CRIMINALS IN THE CITY

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2198, 10 July 1914, Page 7

CRIMINALS IN THE CITY

ANOTHER OUTRAGE.

A CHINAMAN BRUTALLY ASSAULTED.

ASSAILANT ESCAPES.

: ■ A sensational arid serious assault was coriimitted on a Chinaman named Kwong On in his shop in.Wallace, Street early last evening: He was. struck.-' on 'the head by an ''-assailant arnied "with ; a blunt instrument, sufforing injuries' necessitating his removal to the Hospital in a. very serious condition. The j'as'i sault occurred in Kwong On's shop at the corner of Rolleston and Wallace Streets. , On the opposite corner is a bi-ielc kiln, and across tho road in front of-the sliop, for a distance of about two hundred yards, there extends a forest of; heavy trees.., Some distance away from tho shop is an- arc light, and other than this ithe: locality last night'was fairly diirk. , ,'•. ■ • ■-'■.■ :■' ' ~','

•.■'■•.From-,the facts which b. reporter was able; to 'gather it that .shortly after; seveu-ojolook a man entered Kwong Oil's shop,:and asked:• to be supplied ,with 3d. worth of peanuts. Kwong On turned , his:baqk on the man with.the intention of i'executing ; the: order,' and as ;he did 'so ho received several heavy blows on theJiend. _ The Chinaman fell .to the ,floor, : suffering from ;two ldrge scalp wounds, and a ruptaired blood vessel.' :. -, : ' ■; - : :'•■..■•.■ --■'.■ '-.■>'■ ; : ■■•.•■;::

•It is, not; known whether the assailant thoil endeavoured to 1 rob the:.coritents of the'till or not. ; . Our representative was .unable to ■'■'gather exactly what' l 'the y assailant' did after: the ■■; assnult. ..'Hqwevor.-he escaped and-iip till a kto hour last had not been caplured. Someone' heard of the, outrage and iiifdrmed',the? police..' , Batective■Serfieaint". J. , J: Ca"ssells,'and. Sergeant TVehey. proceeded to. tlie.'vicinity of tho shorj and made.exhaustive;irinuiries.

They soaichcd the .vicinity thoroughly and behind a fonoo Detective Cassells found a formidable and nasty-lonkiiift bludgeon in tho sTinpe of a length of lead piping. It was wrapped up in a piece of brown paper, and tied with a pioco of string, and was found behind a fence a few yards away fiom tlio shop It is presumed that this instrument uns used in tho assault.

■ This outrage recnlls the Austin Street affair, \ihioh happenpd early on Saturday evening lagt. Tin's affair -mieht hivo been wnro serious had not tho Chinaman called out. with tlio result that the 'men..-rah • .Those (two./instances '.lawlessness,'- together.- with sbyerai' ]b\irglaries, v reconthv reported., sugcest'the presence .of criminal undesirables in the ■City;-.v-' : ;!:,'.'.yi' '''/':■ }, .:The.;Hospital authorities. renort-od; at .a'lnte hoitr.;-last;night'tlint.tlio China-' mail's condition was■'iusfc'about the, same. , ;;- , wheiv'ho: was 'admitted.;.: ; '.'.".'.■',.'"''.:,-'