The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-24
SAYS IT'S A UNION CRIME.
IRONWORkER MAY DIE OF EIGHT
RAZOR CUTS.
lie Knows the Men VINO slsshed Him, but
Won't Reveal Names-''wo In Brutal
Attack on First Ave. Last Evening
Now We'vo Got You Damn You'll"

Ie Knows the Men VINO SlsJhed Him. but
Won't Reveal Names-,'wo in Brutal
Attack on First Ave. Last Evening
Now We'vo Got Yous Damn You'll"
Charles Haskell, an ironworker who lives
at AIS Clinton street. Broo klyn. and who s
employed by the White Engineering Com
pany. lies in the Flower Hospital with
chances & Ut a tho sa "a to one against his
re i very fr, IN razc cuts inflicted he alleges
by members Of his union on account Of
trouble within the union.
Haskell was We rking on building n East
Fhty-ninth street yesterday and quit work
at o clock. Walking up FHty-nintn street
he was seized he says, near First avenue
by two men, one Of whom drew a razor
while the other held him securely from
enind.
iue man with the razor inflicted eight
uts. One was in the neck and it extends
rom ar toear. 1t alone would have proved
atal if the razor had not turned up. An
liner cut was on the right side Of the face
from eye to mouth; another vas on the
il It sid. Of the fa,e and there were five
,asEt in the 8 alp.
Haskell ceased struggling almost from
arenl.y d. ad when Lls ass ants le1t him.
iu.y had dvne TIN, ir wCIn hLrIiedIy and
made tn ir s ape down First avenue.
frank Lnee,a u Ala Last InlI1 eenth
-treet Was the only eyewit ness Of the on
Taught that The p, ice cuuld find last night.
he SAID that b, tn the ASSISTANTS we're
n IT and II st, cky build, dressed in plain
Jack CT ties, with ueroy hats. hen they
.,i.eu haskell uLe VI them said In a LOUD
V, ice:
Now. we've get you, damn you'll
Tie att ok WI s over almost etore re
!, d time to lie, lie what WIS e ing on,
ZLegan 5, Us. he WIS onsioer, bic
ul7t nee Wy md did not II INK tLele
would be my Use in lis following tie
fleeing men. lnste,. q, lie l.ln,ea up Police
III Ii C-nou Of tie t. et FL,y-tilst tieet
t.tion. lie men wee cut OF sight by
that tine.
A wo.nan, whose name the police did not
get pointed out to Caro-! as one OF the
perpelral ors Of tn attack man who said
he was George Smith Of IA West III y-tlth
street, an ironworker emp Dyed on O
hui. ding between Second and Third avenues
on IC0th street Smith was taken "a fore
Haskell. The injured man stated po-i-
lively that Smith was not one OF his assan-
ants.
Haskell was taken to Flower Hospital,
fused abSo utely to disc. ose the names OF
the men who atta o'ied him.
Il know who they are he said. sThey
are members Of my union and they cut
me up because Of trouble inside the union.
What that trouble was and who the men
are won't tell It's a scrap inside the
union and I'm going to get even inside the
union"
Detectives O'Connor and Carter Of the
East Fifty-frst street station were put
on the case They found the razor near
the place of the assault. 1t bears the in
itials ID. L." and has the manufacturers
number, 1so, on the blade.
Haskell, when told that his chances Of
recovery were slight, persisted in his
refusal to tell anything more of the cir
would he specify the union to which he
belongs. The police are confident they
will find ont the facts he withholds and
that they will run down the guilty parties.