Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-08-09
SLUGGERS AT WORK ELEVEN INNINGS
Two SCHOONER Mates VICIOUSLY
ASSAULTED MONDAY night.
Savage Attack on the Mates of the
R.C. SIade and w. a. West as Thev
went TO Their Ships. One Thua
Arrested. A StevedOre Attacked
and ASSaiIant Sues Chief of Police
for ArreSting Him.

| WI NISSIIug 6im.
AS the first mate OF the schooner II. G.
Slade and the second mate of the Watson
A. West were going to their ships be.
tween eleven and twelve O'Clock Monday
night, they were ambushed bv three
thugs at Harbor and Wishkah streets,
East Aberdeen. and severely slugged.
The three cowardly thugs were evi.
IDENTIFY aware that the mates were over
in the city, as they laid in ambush for
them, and the method OF attack leaves
small room for doubt that murder was
intended. AS soon as the mates reached
the ambush, the three men rushed at
them with clubs. The mate OF the Slade
was knocked unconscious at the first
blow, while the mate of the West re-
tanned his senses and yelled for help,
while the thugs kicked him on the head
as he lay. To the fact that this mate
carried police whistle both men prob.
ably owe their lives, as he blew several
!
wered by the police on the other side of
tlle river, who came quickly to the
rescue, and the would.be assassins fled.
The mate of the West was carried
apoard his ship in an unconscious con-
dltlon, and his companion went to his
vessel with his head badly confused bv
the kicks received, and both of them will
be disabled for some time.
The police ha! no clue to the thugs,
and 1t looked as though they were going
to escape punishment, but on Tuesday
iohgshofeman named J. Mckenzie was
arrested on complaint of w. A. Owen,
charged with using obscene language on
the street, and while at the office of the
chief of police, Mckenzie was identified
by Mate Kort, OF the h. G. Slade, as one
OF his assailants of the night before, and
a warrant was at once issued for his ar
rest on the charge Of assault. He took
change of venue to Justice Fox's court,
where the trial is going on as we 90 to
press today.
Another slugging match took place
Sunday afternoon, when C. NJ. Deverv,
who is employed by the G.. II. Stevedor.
ing Co., was assaulted at q and River
streets, by Stnre Tonquist, member OF
the Longshoremen's Union. Devery, who
Is but 10 years of age, was getting decd.
edly the best OF his assailant, when four
other men, big, husky fellows, jumped
III to aid Tonquist IN putting the boy out.
AT this juncture some members of the
Salvation Army interfered, and stopped
the melee. Tonquist was arrested Tues
day for the assault, and, like Mckenzie,
took change of venue, and his trial
was set for $3.50 this morning before
Judge Fox.
Alter his release on bail, Tonquist
brought suit against Chief of Police
Schneider for 81 900 damages for unlaw.
ful arrest, alleging that the appointment
OF Schneider was unlawful by reason OF
his not being sufficiently long resident
OF the city, and claiming the arrest with
out warrant to have been illegal. This
move is regarded as bluff, and the chief
is not losing any sleep over his danger OF
being mulcted for that 81 900.
1t is understood that Tonqust will be
arraigned in the superior court for con.
tempt, he being one of the parties that
were enjoined from interfering in any
way with the Stevedoring Co. or its EN-.
ployes. If this be true, Judge Irwin is
liable to make it interesting for the vio-
lator of the order of his court indeed, to
fail so to do would be to nulify the writ
OF injunction.
When the cases were called this morn.
ing, it was found that Tonquist had
jumped his bail OF $40, and left for parts
unknown, thus abandoning his suit
against Chief Schneider. Mckenzie was
discharged, as Mate Kort refused to
swear to his identity, although he was
very positive about it when he first
recognized him in the chiefs office.