Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-03-01
Attempted Assassination of Foreigners
i'm ,Janan

The New York Tfibune publishes the
following IN regard to the attack iitdt
Dallas and Ring, the two English teach
ers III the Government College at Yed-
do: OF the circumstances of the at
taeE very little. is known beyond the
mere fact itself The two tsaehers had
stopped in the foreign quarters 81
leddo on the afternoon of Thursday,
the 18th ult., at which place they dis
missed their guards, intending to return
unattended to the college during the
evening. They STARTED about 7:3O
O'Clock, accompanied by young japan
ese tutor in the college, the special pu-
pll of Dallas, in fact. The distance
they had to travel is about ten miles by
the most direct route, but they
chose another course along the
streets generally we'll Ii shted
and thronged with people until a late
hour. For some four hours they wan
dered considerably beyond the right
way, and wgrs apparently lust about
moving towards their hotfies by by
streets, when they heard rapid footsteps
behind them, and, before they could
turn, Dallas felt a sharp blow which
nearly Frustrated him, but which he
did not at the moment knew te be the
cut of a sword. AS he was regaif1itg
his feet, Ring cried out that he was
wounded, and their only chance was to
turn and run. Fortunately there was
no resolute pursuit. In few moments
they gained q paper shop OH the prinei-
pal street, where they were received
with the utmost kindness, the in
mates closing their doors to pre-
vent the entrance of the invaders
carefully stanching the wounds and
sending messengers to the college and
to search for surgeons. The young
Japanese who accompanied them is said
to have run away in terror without
making any effort to attack or identify
the assassins. If he were really guilty
of this act of desertion, so contrary to
the principles of Japanese gallantry, he
will inevitably suffer degradation and
disgrace; if not worse. He has already
been imprisoned. In the morning the
teachers were removed to tea-house
close at hand and taken in charge by
the surgeon of the British Legation,
under whose care they have steadily
improved until the present. On the
goth they were conveyed to their homes
IN the college.
In spite Of every endeavor of the Jap
anese officials, nothing has been elected
to fix the crime on any individuals or
explain its possible motives but ven
ture to say that no government ever
manifested more determination of pur
pose to arrive at the truth Greater
promptness and vigor could not have
been exercised. By 10 o'clock Thurs
day evening every gate in Yeddo was
closed and sentinels stationed to pre-
vent the egress or ingress of any person,
except under strict surveillance By
the rivers and all the canals
were guarded, and no boats allowed to
leave the city, or even to freely
circulate. On Friday the entire class
of two-sworded men in Yeddo under
went an examination. Their weapons
were inspected by experts to discover
if any trace of blood existed upon them,
and they were called upon to give writ
ten certificates of their whereabouts on
the evening of the assault. Nor were
these measures mere formaGties, as /
have reason to know that they were
strictly executed in houses of high and
low alike. A great deal of the traffic
and social intercourse of the vast city
has actually been suspended in order
that nothing should be omitted that
might aid in bringing the offenders to
Justice.