The herald., 1895-07-24
PASADENA NEWS MATTERS
The Story of Attempted Murder
Told by A, w. fall
MYSTERIOUS AND GAUZY
The Peculiar Accident That Befell J.
G. Rust
The Work In the Machine Shop at Throop
Universlty-LocaI News Notes
MYSTERIOUS AND GAUZY

PASADENA, July 23.-Last night
about $3.50 an excited individual rushed
up to an officer on Colorado street and
told him tale OF attempted assassina-
ton of himself, which he said had oc.
CURED near thecorner of California street
and Marengo avenue as he was return
ing to his home at the lower end of Mar
engo avenue only few minutes pre-
vlously.
His name is A. W. Hall and his account
Is to this effect: He had been standing
talking to some people near the tabernacle
when he saw a man cross Marengo av-
enue not far away and 60 south on that
street. Soon after he started for his home,
which is in the same direction. and when
he had reached California street where
the trees are large and the dense foliage
reaches almost to the ground large man
suddenly sprang out from under one of
the trees and with an oath exclaimed
Now I've got you, you scab," and began
to cut him up without further ceremony.
After the first lunge which made wound
in the back of his head and glancng off
made cut in the shoulder of his coat,
he began 10 take hand himself, and the
other stabs at him did no further dam
age than to cut up his coat in several
places, and in one instance penetrated to
his shirt sleeve and even scratched his
arm.
These evidences of the truth of his
story he has been showing all day to nl-
merous wondering listeners, but the po-
lice, and few other lncredulous mortals,
somehow seem to think that the tale is
rather gauzy, especially since the rents
III his coat look much more like an en-
counter with a barbed wire fence. Instead
OF being straight cuts, such as a knife
would make. they are rents running in
two directions from the puint of inser-
tion of the barb on the wire; just such
tears as barbed wire generally makes.
In his statement he went on to say
that the reason he was not made into
mincemeat was that he IlIed his cane to
such good effect that the would-be assas-
sin was glad to escape with his own life,
having suddenly lost his thirst for any
body else's gore.
!, The case is peculiar in soma respects.
and on the face of it might indicate that
there is con siderable back of it, but Just
how much remains to be found out. Hall
says the attack was undoubtedly due to
the animosity OF the A. R. U. men
against him, which has been active ever
since the railroad strike of last summer.
Hall worked for the Southern Pacific
company as fireman. and he was on the
engine which was fired upon during the
trip between Los Angeles and Santa Bar
came near losing their lives. Since that
time the members of the A. r. U.. H all
says, have persistently followed him up,
threatening to drive him out Of the coun-
try or kill him. HI has no doubt that the
attack of last evening was with the in
tention of carrying these threats into exc
cution. He could not distinguish the
mans features in the darnkess. but says
he was rather tall and that he believes he
knows who he is.
AS evidence of the threats made against
I'm, Hall exhibits letter bearing the
postmark of the Pasadena postoffics and
the date OF one of the latter days of MAY,
1895. This. he said. was the third threat.
ening letter received within short time.
This much was corroborated by The Her.
aid correspondent. who saw the letters
bearing dates May 1s and 90 1895, also
one addressed to an attorney OF Pasadena
who had defended Hall in case, and
there is yet another written to another
attorney all of the same wondrous con.
stuction. being made by pasting letters
together cut from newspapers. All are
upon the same kind of note paper and
everything about them indicates that they
came from the same source, though one
of them is made by the use of types of
some kind, instead of letters cut from
newspapers. Following is a copy of the
third and last one received:
Hall. This IS third and last warning.
r. U. will burn you, Martin and Mu1e up
For your dirty work, yet the S. P. cant
save one of you. organized labor will |
wreck all of U. U r time is up. Leave |
at once or die. U cant railroad here. |
Death is for all 3, your first. U r not |
wanted in Pasadena.
OF course none OF them is signed.