The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-08-15
JANSEN HELD FOR
GRAND JURY
MAN WHO ATTACKED HINDUS
is BOUND oVER--HE DIDN'T
ESCAPE FROM THE FRAcAS
UNScATHED, EITHER.

At the conclusion OF his hearing
yesterday afternoon before Justice
Goodman on 4 charge OF assaulting
one or more HinduS with knife,
Emil Jansen was bound over under
bonds OF $500, His case will be pre-
sented to the grand jury in Septem-
ber
Jansen apparently had no means
of securing bail and was taken to til.
county Jail II is possible that SONG
OF his friends will endeavor to make
some arrangements for the bond.
Janssen's hearing in justice court
was not without interest. First OF all,
he was without lawyer, though one
had been retained to represent him,
Because he was not represented by an
attorney Jansen was carefully advis.
ed by Justice Goodman, and was told
that he could either go upon the wit.
ness stand in his own defense or not,
and apparently he was willing to do
this, but as such a course would have
placed him at great disadvantage he
was advised by the court not to do
so. Because OF his lack OF familiarity
with legal procedure and also OF the
English tongue, he probably would
not have made very good showing
on the witness stand without an at
torney to watch and guard his course,
and for that reason the court appar-
emily deemed it best for him not 10
attempt defense at this time. The
defendant agreed to this and was
then bound over
Mr.. Curtis, Janssen's attorney, was
not backward in stating his reasons
yesterday afternoon for failing to ap-
pear. He says that he waited all the
morning for the prosecution to get
ready, and that he could not "dilly-
daily" any longer; and when afternoon
came and he was sudden mott
fed that all was in readiness for the
trial to proceed that he then could not
very we'll go, inasmuch as he had to
get out the weeks issue OF The
Herald, OF which Mr.. Curtis is the
publisher Besides this, he says he
did not intend to make any defense
for Jansen at this time, but will
make his fight for his client in the
circuit court. The prosecution, on
the other hand, denies vigorously that
there was any unnecessary delay in
advancing the cause to hearing.
The little court room was crowded
with interested auditors. With the
aid of an interpreter one or more oi
the Hindus told the story Of the
bloody affray, substantially as told ir
these columns before. A surprising
feature of the whole matter is that
Jansen, who has magnificent physi
cal build, with arms and shoulders de-
noting extraordinary strength, was
actually bested for a time by one oi
the dark-hued Hindus, whose appear.
ance rather denotes timidity and little
muscular vigor than arms and body
to have met the fierce onslaughts oi
the brawny longshoreman. But Jan
ssen did not come out OF the fraca:
unscathed The man who fought hin
successfully also bit Jansen almost
as a wildcat would have bitten. Six
scars on Janssen's big body show the
marks of the Hindu's teeth, and If
one or two places the scars look as 4
made by an animals teeth The
Hindu had bitten through a heavy
woolen shirt, too.
Jansen, however, says that wher
the whole crowd of Hindus jumped
on him to pull him away from tho
one, that they all bit him. This il
denied by white and brown witnesses
however.