The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-05-02

A Man Terribly Beaten With
Dray-Pin.


Last night murderous assault was made
upon q harness maker in the employ OF N.
Trenemsn, on Market Square, by the name
of Henry Schmidt, which may result In ms
death. little after dark, last evening,
Mrs. Herman. who lives near John Georges
NAL, house, was sitting by the open window,
when she was startled by the sound of a
heavy blow, succeeded by groan. She
listened, and the blow was repeated, and
| somebody Dried, 80, God, | must die" linen
the blow was struck again, and ire MS
ceased. The sounds proceeded ifoni 'A'
sIiav hack of the malt house. Inc Shhsns'
= o. n.ke sure of their work, struck
,,hor h,ow after q short interval, and the
.on,d, ceased. Mrs. Herman, by this time
recovering her presence of mind, rushed
down stairs and into the alley, giving the
alarm as she went. She there found . man
lying on his back, with his head in pool
of blood. Marshal Weber and q number
of citizens were soon on hand, and the man
WAS carried to Bengston's drug store, in an
insensible condition, where his wounds were
dressed. AS Mrs. Herman came out she
saw a woman 10 a white dress running up
the alley towards thee wooden mills. From
the incoherent mut,erings OF the wounded
man it was gathered that a negro woman
and q white man were the perpetrators, aud
with this clue a search was instituted, and q
negro woman found on the ferry boat who
answered the description, was arrested and
lodged in Jail. Near where Schmidt lay was
found the weapon used-an iron dray pin
with blood upon it, taken from a dray near
by. DR.. Grover, who dressed his wounds,
found the following injuries: he had a
deep cut laterally across the forehead, au-
other down the left temple, another across
the back Of the head, with q diagonal cut
across the lief, hand severing two fingers.
The affair caused considerable excitement
and numbers of citizens volunteered to
search for the perpetrator; but though two
or three suspicious characters have been
hanging around the city lately, no arrests
were made.
After the mans wounds were dressed he
was taken to the boarding house of Adam
Schmidt, on the levee, where he resides, and
where our reporter visited him this morning
His forehead is covered with gsshes, and
seems to be sunken in from the blows. he
returned to consciousness this morning and
/ processes to have no recollection of the sf-
/ fair whatever. From the fact of his pocket
book being found near by him turned inside
out, the suppostion is that he was enticed
up the alley for the purpose OF robbery
! The negro woman who was taken to jail
gives the name OF Sophia Williams and part y
confesses to completely in the crime. She
SAYS she went up the alley with two men,
and they got to qusrreling and she ran awsy
but this story is refuted by the fact OF blood
being found on her dress. Schmidt la:
been in this city about three weeks, and has
borne the reputation OF a quiet, steady
workman. He was paid off on Saturday
night AID got intoxicated, and remained IL
that condition during Sunday. He had but
/ esgAkN tcILs AZ ms purse at Tic l4the uc ~ns
assaulted He identified the purse found
near him as his property DR.. Grover say,
that be is in fair way of recovery. although
, If fever should easue it is somewhat doubt
J full. 1t is good while since any such crime
was CON United in our midst, and II conse
qaentiy created considerable excitement
: P 8 The negro woman as we lesrr
FROM Sheriff Drury, conversed with Blair
one of the riot prisoners, and explained tn,
affair by saying tina. it WAS her man. I
negro, who struck him, hard words having
passed between them. She said she saw
TWO blows struck and then run. She saw
she comes from Clinton, and as far as csI
be learned she is disrsputable characse
who travels up and down the river.