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Domestic News
September 2, 1891
Los Angeles Herald
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
What is this article about?
In Cathey Valley, Mariposa County, Cal., Miss Cora Eubank was brutally assaulted by a masked man while riding home on horseback Sunday night. Friends pursued the attacker with intent to lynch.
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BRUTALLY OUTRAGED.
A Heinous Crime Perpetrated in the Woods of Mariposa.
Merced, Cal., Sept. 1.—On Sunday night Miss Cora Eubank, who lives with her parents in Cathey valley, Mariposa county, was returning on horseback from a visit at a neighbor's. While riding through a thicket a masked man stepped out with a shotgun and ordered her to stop and dismount. She presumed that his intention was to steal the horse.
When the masked fiend approached she stood ready to deliver the animal. Horse-stealing, however, was not his design. He seized hold of her, threw her to the ground, and choked and beat her about the head until submission to his lecherous desires was necessary from physical exhaustion.
What happened after this Miss Eubanks has no recollection of. When found she was unconscious. When her consciousness returned she related the circumstances, and described the fiend as being a large middle-aged man, wearing faded clothes. A large number of friends started in pursuit of the criminal. They were all armed with guns, and determined to lynch the wretch if overtaken.
A Heinous Crime Perpetrated in the Woods of Mariposa.
Merced, Cal., Sept. 1.—On Sunday night Miss Cora Eubank, who lives with her parents in Cathey valley, Mariposa county, was returning on horseback from a visit at a neighbor's. While riding through a thicket a masked man stepped out with a shotgun and ordered her to stop and dismount. She presumed that his intention was to steal the horse.
When the masked fiend approached she stood ready to deliver the animal. Horse-stealing, however, was not his design. He seized hold of her, threw her to the ground, and choked and beat her about the head until submission to his lecherous desires was necessary from physical exhaustion.
What happened after this Miss Eubanks has no recollection of. When found she was unconscious. When her consciousness returned she related the circumstances, and described the fiend as being a large middle-aged man, wearing faded clothes. A large number of friends started in pursuit of the criminal. They were all armed with guns, and determined to lynch the wretch if overtaken.
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime
What keywords are associated?
Sexual Assault
Masked Attacker
Mariposa County
Cora Eubank
Horseback Attack
Lynch Pursuit
What entities or persons were involved?
Miss Cora Eubank
Masked Man
Where did it happen?
Cathey Valley, Mariposa County, Cal.
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Cathey Valley, Mariposa County, Cal.
Event Date
Sunday Night
Key Persons
Miss Cora Eubank
Masked Man
Outcome
miss eubank was choked, beaten, and assaulted until unconscious; friends armed and pursuing the criminal to lynch him.
Event Details
Miss Cora Eubank was returning on horseback from a neighbor's visit when a masked man with a shotgun stopped her, threw her to the ground, and assaulted her. She described him as a large middle-aged man in faded clothes.