Evening star., 1897-01-06
ASSAIEAN CAPTURED
tn. Man vhal s.r.sl Sam Lung, til.
'dbinsnan.
Arrested At Ai..da'~ "na Claim. He
Acted is self-Dcf~a.~-Tae
MaFS Condition.

1So Uii III Strcct Northwest, MbHudy morn
ing. as published IN yesterdays Star. was
still alive this norhing. and he was made
happy by the news that his assaiiaht had
been taken In custody and had been put
behind the bars. His assailant Is Charles
Coates, and he lives on Sumner avenue.
Hillsdale. not far from the insane asylum.
Two of his friends, John Hurley and
Ernest Brooks. were also arrested. while
Nellie Green. a female friend who was in
front of the laundry at the time the as
sault was committed. was found and will
he used Witness 81 's
Ihe arrest OF the three young men and
the hnding ofehe woman are due to the good
piece OF detective work done by Precinct
Detective Hartlgan OF the sixth precinct.
VINO had worked on the case from the time
the assault was committed until 9 o'clock
this morning. when the prisoners were
taken in custody.
When Sam Lung related the story of his
sad experience he said that colored man
VINO drove fruit wagon had inflicted the
wound. The man. he said. was black and
was not very tall. He had seen three men,
but. only one of them struck him. His
description of Coates was fairly good
one, as 1t turned out. and his clue proved
OF much value to the officer in his inves-
ugation. A woman In the neighborhCod
of Sam Lungs laundry had been visited
by colored huckster answering Coases'
description.
house number of times. and. after some
difficulty. the detective learned that Coates
was the individual who was In charge Of
the wagon. That he lived in Hillsdale the
afternoon the officer learned the exact To-
cation of his home. 1t was three-story
frame house on Sumner avenue, and the
Anacostia police knew him. The house was
watched during the early hours Of the
night. but the bird was not in the cage He
had gone to a revival at Campbell Chapel
so that when he returned home 1t was
some time after midnight.
The Captures.
Shortly before O'Clock the precinct de-
tective concluded to raid the house, and in
this work he was assisted by Sergeant
Anderson and several other members of
the Anacostia police precinct The house
was surrounded. and when an officer rap
ped on the door a voice inside was heard
to say, Who's there?' At the same time
the door was opened, and in went several
of the county policemen
"Burglars. said one of the colored men
in the house. If they had been murderers
the stampede could not have been more
complete. Charlie Coates made the best
time Of any member Of the household. ana
when he climbed out the rear third-story
window the detective called to him, Drop
here"
Coates had then dropped to the shed in
rear of the house. and the glstening barrel
of the officers, pistol pointed toward him
had the desired effect for Charlie dropped
all the way to the ground and managed to
gasp. L thought burglars were In the
house" .- re-,
rs this YOU. Charlie?" Detective Harti-
gan asked. al
Charlie what?' Eetorted the captive.
Charlie Coates.
My name ain't iCoates," he said its
Garner" : ii
The officer was satisfied that he had his
ia he
was just good for trial under the name
Garner as he would be under his real
name. While he was securing Coates the
officers in theI-house were getting Brooks
and Hurley and the three prisoners were
in the Anacostia station before the neigh
bors of the CoateS family were aware OF
what had happened
Before the party had proceeded very far
Coates admitted his identity. and he also
admitted that, he was the one who had
caused Sam Lung. SO much mental and
physical. suffering and who may yet DE
responsible for the Chinanlan's death.
The patrol wagon was then pressed into
service and the tr,o of young colored men
were soon landed in Lisut. kelly's station.
They made their statements OF the affair,
and Brooks, who seems to have had MOTH
ing to do with the assault Will be released
He was not at the laundry at the time the
assault was committed. To a Star reporter
he said he had been in th' country and
had lust returned Monday morning. From
the Baltimore and Ohio depot. he said, he
went direct to Hillsdale. So far the po
lice know this statement Is correct. for no
one has been found who saw him in the
vicinity Of the Chinaman's laundry.
Their stories.
Coates told Star reporter today that he
struck the Chinaman because he was afraid
the latter was going to kill him.
"AEout two weeks ago., he satd. Il left
sorne collars and cuffs there to be washed.
and Monday l went to get them. John
Hurley left some. too but We didn't get
any ticket, for he never gives us ticket.
When l went in the laundry Monday l put
10 cents on the counter and Sam Lung
took it, but he did not give ME my laundry.
Then l asked him TO give me back my
money, and he told me to get out. Be
cause / wouldn't go without my money Or
laundry he grabbed the piece of pipe and
came toward me. l grabbed the pipe and
we scrambled about the place for posses
sion of it."
Where was your friend Hurley"' the
reporter Interrupted.
He was standing at the door,
Then why did the two of you not dis
arm him without striking him."
II didn't hit him then" answered Coates
when got the pipe from him he ran in
the back room and returned with a
hatchet in one hand and police whistle in
the other, and then l struck him."
Nellie Green. he said. was seated in the
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