The Herald of Wales. — 1887-09-24 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

ALLEGED 11107IGIE ASSAULT.  Two intelligent looking Germans, named Ferdinand Sohimmell, and Emil Bruggert, were charged that they, on the 17th of September, did unlawfully and maliciously wound Janet Roes. Prisoners were unable to speak English and Mr Carl Kappa' interpreted the evidenae. Janet Rees, the osmpleinant, said she was at pre.ent an inmate of the Reath Workhouse. She 113 W the prisoners last Saturday evening coming ont from the Cardigan Arms. She did not speak to them but went down by the canal side and eat down in front of the old brick works. Shortly afterwards, she saw three men coming towards her. The third man,, an Englishman, said "Good night Jaunt." The shorter prisoner Schimmel' thin threw the Englishman Into the canal. Re got out and S.hircmell threw him in again. The Englishman then ran down the river side, and the prisoners chased him and afterwards came bsek to her. The shorter prisoner beat her severely with a Mica and left her senadess. She called out murder until she was hoar.e. Both prisoners appeared the worse for  Cross-examined by Schimmell, she denl.l that the Englishman was with her when she came out the public house. She was quite sober at the time of the as,ault, se she had only had a penny worth of beer.  Dr. Llewellyn Davies said he examined the proseeutrix at the police station on Sunday morning. One of her wrists was very much bruised and swollen, and on the other arm he found an open wound, which was bleeding considerably. On the left shoulder there was a (crest swelling and effusion of blood. She was ut a fainting condition. The sticks belougtig to the prisoners would have caused the injuries, but they could not have resulted from a fall. Elizabeth Diamond was next called, and said she was a servant at the Railway lan, Neath. The prisoners came to the Railway Inn at 20 minutes peat 11 on Saturday night, and having represented that they were from Britenferry, they were allowed to have a glees of be, r. The prisoners bad the walking sticks with them wheel they were there. P.C. Vincent Jones said he was on duty at The Green on Saturday night, when he heard cries of "murder," He traced the sounds to the Tennant canal, opposite the old brickyard, whore he saw Janet Rees bent almost double. He asked her what was the matter, but she could net answer for sometime. She appeared to be unconscious. Alter a time else toll him that she had been beaten by two men, but could not say which wet), they had gone. Her right hand was covered with blood, whilst blood was also streaming from the side of her face and the back of her heed. He went down to the canal bank is esarch of the men, but not finding them he rearmed to the woman and helped her to the pollee station.  Servant Jonea anid he was at the police station on Saturday night, when the complainant was brought in by P.C. Jones From what she told him, and the descriptioa she gave him, he made enquiries, with the result that Head-cm. *table Phillips ordered a warrant for the arr. Et of the prisoner*. Consequently he went to tha prisoners lodging*, at Penoise Farm. siod nhArgad the prisonere with the assault. They said they know nothing at all about it. P.C. Price found two stivka in the room, and they acknowledged that they were the sticka which thav had with them on Saturday. Pruggert, against whom no charge was preferred, was discharged; but Schimmel, who etronitly protested his innocence, was committed for trial at the quarter sessions. •