The sun., 1894-05-04
SOMEBODY sLUeeED COOK.
The Buusr.studsut-Ponuoi Dsseriss. the
Event HimssiG


John l. Cook. who organized the sohoolboy
movement against displaying the Irish flag on
the City Hall on st. Patrick's day. and appealed
later to Mayor Gilroy on behalf Of the Sons Of
Africa to display the 1iberian emblem on the
anniversary Of John Browns birth was hit on
the head In the street at 3 o'clock Yesterday
morning. He was stunned and three Of lis
teeth were knocked out.
Policemen found him lying unconscious in
the gutter on Forty fourth street, near Fifth
avenue. They thought him dead. but when a n
ambulance arrived the doctor soon revived
him. AT the Flower Hospital he said he was
| n student. and named DR. WIlfred G.. Fralick.
745 Madison avenue. as his friend. He is a
butler Mt 2l7 West Forty-iourth street. and
was formerly employed By the Doctor. who
says he was always very studious. and spent
much OF his time when he should have been
working reading the Doctors books. Hc was
eccentric. and often left his dutics without
permission to attend public meetings. lie
was not fond Of women nor OF liquor. and was
never known to gamble. and yet ho was fond
OF proving around the streets late at night.
During the three years in which he had ac-
cess to the Doctors books he contracted some
origin al ideas on government. His friends
say he is the Republican captain Of the Thirty
first Election district OF the Assembly district
cal enemies are responsible Tor the attack. He
told the story to u Sun reporter in the hospital
You see. old man" he said, they've done
me at last, I've always heard that Recorder
Smyth walked near the curUstone. so no one
rubber shoes did it. rubber shoesi Why was
night. you Know when something hit me on
haSa nes1 nsa, somstSIbmE hard End heavy must
thing. Il was % terrible % blow u p'p' Ut '0'ne'
Providence was surely In It, for my hat saved
me1a human hat; sIr human hatl It broke
low was smaller than /. Pm sure. but didn't
see him. pid you ever try to talk without your
dence again. thou lGh The murdsrous iniio
Only pad ten cents for ua thc9 on PARK row the
other day. Well. foil and tried my best 10 re-
ss09yer my falling senses, hut / think they
but felt them. / tell you They wanted to dis. lis.
figure me and they've done It.
me to mail a letter Tor her. took il and said
schopes till late hour. Then being con-
,scientiops about the letter went out to carry
way home from there that it happened. who
have he It yet. 50 It wasn't thieves. Iwouidn't
been a sscessoni;t from South Caroiins. HSSs Yos
them. They intimidste them at the polls and
80 rule by right OF might. wanted to punish
them by taking away these colored citizons,
establishing the colored men in Oklahoma,
making II a State for colored men aud calling
1t Llncolnia.
I'm poor now. / ran away from my folks.
But III get there some day. you bet! You've
at table, Well I've done that. but 1t won't
always he. Wen make q Mayor Of Col. Cock
missioner or something; Lincoln had his
Booth; Garfield had his Guiteau. Carter Har-
Iison his Pendergast. and John l.. Cook-well.
The doctors say that Cook Is not dan gerously
hurt. The Erei,in1 IOst said fatty yesterday
that he had been assaulted by m embers OF the
Clan ma Gael. hut 1t did not reveal the source