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Palestine Daily Herald
Palestine, Anderson County, Texas
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In Fort Arthur on Nov. 6, Spencer White, a Negro employed by the Gulf Refining Company, was severely stabbed in a quarrel aboard a work train by another Negro coworker, who escaped by jumping from the moving train. White's wounds, including a potentially fatal cut to the back, are critical.
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Assailant Jumps From Train and Succeeds in Escaping.
Fort Arthur, Nov. 6. - Spencer White, a Negro, and another Negro employed by the Gulf Refining company, became involved in a quarrel while aboard the work train which runs out of the plant. The result was that White was cut in the back with a jack-knife, which will probably cause his death. He was also cut across the scalp four times, in the leg and also in the side, all of which are very ugly wounds. His assailant jumped from the moving train and made his escape.
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Fort Arthur
Event Date
Nov. 6
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spencer white cut in the back (probably fatal), across the scalp four times, in the leg, and in the side; assailant escaped.
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Spencer White and another Negro employed by the Gulf Refining company quarreled aboard a work train. The unnamed assailant cut White with a jack-knife and jumped from the moving train to escape.