The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1879-08-19

But was not there said Chisholm,
and Immediately made a sort OF signal
or beckoning movement with his hand.
At once two men entered the room
from a side door, while six or eight
others rushed in from the front door of
the apartment. / started 10 rise from
my chair, when young man, a clerk,
/ think. slipped his arm arouud my
neck and began choking me. j strug-
gled 10 my feet when some of the other
assaIlants took me by the shoulders
and threw me so that my back struck a
desk. They then piled upon me. kick
ed me, jumped upon nay chest and pre-
vented my rising by knocking me down
whenever / could raise my head. Some
Of them clutched me by the head and
shoulders and others by the feet. and
tore my clothing open. My coat. vest
and underclothing were stripped back
over my head and pressed down by the
knees OF those holding me. A vessel
OF yarnish, with smarting turpentine,
was
POURED OVER MY NAKED BODY,
being kicked and paved into my flesh
by my assailants. While in this posi-
tion they daubed the paint all over my
body, from n distance above my knees
90 the very roots Of the hair on my
head. / cried 'murder' but away back
in that little dark room no one heard
me, aud one Of the brutes choked me
until / could not shout any more, and
was compelled 10 submit from sheer
exhaustion. During all this time Hen
~ Chisholm was looking on aud taunt-
ing me with words, and evincing the
GREATEST DELIGHT IN THE PRooREDNGs.
"When they were painting me with
the black paint which soon stung like
nettles, Chisholm said, 'Whitewash
himI and told me | had better write n
mp for my paper. Ny face swelled,
aud ny eyes were almost blinded from
the terrible blows and kicks they had
received. aud / don't know how ever
managed to leave that office, but leave
| did and remember that the clerks
laughed aud derided me as /
STAGGERED OUT INTO THE STREET.
81 turned the corner on St. Clair
street hill and was so weak that / fell
against a building and slipped down
upOn the pavement. | got mp, stag
gered awhile and fell again. / finally
with great pain, and at the expense OF
my remaining strength, reached a shan
ty on the hill, where, after rest,
succeeded in getting part of the smart
ing paint from my face, and from
whence / was able to hail hack aud
be taken home.
"When first attacked drew my re-
volyer, but it was struck from my hand
before could use it, aud they have it
yet, for all know"
Perkins made this statement Satur-
day afternoon while in bed and between
the gasps for breath caused by the
patti from his sore throat and internal
injuries. He is tall. very thin young
man and without hardly an ounce o
muscle or flesh in his compsiotion. He
Is constitutionally weak and sickly, as
was we'll known by his assailants, and
one whose very appearance would for
bid blow from any one else than
| from such low towards as those at
whose hands he has received most das-
tardly treatment, and perhaps fatal in
juries. He is but lately married to a
young woman. whose horror at receiv.
ing him in the awful condition in
which he was carried home yesterday
afternoon can only be imagined. She
was wild with grief and never leaves
her husband, who is at present fight
ing deaths aRonies 10 prevent leaving
her widow ia the midst OF their hon
eymoon.
VERY LATEST.
At . o'clock Monday evening Per-
kins was still alive, but his physicians
we're unable TO give positive encourage
meat 90 his friends He was suffering
| from violent spasms, which the doctor
said must be soon checked il his life
was 10 be saved His friends, however
were not without some hope that he
might "pull through.
About o'clock on Moudao after
noon Henry Chisholm, president Of the
/ Cleveland rolling mill company, and
five or six OF his employees were arrest
ed on a charge OF assault with intent to
kill. They went 10 the police court
prepared to give bail.
All day Monday expressions OF sym
I pathy for the Press and it's reporter
poured in profusely from all quarters.
The people of Cleveland are fully
aroused 10 the disgrace that has been
cast upon their city by one who should
from his influence and position have
been most forward in conserving it's