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Clarke Courier
Berryville, Clarke County, Virginia
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Frank Holcombe, a 30-year-old colored man from Medina, NY, accused of attempting a criminal assault on 17-year-old Clara Rhodes in Alabama Centre, Genesee County, NY, on May 20 last, was captured in Lockport and taken to Batavia for trial. He attacked her while employed by her father and she escaped by tricking him.
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Frank Holcombe, a colored man, accused of attempting a criminal assault upon Clara Rhodes, seventeen years of age, of Alabama Centre Genesee county, N. Y., on May 20 last, has been caught in Lockport. He was taken to Batavia, where he will be tried. Holcombe is about thirty years old and is a resident of Medina. He was employed last spring by Farmer Rhodes, and during the absence of the family from home rushed into the house and threw the daughter down. She told him that if he would get her a drink of water, she would not resist him further. While the negro was at the well the girl ran out to the road and by her screams brought assistance.
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Alabama Centre, Genesee County, N. Y.
Event Date
May 20 Last
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holcombe caught in lockport and taken to batavia for trial; clara rhodes escaped unharmed.
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Frank Holcombe, employed by Farmer Rhodes, rushed into the house during the family's absence, threw Clara Rhodes down, and attempted a criminal assault. She tricked him into getting water, then ran to the road and screamed for help.