White Fiend Charged with Criminal Assault
September 1, 1906
Summary
A black man assaults a five year old girl, leaving her in a “precarious condition.”
Transcription
White Fiend Charged with Criminal Assault
Cairo, Ill., Aug. 27--- The 5 year old daughter of Edward Albright, a farmer near Bertrand, Mo., was assaulted this afternoon by Charles Goforth, a farmhand employed by her father. Goforth was captured in the Mississippi swamps by farmers headed by Albright, who seriously hurt Goforth and tried to kill him but Goforth was rescued by deputies with bloodhounds brought from Charleston, Mo. Goforth was taken to Charleston. The little girl is in a precarious condition. A report reached here that a mob is going from Bertrand to Charleston to attempt to lynch Goforth to night.
Cairo, Ill., Aug. 27--- The 5 year old daughter of Edward Albright, a farmer near Bertrand, Mo., was assaulted this afternoon by Charles Goforth, a farmhand employed by her father. Goforth was captured in the Mississippi swamps by farmers headed by Albright, who seriously hurt Goforth and tried to kill him but Goforth was rescued by deputies with bloodhounds brought from Charleston, Mo. Goforth was taken to Charleston. The little girl is in a precarious condition. A report reached here that a mob is going from Bertrand to Charleston to attempt to lynch Goforth to night.
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Upper Right Quadrant
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Emma Roberts
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“White Fiend Charged with Criminal Assault,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed May 12, 2025, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/736.