Article taken from the Salem Daily News, November 23, 1896
Portsmouth, O, Nov. 23
Two unknown men, evidently tramps, assaulted Lizzie Jones at Sciotoville. They threw her into the Ohio River. The river was shoal at that point and the plunge in the water had the effect of reviving her. She struggled to shore and up the steep bank and reacher her home in a prostrate condition. Searching parties were sent out to track the men, but were unsuccessful.