San Jose (CA) Evening News, June 1, 1907, p. 5. CUT BY NEGRESS Jeffersonville, Indiana, June 1-While Henry Mears, twenty years old, son of Alfred Mears, was on the grounds of a dog show, he was attacked by Carrie Field, a negress, who slashed him with a knife across the face making a terrible wound. Prompt surgical aid saved his life. There was an embryo race war progressing at the time, but it is asserted that Mears did not incite the attack.