Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-06-08
Former Little. Falls Man
is Dangerously
Injured

There was only one witness to the as
sult, Ed. Erickson. teamster, and his
story Of the affair is % follws: Short.
~ after noon Wednesday NARROW vas
coming from tie oil house with an oil
can In his hand, toward the mill
building with the evident intention Of
going about his usual duties. Arm
strong was coming ont as Marlow
was stout to enter and the two men
stoppe in the doorway and exchanged
some words On account of the great
noise being made by the machinery
Erickson could not lear what was
said, but judging from the gestures
made by Armstrong he inferred tia;
he Vas giving NARROW some orders
aoout his work. After talking lit.
tie over a minute Armstrong turned
awsy and started to leave the build
ing, going toward tie engine house.
A moment later Marl,w emerged from
the building with . piece Of pipe In
his hands and going up behind Arm.
strong, without word Of warning
struck him on the right side If the
head about on level with the top
part Ct the ear. Armstrong sunk to
the ground and NARROW stepped back
and stood LOOKING at him. The in
jured man made an attempt to arise
from the ground when his assai]ant
once more struck him with the in
strument. Erickson then shouted to
him to desist and 70 into the mill.
Marlow turned and went into the mill
building and the attention of two or
three men ~as objected toward caring
fol Armstftng. A carriage was sum.
m0ned and he was was taken to- St..
Michael's hospital. DR.. Gilbert was
called to attend to him. He found an
ogly gash several inches long and
Armstrong was bleeding profusely ut
the noae. mouth and ear. The wound
"a GO 6as 81 fsaais's II
to the present time to determine the
exact extent Of the injury, although
DR.. Gilbert is inclined to think there
Is q fracture Of the skull.
4arloW was arrested By Deputy
Sheriff Keating shortly after the as'
ssult and lodged in the village jail.
County Attorney Scribuer was com.
munioated with and notified to be pre-.
sent at tho preliminary examination.
The county attorney arrived on Thurs.
day forenoon and the examination Of
the prisoner was held In the afternoon
before Justice Sundberg. Ed. Erlck.
son was put on tt stand and testi.
fed to the facts of the affair 90 re-
ased Shove. DR.. Gilbert testified az
81 tho nature Of the injury. NARROW
was held to the grand jury, and the
amount Of bond for his appearances
being placed at $2OO0.
Considerable feeling had developed
among the employees Of the mill over
the assault as Armstrong 10 very
popular among tho men under hia
charge. He has always shown q
kindly disposition towards the men
under him and for that reason the
assault is considered to have been en-.
tirely unprovoked. Until he RECEIVERS
sufficiently to talk coherently it will
not be known what words passed be.
tween the two men.
NARROW is man Of family and has
resided here q number of years. Or
to the present time he has slwsya
borr Q the reputation of being good
law abiding citizen. Sheriff Riddell
took the prisoner to Walker yesterday
morning, whore he will te kept In
the county jail pending the outcome
Of Armstrong; injury. Should The
Injured man recover. application will
undoubtedly be made for Mallow'l
release on bail.