 20, 1899 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Linda Ayres http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00031.html#0007674 February 17, 2023, 7:24 pm The Birmingham News July 20, 1899 A determined search is being made in this part of the State for a negro named Jesse Bryant, who, it is said, committed a criminal assault on Mrs. Hannah, of Clay County, last Monday. The people of Lineville and vicinity had him surrounded in a swamp, but a severe hailstorm came up causing them to abandon the chase temporarily. In the meantime, he escaped. Sheriff Glover arrested a negro here today for Bryant, but he proved to be the wrong man. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/clay/newspapers/mrshanna2045gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb