Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-18
BADLY CARVED.
Brown the Victim of a Cut
ting Scrape.
A Young Man Horribly Cut
and Slashed.
Detectives Cleverly Unraveling a
Mysterious Case.
Brown More sinned Against Than Sim
ning-Some One knitted Him All
Over-The Appearance of
His Coat.

was published an exclusive story about
cutting scrape at the Arcade saloon on
First street, public house owned by
James Michael, an ex-police officer. The
details of the affray were not obtainable
definitely, but they were published as
nearly the truth as resulted from the
detectives investigation. At about z :15
O'Clock Saturday evening stranger,
who claimed to be a new arrival from
the east, came to the police station and
reported that partner of his had been
cut in the face by gambler in the Ar
cade saloon. The stranger asked for
help, and Detective Auble went down to
investigate.
When the officer arrived at the saloon
there was no trace of the man cut, nor
of the individual who committed the as
sault. 1t was ascertained, however, that
the one who did the cutting was flash
and crooked gambler known as Brown"
and that the victim had been spirited
away with large knife-wound in his
forehead.
The eastern man who gave the infor-
nation declared that his friend had been
cheated in game of cards, aud that he,
himself, had interiered. Brown re-
monstrated. a fight ensued, and the VIC
tim OF the skin game also became the
victim of the assault. The informant
did not give his name but went on
hunt for his friend as we'll as the assail-
ant, being assisted in his search by the
police.
Detectives Auble and Benson did some
splendid work on the case later in the
night, and their efforts resulted in the
discovery of the gambler Brown. The
circumstances under which they found
Brown, however, lent an entirely differ
ent aspect to the whole case, and seem
to leave the gambler in a
condition of being more snned
against than SHINING. Brown was found
in the Russ house, at the corner OF
First and Los Angeles streets. shortly
before midnight, and is today probably
the worst cut-up man in Los Angeles
The officers, after locating the supposed
assailant, went upstairs in the Russ
house in the expectation of having q
desperate encounter with q bad man
who has reputation as desperate.
They were the more surprised to find
Brown in bed with number of serious
knife wounds, which leave him in
dangerous condition. The gambler had
received cut fully six inches long
across the small of his back, the knife
having barely skirted the spine and
having divided all the muscles of the
back; another cut or stab into his
shoulder, cutting threeinch cash back
of his shoulder bone, and thrust an
inch and half deep severing the tri-
ceps muscle of his right arm
He will probably recover from his in
| juries, because they are all flesh wounds,
but Mr.. Browns muscles, even should
he get back on his feet, will never be as
useful as they have been. The good
condition in which the wounded man is
at present is due entirely to the careful
attendance of his father, DR.. Brown,
retired physician and surgeon of stand
ing, who lives at the Russ house. The
aged doctor, who is SO years of age, is
most respectable gentleman, and is
heart-broken over this result of his
wayward sons designations. The poor
old father wept and prayed at his sons
bedside last evening, and fervently ex-
pressed the hope that the young gam
bier, whose age is only "a, might benefit
by this horrible lesson and reform his
ways. The doctor, with sobs, remarked
that the son had sworn over his mothers
dead body that he would reform, but
had broken his oath.
Young Brown is we'll known to the
police and has been in their clutches
before this ON similar charges to the
present one. 1t was on this account
that the active part of the cutting scrape
had been at once attributed to him, and
that no suspicion was entertained that
he might be the victim. This view of
the case was further strengthened by
the statement of Jimmy Michael, the
saloon-keeper, of the bar-keeper, and of
man named Langdon, who is now
locked up in the city prison.
The alleged new arrivals from the
east are not strangers here at all, al
though they have been here only few
months. The man who, it is alleged,
was spirited away by the saloon people
with bad cut in his forehead caused
by beer-glass, is known as "Mississip-
pi," and is plumber. His pal, the one
who brought the information to police
headquarters is, by analogy, known as
Tennessee. Both have absolutely dis
appeared, but will probably put in an
appearance, willy-nilly, at police head
quarters today.
The black cutaway coat and waist
coat of the wounded man, Brown, are
now hung up as evidence in the de-
tective room of the ''frent Office" The
for they are cut and slashed into shreds,
and are stiff with clotted blood. Any
one, to look at them, would not hesitate
to hold that the one who wore them had
been fairly chopped to pieces.