The Marlin Democrat
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, March 10, 1904

RAILROAD AGENT ASSAULTED
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Found In An Unconscious Condition
By Track
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     Station Agent Towns, of the I. & G. N. railway at Hallsburg, was assaulted at an early hour Friday-night by a negro and left beside the railway track near the station in an unconscious condition.
     His wounds consisted of a long gash on the head and a bruise on the arm as if made with a blunt instrument.
     He was picked up by the south bound night passenger train and taken to Mart where he was given medical attention. He was taken to the hospital at Palestine today.  It is believed that he stands chance for recovery.
     What provoked the assault, or if there was any provocation could not be learned.
     Mr. Towns had been at Hallsburg about two months having formerly held the agency at Cawthorn.



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