Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-02
AUGUSTA LOCALS.
NJ eounrrEs RIO AssaulIs.
4 aaa Mss. We Is issahaeI IS TAsmas
Clark 81 This CITY

4 8ad Mss. NE Is Identified IS TAsaas
Clark 81 This CITY
Two assaults xegs esmn I.tet Thanks
giving night snd i. is shszghf. from the
description given by ens of bis Victims and
the identification Of t1o police offiesrs. that
the as ailans 10 Thomas Clark, late OF The
Maine Cessrafs employ in this city, ard
quite prominent in the Augusta police court
records.
Whoever il was. his ar.s victim vas an
inofen.Iye Chinsmsn, .ho, after being as
ssalsed, vent home and made no complaint
uutil Friday uornieg, when he discovered
this. be had lost over s3l.
This Chinsmsn IS Hop Ldng, young
man who 10 senior partner Of the arm which
runs the two Chinese laundries IN tes n
JoCxsAL reporter called upon him At the
laundry just south Of the Iost Office, ami
was told the foIlosing story, which 10 con-
densed AMI rewritten as Hop Lung uses the
broken English characteristic of his race.
About l2 o'clock. THURSDAY night,
vent up street TO take home big bundle OF
washing. When got up by the Augusta
Water Co.'S Office saw some men on the
other side of the street There were three
or four Of them, three. | think. oae of
them had Oh tall siik hat. Another one
Of them ran across the street and caugh,
hold of me and fred me down hard. |
got I'D and he fired me down again and
harder He pulled my clothes around and
got them all dirty. I laid there minute
and then got up anil ran home and went
to sleep, When woke up ia the morning
found that my mos cy vas gone out Of my
coat. II VAS over sJl. | say the police
men ard thu. Y said to see the city marshal.
[ could not ind him and so | vent ID Mr..
Titcoub and he will put the ulla in jail.
Il don't know the mans name, but
know his face. All u TWO months ago be
| came to ne al the other iauniry, up street,
aid had some 'xashee' done, When he
came for it be sid he had no money then,
but that was to 20 10 the Office and get it
| [ went 70 the Off e an hey :. no
monee, no payee.' The bill wis fu- 80
cents. have seen Tim since, bat could
not get nv money. lie has all the fingers
cut off one hAud AMI has a rel face. He
| worked at tie depot, hand ling trunks. |
said nothing to lin, but ran right away
While Hop Lung was telling his story he
| was busiIy engaged in his business, only
stopping occasionally to strengthen his
| story by come expressive gesture, especially
when at a loss for the right word. When
| he had finished bis story he brought out his
| quilted blue coat and showed the reporter
mud stains on the back, which plainly indi
Gated that the wearer recently had come
| into violent contact with the ground.
Hop Lungs description of his assail4nt
answers perfectly to that of the Thomas
Clark before mentioned. His story as to
| the time of the affair Is corroboratcd by an
| officer who passed him by the posto.lice go
ing in the opposite direction.
| Mr.. Titcomb was seen and said that from
| his invest cations he had no doubt that the
| Chinamans story was true and that, further,
| he believes that the latter was robbed of ms
money, although Hop Lung would not e1-
press an opinion on the matter TO the re-
porter, merely saying that he might have
been robbed or the pocketbook might have
fallen out and have been picked up. Mr..
Titcomb said that he would swear out
| warrant against Clark on Saturday.
The man who wore the tall silk hat is
known and the third man is said TO have
| hastily left town for New Hampshire.
A Journal reporter called upon Clark's
mother Friday afternoon and was told by
her that her son was not at home. She
| had heard that he had been engaged IN a
scutfe with fellow the night before.
| This "scuiIle" was the seconl assault al
ready alluded to. Ia this case James
| OBrien of Brien Bros, artists AMI pic
| ture frame dealers of Portland. He Is
stopping at the City hotel and is regarded
as quiet, self-respecting young man.
He told a Journal reporter Friday
evening, that he was gong home Thursday
| night at about IL 80 o'clock. He passed
three men at the corner of Water and
Bridge streets. One of the men wore a tall
hat. Another of the group began an in
sulting conversation, to which Mr.. o Brien
paid no attention but kept walking on
| merely occasionally making aquiet remark.
Finally the fellow, who was intoxicated
struck him. Mr.. O'Brien then turned
around, knocked down his assailant an. 81
kicked him in the ribs two or three times.
| The rest of the party came running along
| and the one in the tall hat caught Mr.
| O'Brien by the coat but the latter brok,
away and, picking up half brick that la
at hand. threatened to brain them if they
came on. At that iuncture the police came
running up, Mr.. O'Brien, on account OF it
being Thanks giving night preferred to make
no complaint.
Clarks companions on this occasion
are also said to have been the same that
were with him during his interview with
the Chinaman.
| Clark bears a hard reputation. lie was
recently dismissed from the position OF as
sstant day baggage master a: the Augusta
station of the Maine Central for drunken
ness and rudeness and discourtesy to ladies
in the baggage room" as one of the local
officials put it in conversation with JOUR
NAL reporter Friday. He was still more
recently found guilty and heavily fined by
| Judge Andrews for assaulting an electric
car conductor. Two public charges OF
breaking and entering, on each of which he
was in custody for a brief time, have been
settled by bis mother.
Grand Work Of Howard Benevolent Union.
The members of the Howard Benevolent
Union wish to publicly acknowledge the
services and efficienc of the Non-Psrtisan
F"Ys," who so kindly undertook the labori-
Gus task of soliciting from do0r to door f. r