Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-08-16

minister Will do her whole duty on the
first Tuesday of September.
A BRUTAL AssAULT.-On Sunday
evening last, just before dark, Mr..
L. M. Read was walking eastward on
School ST., when he met stranger, who,
when even with him, instantly turned
and struck him violent blow on one
eye. Mr.. Read was staggered some
what by the blow, but recovered, and
was again struck in the other eye.
Again he recovered, and again was he
struck down by his unknown assailant.
By this time Mr.. r., who has had a SOL
dier's experience, thought it about time
to call up his reserve forces, and he seiz-
ed and held the man from doing further
violence. Meantime a crowd was col
Letting, and he called upon them to help
arrest the man, who was trying to get
away. A stranger, who was no doubt a
sympathizer with the assailant, asked
Read to let go OF his man, as so many
we're present he would not then attempt
to escape, to which solicitation Read
yielded, when he Immediately fled across
the street into the corn in Capt Taylor's
garden. Mr.. Reads face was streaming
with blood from the bruises he had re-
ceived, but with true pluck he instantly
followed his assailant and called for aid
Mr.. j. ID. Perkins responded, and he
and Read again seized their man in the
cornfeld. Meantime, Mr.. j. ID. Bridg-
| man, who resides ON Henry ST., heard the
| cry for aid and crossed over to the field
of action, where another gentleman fur
| nished him with revolver During all
this time the prisoner was using the most
violent and threatening language and
defying everybody. Threatening S. S.
Coolidge, who was urging him to sub
init peacefully to arrest, Arthur Cool
idge armed himself with club for an
emergency. Seeing which, the assailant
fled both hands with rocks, declaring
that two could play at that game. Mr..
Bridgman drew the revolver and COM
manded his submission. The man de-
! fed him to shoot and made motion as
| if to draw revolver himself No one
believed he had one, however, but Mr..
Bridgman then cooked his revolver, and
this incident had the proper effect. He
then asked to go for his hat, but was in
formed that if he took one step further
in that direction he would be shot down.
He was thus made to walk, with revolver
ready, up School street and down by the
side of the steps, when Capt. Taylor, who
had been sent for, arrived, and he and
S. S. Coolidge seized him, and he made
no further resistance, and was at once
secured in the lookup. This man proves
to be one William Savage, brakeman
on the Cheshire railroad, who belongs in
Montpelier, and first class desperate
when Infatuated by liquor. The attack
was without the slightest provocation, as
they were total strangers and not word
had passed between them when he began
the assault. Savage broke mans jaw
at Walpole few weeks since, and, we
understand, did the same thing at Mont
pelier longer time since, and once at
Fitchburg he smashed mans head. He
was no doubt crazed with liquor when he
attacked Read, and would have assault
ed any other person had he been there.
In fact, he was the same as a mad bull
or mad dog loose in the streets.
Mr.. Read was severely bruised, his
face swelling badly and unable to be out
on Monday. On Tuesday he was better
and on which day Savage was brought
before Justice Bridgman, and held to
bail in the sum of $4,000, for his appear
ance at County Court, and $1,000 more
to keep the peace for one year. On ex-
animation he was quite Indifferent, and
made oath that he had not tasted drop
of liquor that day. He has thus added
perjury to his other crimes, as one man
has already been found who saw him
drink on that day. As he neither asked
and no one offered to invest $4,000 in his
bonds, Capt. Taylor took him to Jail al
Fayetteville on Tuesday He is said to
; be peaceable, except when under the in
fuence of liquor, at which times he has
certainly proved himself most danger