The record-union., 1897-12-03
A CHINAMAN RUNS AMUCK.
PURSUES SEVERAL WHITE MEN
WITH A KNIFE.
Just as Officer Naghel Was About
to Shoot Him He Threw
It Away.

A Chinaman known as All Sam ran
amuck last evening, armed with knife
over foot long, and came near killing
several citizens.
officer Naghel was going down l
street about O'Clock when he saw a
commotion in the vicinity of Third. 1t
was caused by white man running as
if for his life-and he really was-with h
Chinaman in close pursuit, brandish-
! ing a big knife and yelling at every
jump.
The white man lodged in and out
among the freight cars on the I-stree1
track, and reached Second street ahead
! of his pursuer, who lost track of him
in the crowd of Chinese and others that
had gathered. He turned into Second
toward J, and the Chinaman ran in the
opposite direction.
| Here Officer Naghel overlook the
white man, who said his name was
Little. He did not know why the Chin
aman wanted to kill him.
/ NagheI then went in pursuit of the
Chinaman, who he learned had gone
| back to Third street and turned down
toward the vacant lots between there
and the railroad depot SO the officer
went up Second street to head him off,
1 if possible. When he reached Louis
/ Caffero's restaurant and saloon he
heard loud cries in the rear, and has
/ tenng there he found Caffero and his
bartender trying to escape the fury Of
the Chinaman, who was making des-
perate efforts to reach them with his
knife
! When the Chinaman saw the officer
he made dash for him. Naghel COW
cred him with his pistol and ordered
him to stop. The Chinaman hao got
within six feet of him, with knife up
raised, when he saw the officers pistol.
Another step and the officer would have
dropped him in his tracks, but just
then the Chinaman threw his knife into
the air and tried to escape.
Naghel caught him, and they had a
rough-and- tumble fight, but the
would-b be murderer was given his qui-
etus by blow on the head from the
officers club. He was then handcuffed
and taken to the jail In the mean
time Naghel found another but smaller
knife on his prisoner.
The Chinaman proved to be one All
Sam, whom several of his countrymen
declare to be q dangerous man. All
the time he was chasing the white men
he was shouting the vilest of epithets
at them in English.
The man whom he first sought to
murder said his name was T. E. Lit
tie. He said he was stranger here,
and but for the fact that he intended
leaving town right away he would
have seized the first weapon he could
find and laid the Chinaman low, but
thought the easiest way out of trouble
was to run and escape him.
Little said he was on his way over
from the railroad depot, on the Third
street roadway, and when near l street
came upon the Chinaman who was in
dark place in the shadow of build
| ing He stopped a moment to see what
the Mongol was doing, when the latter
turned, called him a vile name and de-
manded to know what he wanted.
Little made him short reply and
walked on. The next instant he heard
noise behind him, and on looking back
saw the Chinaman, knife in hand. about
to spring upon him. Then was begun
the pursuit that first attracted the
officers attention
On first thought it would appear that
the Chinaman must be crazy, but Off
Ger Naghel says that from what he can
| learn Of him he is simply desperate
whom even his own countrymen say is
a ouarrelsome, revengeful creature.