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Show JAP BADLY WOUNDED mi F1FTEH CENTS T. Hirose, Poolroom Keeper, at St. Mark's, Victim of Takaherea. T, ITlroso, a Japanese, oo cutis st poolroom at 4i Richards street.' vriS'Wd-' ly wounded In a cuttlnc affray In his placo of business about S o'clock Sundav evening. Ills ojiponcnt was I. Takaherea. Takahe-rea. a "bad" Jap, all his peoplrt nay. Takaheroa used a sharp weapon of somo sort, probably a knife, upon Ulrope with telling cfl'ecl. Intllctlng two gooil-slzod wounds,, one. six Inches long, In tho back and another, throo Inches long, in tho head. Hirose, bleeding profufoly. mndo hi"" way unaided to th police station and was placed in the emergency honpitnl. Dr. M. R. Stewart vnn cailcd and dressed the wounds, tho larger one requiring thirteen stltohc?. This out was more than a half Inch deep and Tllroso was weakened from losing a largo quantltv of blood. Fortunately the weapon failed to sever any nrtorles or penotrato to the thoracic cavity Illrtne claims that Takaheron, who wan playing pool, rcfusod to pay for throe games lfi cents he owed. T.ikaheroa, after abusing Hirose. struck him In tho ohost with his lists, thou drew a sharp weapon of so mo sort and mndo for him. Takaherea, lllrose claims, also beat him over the shoulders with a cue. As usual, although six or eight Japanese Jap-anese witnessed the affray, nono knows Takaherea or could toll where ho might be found. The police say that Takaherea has a bnd record and the other Japs fnar him. hence their unsatisfactory information. informa-tion. Hlroso was taken to St. Mark's hospital. hos-pital. Me will be confined there a week or so by his wounds. |