The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-23 00:00:00

THAMES.

STAIMING.--GERMAN DANCINGROOMS.—Francis Fust,
a tall, rouglf-looking fellow, was brought before Mr. Selfe,
charged with assaulting and wounding August Heberlin,
a stick maker, of No. 24, Grey Eagle-street, Spitalfields.
The parties were in.a German dancing room last night,
and Heberlin stood up with his partner and was about to
dance, when the prisoner rudely pushed them back, and
said he ordered the dance for himself, and no one else. He-
berlin commenced tripping it, not on the "light fantastic
toe," but with his heavy heels and boots. The prisoner
again pushed Heberlin away, a row took place, and the
landlady interfered, ordered the music to cease, and said there
should be no more dancing. The Germans separated amidst
a war of words. About half an hour afterwards Heberlin
was passing down Leman-street, a short distance from the
German dancing-house, with a friend, when the prisoner
and another man, came behind them, and assaulted bothsud-
denly, and with great violence. Heberlin turned round
and the prisoner struck him on the head. He fell
senseless to the ground, and when he was raised and car-
ried into the H division station-house, in Leman-street, it
was discovered there was a large incised wound on his
head. Inspector Denby, of the H division, who saw the
wound dressed, had no doubt it was inflicted with a knife,
or other sharp instrument.
Several German witnesses gave evidence of the outrage,
and that blood was streaming from the complainant's head
directly he was struck. A constable, named George New-
man, heard a cry of "Murder, murder, a man is stabbed,"
in English, and exclamations in German, and upon pro-
ceeding towards the spot he saw the prisoner running and
stopped him.

Mr, Selfe commented on the atrocious and cowardly con-
duct of the prisoner, and said there were good reasons for
not sending the case to the sessions and risking a failure of
justice. He should dispose of the case summarily by sen-
tencing the prisoner to two months' imprisonment and
hard labour,

Peter Helkessel, a German, aged 36, of Manchester-road,
Blackwell, was charged with assaulting Gustace Kahuss
and James Brown.
This case arose out of the dispute in the dancing-7023!
which the complainants, one a German, the other:n:sn%
lishman, took part. When the German, Ilebeeidres
at was
struck, and murder was called, Bevan,
123, Leman-street, went to the spot to aswcehwroteareien
intoxicated
the matter. The prisoner Helkessel, whh:bea ..
d Kahuss,
and raving, knocked him down and cut
something
sharp,
and
what was
the German, was also struck with t
sustained considerable injury•
when they reached the station
that Helkessel fol-
lowed was proved by several witnesseshe.lol:B:sh men were bleeding
lett the dancing room
when t
lowed Bevan and Bahusa
Y disturbances had
and maliciously attacked bottat
frequent
rooms, and they had led
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German
description. He sentenced Het.
to several oltrages
of
t risonment for the assault on Bevan,
esorry to
nsadyaneing
kessel to six weeks' imp
imprisonment, for the assault on lialiuBa : .
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and six weeks' iwPild with hard labotu~
to threc moatasi "