Connecticut western news., 1886-05-12
A Brutal Assault.

Last Friday morning J. F. Schorer, travelling salesman for Charles G. Kim berly x Co.,, of New Haven, brutally as- saulted MT N. P. Loomis, clerk of the Warner House. as he was standing on the platform at Union depot in this will lage. A near as we can ascertain the facts in the case they are substantially as follows:
 Landlord Warner says that "Schorer has occasionally stopped over night at the Warner House and twice has left town without paying his bill or making any arrangements in regard to it. War her sent the first bill to Schorer's em- ployers in New Haven and they paid it. The second bill they did not pay" Schorer claims when he last left Canaan he took the early morning train, and as no one was up in the house except the hostler he paid the money to him. He also says that Warner or Loomis wrote two letters to his employers and the tone or import of said letters was such that he expected to lose his situation, so he resolved to have personal satisfac- tion on both Warner and Loomis; in fact, we hear that he boasted before reaching Canaan that he was coming here to ''knock out" Warner and Loomis. Whatever his provocation was he cer- tainly was not justified in assailins MT Loomis in the manner that he did.
 Schorer arrived by the H. & C. w. train at $40 a. m. Friday last and seeing MT Loomis standing on the depot platform he stepped up to him and asked, "Are you the man who wrote that letter to Kimberly" MT Loomis replied "Yes, sir, ''and he meant to have added "by direction of the landlord" but before he could finish the sentence, Schorer dealt him John l.. Sullivan blow in the eye following it up with two savage blows in the mouth. Schorer was immediately arrested by Deputy Sheriff Richmond, who had Just stepped aboard the train on his way to Hartford, and placed in charge of a ke eper until Richmond returned in the evening. MT Loomis is seriously in jured and is confined to his bed. He received deep cut under the eye, ,neces sitating it's being sewed up by Dr Camp. One tooth was knocked out and was picked up on the depot platform. An other tooth will soon drop out and four more are loosened. Ais face is fearfully swoolen, both eyes nearly closed and at this writing (Monday afternoon) he is suffering great pain aud his countenance is scarcely recognizable.
 Schorer was soon brought before Jus tice Bennett, but was given an oppor- tunity to procure counsel. Schorers brother arrived from New Haven in the evening. The hearing was adjourned until o'clock Saturday morning, and resulted in Schorer being placed under $1 ,OO0 bonds to appear ct the next crim inal term of the superior court to be held in Litchfield in October next. Geo H. Clark of Salisbury became bondsman. Schorer was immediately re-arrested on civil action for damages and placed under $500 bonds to appear at the civil term of the superior court to be held in Litchfeld in July. Mir Clark also became bondsman in this case, for Kimberly < Go. had authorized him to give bonds in both cases. Schorer left town at noon remarking that he was sorry such an affair had occurred but that he had learned something during the last "A hours. He probably thought it would only cost him about $7 to as- sault Canaanite, but he discovered his mistake.