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

CuhS a1MSt1Juk, we'll kuOW II mere,
where for several years he was en-.
ployed Eat the Pine Tree MILL is in q
dangerous condition at Cass Lake, the
Voice Of Saturday gives the following
account:
A dastardly assault was committed
on Charles Armstrong, foreman at the
Nells mill, on Wednesday and he now
lies at st. Michaels hospital in a
critical condition. Joseph NARROW
was the assa,lant and the weapon ufed
was piece Of inch and half gas pipe
about four feet long. MARROW is
man past fifty years Ct age ard was
employed as an oiler at the mill
There was only one witness to the as
suit, Ed. Erickson, a teamster, and his
story Of the affair is as tollws: Short
ly after noon Wednesday NARROW was
coming from TIE OIL house with an oil
building with toe evident intent ton of
strong was coming ont as NARROW
stoppe in the doorway ard exchanged
noise beng made by the machinery
said, bot Judging from the gestures
be "as giving NARROW some orders
aoont is work After talking a lit
tie over q minute armstrong turned
a~TT alc started TO leave the build
ING, soiag toward tie engine house
the building with piece OF pipe in
= ND nd b1I 4
strong, without word cf warning
head atoUt O. 8 level witn TIE top
the ground and Marrow stepped back
and stood LOOKING at him. The in
lured nan made an attempt to arise
from the ground when MS assai)ant
once more struck him with the in
him to desist and 90 into the mill.
building and the attention Cf two or
three men Vas directed toward caring
fol Armstrong. A carriage was cum
moned and ne was was taken to St.
Michael's hospital. DR.. Gilbert was
called to attend to him. He found an
Ugly cash several inches long and
Armstrong was bleeding profusely at
the nose, mouth and ear. The wound
was sewed Up, it requiring several
stitches. but it has been impossible up
to the present time to determine the
exact extent of the Injury, although
DR.. Gilbert is inclined to think there
Is a fracture of the skull.
NARROW was arrested by Deputy
Sheriff Heating shortly after the as
ssult and lodged in the village jail.
County Attorney Scribrer was COM
municated with and notified to be pre-
sent at the preliminary examination.
The county attorr ey 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 tie stand and testi-
fed to the facts Of the affair as re-
ated above. DR.. Gilbert testified as
81 the nature Of the Injury. MARROW
WIS held to the grand jury, ard the
amount of bond for his appearance
teing placed at $4,000.
Considerable feeling had oevel3red
among the employees Ct the mill over
the assault as Armstrong is very
charge, He has always shown q
4 lIAlly us jOSlt1Uu wv S1l!S tAC "CA
under him and for that reason the
assault is considered to have been ea-
tirely unprovokel Until he RECEIVERS
sufficiently to talk coherentiy it will
not be known what wo,ds passed te-
tween the two men.
NARROW is a man Of family and has
resided here namher Of years. Up
to the present time he has always
borg e the reputation of being good
law abiding citizen, Sheriff Riddell
took the prisoner to Walker yesterday
morning, where he viii Re kept ia
the county iai! pending the outcome
of Armstrong's iIja1y. Should the
Injured man recover, application will
undor btedly be made fox NARROW g
release on bail.