The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-11
BEATEN BY BOYS.

William Johns. Il years old OF No 1865
COOK avenue an empiOye of the Curtis
Manufacturing Company at No. 200 Cass
avenue was attacked and roughly handled
by a crowd OF boys about HIS own age as
he allgatcd from st. Louis Transit Com
pany car OF the broadway division ut Bis
maTck street yesterday afternoon. Sergeant
DUcey a; the Second District arrested
George beoers, Il years old of No sil5
South Second street, and George Fey. 10
years old. Of No. fbS Victor street. in con-
nection with the assault. Johns was struck
on the head with rock and rendered I'm
conscious.
He was sent to South St Louis Yesterday
afternoon on an erraud for the firm by
which he is employed. a crowd OF boys
Bismarck street and Johns became fright
ened. He signaed the conductor to stop
and alghted He crossed th. street and
the car started south. The boys set up th.
cry of ''Scab. and Johns attempted to
escape by running away from them He
was dlstancing his pursuers when one Of
them threw d rock which struck him in the
back OF the head and knocked him to the
pavement He was then set upon and
kicked and beaten.
Sergeant Lucey witnessed the assault and
arrested two OF the asSaiidnts. The others
escaped. The police did not learn the num-
Der OF the car or the names of the crew.
Johns was removed to his home in an am
bulance after treatment at the South Side
Dlspensary His injuries are not consid-
RAN OVER An EXPLOSIVE.
avenue division crossing Seventeenth
and Morgan streets on its final trip last
night. the wheels OF the front truck ran
upon an explosive. The report was an I'M
usually loud one and was heard across the
river in East st. Louis. The inoturman. A.
Lambert. was thrown to the front plat
NJ Tuhick also escaped injury. The cag
was not damaged. but all of the residents
In the vicinity We're awakened by the re-
port. The explosion occurred near the Ms
souri, School for the Blind. which is on
Morgan street. near Nineteenth street and
caused considerable excitement among the
inmates. Another explosion on the Citi-
zens division occurred at the Intersection OF
Grand avenue II was slight and no dam
age was done. The car was in charge OF
Conductor A r. Gatehili and Motorman e.
q. Hutchinson.
TORPEDO ON THE TRACK.
Westbound car No. 80 OF the Chouteau
avenue division of the transit company
at 10 o'clock last night exploded torpedo
which had been placed on the track at the
intersection Of Fourteenth and Gratiot
streets. Motorman r. T. yuld, was thrown
not injured. Conductor J. NJ. Carr WAS
slightly shaken up. The car was not dam
aged, and protested on its way TO the
DERAILED ny A ROCK.
At the intersection Of broadway and
Lynch street yesterday afternoon car No
Isl OF the transit company struck a rock
which had been placed on the track and
was derailed- 1t was in charge of Motor
man "; r. Dordon and Conductor. F,
Studde. both of whom live at the car sheds
No. 4oil South broadway. The car struck
a two-horse wagon, owned by the Union
Biscuit Company, and driven by r. S
Lieber of No. 262S Hickory street. Lfeber
was thrown from his wagon and slightly
bruised about the body. The wagon was
damaged SIS.
SEVERAL CARS STONED.
As car No. 5l2 of the Broadway division
was crossing Cherokee street last night IL
was stoned by a crowd OF men who were
on the corner. Several panes OF
glass were broken. Conductor Charles
Peterson fired one shot for the purpose of
frightening the crowd.
Superintendent Hunter of the Southern
Electric division reported TO Night Chief
Pickel that car No. q was stoned by a
crowd of strike sympathIzers at Primm
street last night at 10 o'clock. The car
was only slightly damaged
Benjamin t.uirn. 10 years old. of No. 500
Lucky street was arrested at Grand and
Easton avenues last night on a charge of
throwing rocks at a Grand avenue car. a
warran: will Toe applied for to-day.