The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-11
IN A HOP JOINT.
A Chinaman Drives n Knife Into Bert
Lynch, u Tout.

A Chinaman Drives n Knife Into Bert
Lynch, n Tout.
The police are looking for All Gin. the
Chinese keeper of a hop joint I'm the rear
OF the Chinese joss house at IL West Ga
lena street, for a murderous assault on
a race track tout named Bert Lynch.
Lynch received a terrible stab I'm the
groin and is now i'm a low condition at
the Sisters hospital. The cutting is sup
posed to have been done by the China
man in an attempt to rob Lynch. but
as the latter refuses to talk of the cut
| ting, the police think IL possible there
might have been another cause.
Lynch is a tout who did the races here
last year and is quite well known
around town. He returned to the city
day before yesterday for the racing
season, bringing with him a woman OF
the demi-monde, whom he at once In
stalled In one of the Mercury street pal
aces. He then proceeded to I'LL up and
the last seen OF him was about 10 O'Clock
i'm the evening, when he was heading
for Chinatown, pretty drunk.
The next seen of Lynch was about
4:30 o'clock yesterday morning. when he
walked into the saloon at 30 East Mer-
curry street with blood streaming from a
wound In the groin. He said he had
been stabbed by a Chinaman in a hop
Joint and asked to have a hack called
TO take him to a hospital. A hack was
called and h police notified, but by
| the time Captain Dawson and Sergeant
Leyden reached the saloon Lynch had
left for the Sisters hospital.
The officers followed the blood rae
| west on Mercury to Colorado street and
up to Galena. and then east to the joss
house. 1t the joss house they turned
up a little alley and led to a cabin in
the rear. where All Gin runs a hop joint.
| The place was locked. and as there was
no response to the knocks of the Off
GERS they broke in the door, and on one
| of the hunks used by opium smokers
they found Lynch's coat. vest. hat and
| collar. The place bore evidence OF a
fierce struggle having taken place and
the bunk and the floor were covered
with blood. In a pocket of the vest
were found two silver dollars. The
mans tie, a diamond pin and a gold
watch Lynch was known to have had
We're gone and ii is supposed tina
while Lynch lay on the bunk hitting the
pipe the Chinaman attempted To murder
him for the purpose OF robbing him. The
officers at once commenced a search FOL
the Chinaman. but he was not To I've
found and as yet they ave found nC
track of him.
Lynch was uncommunicatire wher
seen by the officers. but later yesterday
II alttt AA'oh ~, esoh,.
on the bunk when he saw the China
man trying to take his m out OF
his tie. He got up and went after tn,
Monaghan and was assaulted by hin
with a knife. He escaped with his life
and did not know whether the Chinese
got his watch and pin or not. but as the,
are not to be found IL is taken for grant
ed the Chinaman got away with them
owing to Lynch's unwillingness TO tall
at first. IL was thought that he ma,
have had trouble with All Gin and tina
this was the cause OF the assault. blu
the police o incline 20 the opinion al
attempt at robbery was the cause.
Drs. rookie and Cayley were calle'
TO attend Lynch. They found he ha'
been stabbed in the groin.s the knit
having penetrated about four inches ant
Just missing a large artery. His condi
ton s not regarded as dangerous, bu
had the artery been severed the woun'
would doubtless have proved fatal.