The sun., 1900-09-03
SLUGGING OF DR.. WILLIAMS.
JOHN C. sHEHHAN HEARD THE Doc
TOR WARNED or 1T.
youur T.pper, who was "Done Up" at the
same Time, Tells what Little he kno"''
bat Neither Victim Can Give the Pohee
An, D,,cription Of the Two Assailanh'

Any De,cription Of the Two As'ailan"'
John G. sheehan corroborated yesterday
the statement OF Or. Hamilton Williams Cor
oners' physician, who was hit with sanooag
or blackjack in the street on Saturday night
that A warning had been given 70 Dr. WIZ
liams that he was 10 he done up" for speech
he had made In the Pequod Club OF tue Nh'h
Assembly district attacking Chief DeVery'
Mr.. Sheehan said:
Il read in The Sus this morning the ac-
count OF the assault made upon Dr "ihA'is
/ at once recalled tho conversation whlch IooA
place In my office n which Dr. Williams refers
on the Saturday preceding the primary eleo
tions a well-known lawyer called on me anu
said that Dr. Williams was IN danger nc
then and there told me of a conversation tnat
he had heard about doing DR.. Williams pod'V
harm and he wished me to communicate 'ila'
fact to tho doctor While we were taking
DR.. Williams came in | asked the gentleman
TO relate to the doctor what he mad tolo me
lie then repeated the story to DR.. Nlllahs'
II was substantially the same as told In to-day
SUN
Dr. Williams says that he intends to get from
th. lawyer the names Of the two men whom
the lawyer heard talking about the alleged
arrangements for doing him up and TO follow
up the case He says the lawyer told him that
the two men belonged TO the Goodwin-Smith
Tammany faction In the Ninth Assembly dis
trict. and that, IN the words Of DR., Williams
one Of them said that Tommy Smith had told
him that, as Chief Devery could not AFFORD per-
sonally 10 do Williams up, he was going 10 have
his brother, Andy Devery, and Wardman GRADY
Law for Williams some night as he left his house
and put him out of business. Thomas +.
Smith and Roundsman Grady declared In IHR
SUN yesterday that this was ridiculous story.
n. j. Topper, the young man who was win
Or. Williams on Saturday night when the latter
was assaulted. and who was himself worse hurt
than DR.. Williams, was able to give MS account
of the affair yesterday. Topper is clerk ln
a machine shop on Iortlandt street. and as told
in The SUN yesterday, lives In me same house
at 24s West Fourteenth street. with Dr Nililams
and frequently goes out for short walks with him
i was knocked out at the 1rst blow" said
Topper yesterday and 80 cannot tell as much
has told. II was few minutes before 0 o clock
when DR. Williams called 20 Inc that he, was
going out for "A walk and asked me 10 go along
Y came downstairs and We left the house to-
gether. We walked over TO Eighth avenue,
crossed the street and went down on the west
side toward Thirteenth street, until we came
10 Cross's saloon where We had couple OF gin
rickeys. There were several men in the place
playing billiards, but did not pay any partlcu-
Iarattention 10 them am quite sure that there
we're no rough characters there and am sure
that the men who assaed us did not follow
us from the saloon We cane osCE % the a saiRe me
time Next door to the southeast corner OF
Fourteenth street and Eighth avenue IL book
store There is a saloon on the corner and II
was brilliantly lighted. There were people
walking 10 and fro. and in fact more public
place could not be found Just as we got III
aide OF the face with something hard Tho
blow stunned me and | fell to the sidewalk
That's all | know about the matter, Tor when
| got my senses back II was all over and ne
thugs had disappeared am sure that the
men came up behind us did not see Dr;
Williams struck but he told me aiterTaHrd H
broken tooth and cut lip show that he was hlt
pretty violently. am sure that no one has
any reason to want Il 69 69v me o up eHve on w
ANYBODY Dr. Williams has stated what he
believes in the matter, but Of course that is an
affair OF his own that know nothing about.
/ am thankful that they did not break my jaw
bone and that | have nothing worse TO show
for the experience than swollen face.
wln-Smith Club of the Ninth district-the
idea that any plot to do NJ DIR. Williams. be-
cause Of his antl-Devery speech made In The
euIed last night. An oficer OF the club said
Williams lives in the seventh district, not
in the Ninth, aud we have enough trouble, trouble
FOR more Williams was 4 Boyle man in the
recent primary fight In his district and It's
possible that he stirred M some feeling against
himself lie is a man who has, remarkable
faculty Of making enemies and he Il not care
fnl Of his language when he wants 10 express
an opinion Of anybody. The mysterious thing
about the whole affair Ia that il should have
occurred AT the corner OF Fourteenth street
and Eighth avenue. n corner which ls always
crowded particularly so on saturday night
1t makes one almost suspect that II never Oc-
Cured A. all. at least where It is said to have
occurred
two policemen in plain clothes working on
the case YESTERDAY. They called to see both
oat n descrin,Inn of the thugs from either man