The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-08-11
.SLASHES 5 HINDUS
With KNIFE
EMIL JANSEN A LONGSHoRE.
MAN, GETS IN QUARREL AND
DOES FRIGHTFUL EXECU-
TION AMONG FOREIGNERS

The affair occurred at Sixth and A,
tor streets. None OF the Hindus ar
wounded dangerously, though sever;
are slashed about the head and thora
in vicious manner and the stree
became red with their blood.
Jansen was arrested, He wa
drunk. At the police station he wa
charged with assaul with dangerou
weapon. The arrest was made b,
Patrolman Houghten, assisted b,
Constable Sayer.
The affair was frightful one Of it,
kind because OF the savage and bar
barous onslaught made by Jansser
on the Hindus. That he did not Kill
one or more OF them was, apparently
no fault OF Jansen. Out OF half a
dozen stories Of the matter told BY
various ones, the facts appear to .be
fairly plain.
Yesterday many OF the Hindus em-
'ployed at the Hammond mills at
Tongue Point came to the city be-
cause of temperorary lay-off in
their work, Towards evening some
of them wandered down near the wa
erfront. 1t is likely they had been
drinking some, though il so it was
not noticeable according to several
who saw them and the fracas. In one
OF the saloons at Sixth and Astor
they met Jansen, who had been
drinking, and out on the street Jan
ssen started the trouble.
Then an odd thing happened.
Jansen rushed in on one Of the dark
skinned foreigners and was promptly
laid on his back He had met a Tar
tar in the apparently inoffensive for
eigner from the land OF dreams and
strange things. Again Jansen, who
is powerful and active man, with
the Drawn that life on the river gives,
rushed in, and again he was laid on
MS back after fierce struggle that
asted only for a moment. Some said
he Hindu threw him by tripping.
So far the story is clear. The rest
If it happened so quickly and vicious
y that the accounts differ. For the |
bird time Jansen clinched his an
agonish and this time he secured a
'strangle hold" on the Hindu's neck.
lie began to slowly crush and choke |
he life out of him. The other Hindus |
hen jumped in to the aid Of their
and pulled Jansen off |
anssen darted into one of the near
W "cribs" and came out with knife
Inning in his hand, and like a flash
lie jumped into the pack Of men be-
ore him.
Up and down and right and left
lashed the blade and every time it
cached home somewhere on a brown
kin. One man had the end of a
nger almost slashed of. Another
yas cut about the head and face half
dozen times. Besides several minor
uts another received long, vicious
ut along the jaw, which, had it
truck a few inches lower, might
ave severed the juglar.
A great crowd collected in trice
nd Jansen retreated with his bloody
nife into neighboring place, where
e was later found by the police
ficer.
Three of the Hindus, after all of
lem had wandered about in their
loody condition through the unsym-
athletic crowd for time, we're di-
,cted to the office of Dr.. Estes,
here the physician worked for a
ouple of hours in sewing up their
ounds. The Hindu with the bad cut
ong his jaw was sent to his home.
To the ordinary reader the names
the Hindus would be meaningless. {
ach was Singh" AS a rule the !,
indus are looked upon as being very |
eaceful and about as inoffcnsive as
, many rabbits, though Chief Of Po- ,
,e Gammal said last night they have
used more trouble here Of late than [
! the foreigners together Had not /
lnssen been drunk it is probable he I
ould not have been so easily handled
Z the Hindu when he attacked him,
I'd had he not been drunk it is prob i
lie he would not have made his I
cious onslaught with the knife AS
e case now stands, according to the
counts Of the matter, he may con :
Ter himself highly lucky that he G
obably won't have to face man t
lughter or murder charge. It is
id that the man who threw him
capped. The ones cut were the "in- 7