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Show NEGRO REMOVED TO FOIL NOB Said to Have Confessed Assault on Maryland Women. NORFOLK. Va., June 13. The negro William Lee, charged with assault on Mrs. Robert Bamea and her cousin. Miss Frances Powell of Kingston, Md.. was brought safely to Norfolk today by the militia, who were hurried to Eastvllle, Va.. yesterday, by order of Gov. 8wanson to prevent the prisoner being lynched. Deputy Sheriff Lank ford states that he has the negro's confession. The question as to the time and manner of the prisoner's prison-er's delivery to the Maryland authorities is yet to be determined. Upon delivery of the negro at the Jail here the militia was disbanded. The Marylanders who crossed the border Into Virginia have returned to their homes. |