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Show mil ANJRON ROD. Paul Fisher Descends with Brutal Vio-lsnoe Vio-lsnoe on the Head of a Water Works Watohman. THE USUAL SUNDAY DEUNK8. Hunting up Thompson's Antecedents-Convicted Antecedents-Convicted of Larceny The Police Bound-up. Solomon Weiser the watebmau at tho reservoir was the victim of a most brutal bru-tal assault at 11 o'clock this morning, on which occasion he was attacked by Paul Fisher and left unoonscious in the flume. The affair was a desperate one. Fisher, who haunts the locality of the water works a great deal, was suspected sus-pected of niching a number of articles and the fact was noised about to his intense embarrassment. At the hour mentioned this morning Fisher made bis appearance appear-ance in the locality and arming himself with a heavy iron poker stole upon his victim. Weiser was struck upon the head and felled to the earth, when a second blow sent him over into the flume and his murderous assailant made bis escape while Weiser, a few moments later, sought the doctor, who sewed up the wounds. A warrant was issued for the arrest or ristier tnis afternoon and the officers are now making an effort to unearth him. John Do In the Colls. There are few people who make up the homogeneous mass of this young city who have any knowledge whatever of a night's experience at police headquarters. head-quarters. It is a chapter of revelations and an olio of passions. Pathos may fit one episode while storm and rigid harshness must be imposed upon another. It is ever changing. The patrolman, pa-trolman, whose efforts are enshrined in as much gratitude as the missionary whose life wants itself among the untutored un-tutored tribes of the orient, must impersonate im-personate a different character in each arrest. "What's your name?" demands he of the last bird he has bagged. "None of yer business," is the insolent inso-lent rejoinder. "But we can get it of your letters." "An' sure there's none but me mother's." moth-er's." "They tell the tale." "It's a name phen yees heer it that ye'll all know. It's name that has been heard at the Top of tho Rockay-Ghaaia. The Mayflower brought it ovhr, snd I have heard it on every lip." "Give it to us! Give it to us!" shrieks the bystander. "Gintlemen," replies the prisoner, who has buried both hands in his trousers trous-ers pockets, "if yees must know, it's John Doe." The fact that John Doe had found himself into the city jail, and that a blot had fallen upon the stainless escutcheon es-cutcheon fell like a thunderbolt upon the audience, but amomeatlater comes McGinty with a new boarder, and the desk sergeant is into his pockets. He makes an eloquent plea, He has built up Zion, and it was him who brought the railroad to its limits.' He wielded a shovel, but it was the shovel that did it. Fled With tho Filthy. Mr. Madden, the well known Ogden-ite Ogden-ite came down to the metropolis yesterday yes-terday and called at police headquarters headquar-ters in search of a fellow worn he had staked to run a side game and who had flown with the bank roll. The impecunious impecu-nious ingrate had been holding down the town until the police wearied of him and Mr. Madden went to his rescue. res-cue. He made a few turns, pocketed the roll and without ceremony landed in the city of saints to attend divine worship. The Dully Drank. The wholesome effects of a dry day were again demonstrated at police headquarters last night on which occa ion thirteen plain and ornamental drunks were run in. Most of them carried an empty bottle in the inside pocket a fact that saved the saloon man from all suspicion and preserved his place among the law-abiding. law-abiding. Hunting- His Home. William Johnson, the man who died at the Deserct hospital while a penalty for larceny was overhanging him, is lying at the undertakers while Marshal Young is communicating with the authorities au-thorities in Sacramento in an effort to secure some knowledge of his relatives and antecedents. Unless some information infor-mation is attained at once he will be buried in Potter's field tomorrow. Stole Gun. Jesse Hilton, a sneak thief who has been haunting back doors and hallways, was arrested last night for stealing a revolver from the Raymond house, that has secured considerable of his attention recently. He was arraigned in police court this morning, and nn conviction was sent up for thirty days. A Boqaet of Bams. Ten vags were taken in by Officer Esslingcr last night and business around the dives was left ia a panicky condition. condi-tion. In the police court today a number num-ber of them were fined and committed, while three were permitted to return to their haunts. j |