Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-19

Just before the departure Of the light
ming express from Virginia last evening
q murdsrous and cowardly assault was
made on Tom Clark. tho engineer Of the
train, by one OF three men who stepped
up behind him as he was passing down
Union street and crossing d and gave
him q terrible blow over the head with
. piece Of gas pipe. knocking him down.
The three men then jumped on him and
commenced kicking and stamping him
while down. He would undoubtedly
have been killed then and there but for
the ready assistance OF Charley HUFF and
P. q. Judge. who, seeing the assault,
intsrfered. picked Tom up and helped
him away down to the depot. Hun,
however, for his participation In the
rescue was prodded In the abdomen with
q scratch awl. but fortunately this dan
gerous weapon was not driven deep
enough to reach the inner cavity.
There was On unusually large crowd
OF people on Union street at the time.
lured there, as was supposed, by the
pleasant weather and to see the train
start and who went away on It. OF
course there was o grand rush as soon as
the assault was made. After the attack
over Charley Huff pointed to one
man In the crowd and said /: "There.
that's the man who struck Clark ; that
there with o cap on" The indi.
vidual pointed out skulked round among
the crowd and escaped. No arrests
were made. Both HUFF aud CLARK say,
however, that they are able to identity
him.
The prevailing opinion il that the at.
tack on Clark last evening wal q renewal
OF the difficulties between him aud the
Mechanics Union OF Storey county.
Still several members Of the Union and
those high In authority deny It. OF
course II Is at present impossible to as.
certain the facts in the case. There
have been several changes In engineers
since the difficulty between Clark and the
Union last summer, and the superstition
Is that all men in the employ OF the rail.
road company who were friendly to or
acted with the Union at that time have
been let out and their places supplied
by new men. The report that Clark ran
In his engine for the FIRST time yesterday
Il not true. He has been running his
engine for some time back. A police
man in Virginia told the NEWS represen-
tative that the Union men said yester-
day that Clark should not run his engine
out last evening. Whether this be true
or not, there certainly was o large mum.
Dor OF Union men on hand Immediately
after the assault last evening. 1t Is
doubtful, however, II the gathering was
OF Union men or II the pro-
was larger than might DO eI-
pected when the day and weather are
Still the Union has to take
The blame OF the assault and no outsider
Gan say unjustly 80. =.
Clark was helped, after the assault
was over, to the depot, and Q surgeon
sent for. The blow on his head was
Iound to have cut bis ear open and
the skull. The wound was
dressed and be took Q passenger
Gar for Carson.
A NEWS representative called on Dr..
W. Conn. who dressed Clark's wound.
md he said the blow was given from
and in q dangerous portion OF
The brain, and II Il had been received an
.nch higher would have probably re.
lulted fatally. Clark said be was badly
kicked and stamped and bruised about
Tho breast, but as the train and mail
waiting he would 60 to Carson be-
lore having those injuries looked to.
The train was delayed three-quarters OF
IN hour. Another engineer. named
CLARK, came up with the train today.