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A Crazy Drunkard's

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Parent Issue
Day
2
Month
December
Year
1898
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

A CRAZY DRUNKARD’S FURIOUS ASSAULT ON TWO MERCHANTS IN THEIR STORES.

The Assailant, a Northfield Farmer, Was Fighting Drunk. – Plead Guilty and Was Fined.

Christian Schlenker, J. F. Schaeberle and others were viciously assaulted last evening by George Bauer, of Northfield. None of the assaulted meu knew the assailant or what was the matter with him. It was all over in a few minutes. Bauer, who was intoxicated, went into Schaeberle's store at 7:45 o'clock last evening to get some strings for a musical instrument. Mr. Schaeberle waited on him in person, and when Bauer came to pay for the strings he put his hand in his pocket and brought out a few pieces of paper which he threw on the counter. Schaeberle asked for his money, when Bauer said, "You've got my money and you've got 14 pieces of music belonging to me and I want them." Schaeberle had never seen him before, and when he stated to him that the paper wouldn't pass for money, Bauer hit him between the eyes, wounding his nose with his glasses. Ho followed this with a vicious blow on the jaw. Schaeberle attempted to defend himself, but receiving another heavy blow on the shoulder ran for protection into Chris. Schlenker's hardware store. Bauer followed hatless as was Schaeberle, and again assailed Schaeberle. A customer standing by the counter said something and received a blow from Bauer. Schlenker started to come to the rescue, when Bauer who saw him coming turned all his attention to him. He seized pans and cast iron implements, letting them fly with both hands at Schlenker. Schlenker was badly cut on the head and lip and had a severely bruised shoulder. Special policeman Blackburn, attracted by the people running to the scene was there at once and got a blow under the eye from the infuriated Bauer, but landed him safely in jail. Schlenker attempted to go back to his work but bled so freely that he was compelled to have Dr. Georg dress his wounds.

Bauer, who is a young farmer, was arraigned in Justice Duffy's court this morning. He said he supposed he was guilty. He had never had anything against Mr. Schlenker and if Mr. Schlenker said he had assaulted him he supposed it was so, but he didn't know anything about what he had done. He was fined $20 and $5.95 costs or 65 days in the Detroit house of correction.