Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-12
cur BY Il oHINAMAs.
The Consequence of Fooling with i
Mongolian When He Has a Weapon
Handy.

Mongolian When He Has q Weapon
Handy.
Saturday afternoon a young man
named John Braden was cut on the neck
by q wood-saw in the hands of q China
man who wal saving wood in the alley
between West Broadway and West Park
street. He was carried into the rear room
OF Murphy's saloon on West Park street,
where DIR. Leavitt was called. who exam.
ined the wound and found it not serious,
though it was an ugly, ragged opening,
being caused by such an uncouth instru.
ment.
When a reporter obtained admission to
tn room where Braden was lying stretched
out on q couple OF tables. he was weak
from loss oil blood, but rational, though
unable to converse above a whisper. The
saw had struck him to the right of the back
OF the neck, and just missed the jugular.
From one oil the friends OF the man, the
following account of the affair was given.
"Braden and another man and myself bad
been il his saloon d little while, and went
out by the rack door leading to the alley.
Braden was about ten feet ahead Of us.
As he walked by the Chinaman, who was
saving woo in the alley. he chucked him
under the chin and said, Halo, John,
how are you getting on with saving
the wood?' Without a word the
Chinaman drew the saw out of the
log OF wood aud dealt Braden O. blow on
the neck with it. He fell aud We ran up to
him and carried him in here, never giving a
Thought to the Chinaman. We thought he
was dead at first, as he was bleeding freely
from the wound and looked as if an artery
had been cut"
After the wound had been ~staunched,
Braden was taken in an express wagon to
the Sisters Hospital.
From another party who witnessed the
affair it was learned that as Braden was
passing the China man, who was %stoopi2g
over his saw with the usual plodding indus
try OF his race, he knocked him over ON
the ground with a blow, which the China
man resented immediately by springing up
and dealing Braden the blow that came
near taking his life.
Search was Immediately instituted for
the Chinaman. who was cutting the wood
for the St. Louis Restaurant on Broad
way, through which he passed and disap-
peared from sight. The Sheriff and Under
sheriff arrested several of the Chinese who
W and run the restaurant, and took
them up to the County Jail, as they re-
fused OF protested to be unable to reveal
the fugitive's name or whereabouts.
The affair created a good deal Of excite
ment in the neighborhood of its occurrence,
and there were loud threats made OF going
to Chinatown and hanging a few OF
the residents there to make them disclose
the fugitiye's whereabouts. But moth .ng
came OF this.
The police say that they are not sur
I,rised at the action OF the Chinaman, as
the Chinese residents here are daily sub.
jected to such repeated and wantoh insults
at the. hands of hoodlums, large and small,
which in the main go unresented, that they
are goaded to desperation. Instances are
Of everyday occurrence where Cinnamon
passing along are treated TO insults amount
ing to personal violence calculated to drive
b white man crazy. The feeling among all
is against the presence OF Chinese,
al long as they are employed and pa
troDiz2d by the white people they should,
at least, be free from personal violence.