The Marlin Democrat

April 11th 1908

Fixed Bud Coleman’s Bond

In Judge Dashiell’s court on Wednesday afternoon Bud Coleman, the negro man who beat up a negro woman by the name of Georgia Ann Hopperwood in the alley on the south side of Mrs. Smith’s residence on the night of March 28, was given a preliminary hearing on a charge of assault with intent to murder. He was not represented by an attorney and refused to make any statement whatever concerning the matter. Judge Dashiell fixed his bond at $250, which he was unable to make, and he was sent back to jail, where he will remain until tried on the charge.

            The woman was beaten up in  a terrible manner, the weapon used being a picket. At the time of the assault there were few people moving about in the neighborhood, happening as it did at 10 o’clock at night.

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