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Show DRUGGED, ROBBED, BEATEH. Foreman Charles Clirt, tf Iht Congo Hlni, k4DrderoD!lj Aswalttd AT AN I.1I.I.Y .IIIIUH TIMS MOHN- Jiv. The IJnill; l'al lie jri llelnz llMtl) nlilmln.l Will I'olialil; lx Arreallil 1oalhl. TLe report waa Iruliialiloualy clrou nlr.1 ou llio (tnvla today ll.ut an tin known mail lied ltn murdeif.l mhI robWilaoniewliprniii Hie norlliwulriti art of ll. illy at an eiily liaurtlila inornlntr While no liomlcMn had leeli i-oni milted, a rr utter nf the Krw llateiieil to imiIUI of Hie follorlni; a lory, lalwrlmuly reined hy Ihenllrcnl tmir. deml man. who now Ilea Indly Uiiten and I rul-ed at St. Miry'a liofplUI: "Jly name la CtinlraClarkj am foie tnau lit the (,'oiiko mine at 1HK (JltonnooJ. Icaraato lown ynler-ilay ynler-ilay uioinltitfand trKlatereilat the HI. J.ltn.) hotel, where 1 paated thu night. t Intended to return to camp Ihle morning ami on my way from Hi" hotel, I called lulo till. White llnuxt l.ar-rooni nnJ look it drink with con pie of hark drlTrre, ntid onu otlur man who waa In Ilielr mtuaitiy,all ol whom 1 melon the aldowalk In front of tl." aatooiionlyafew inlnutce uclore. We remained there a abort time anil took nimlliir drlnls each, when wnlelt Hie liillldluK. Aaeoonaa I ateppeiloulalle I waaatrurkaatitunluit blow on the. Iitad and fell iii-atllytotlieldeivr.lli. I rememl-rrbulng l.ul Into a hack and M.uri yrd In n illaUiit pirl of the illy, l.ut wheru I don't know, m II waa Juit Ik fore daybreak and t waa very much il-iiel. t reenllrrUhowerer, Hut that the hack halted aud Hint onu or the lliri-e men who waa taller than Hie other two and who had n tight or randy iniiu-lachc., iniiu-lachc., thru ilcuunjc-i tuy luuney, but I told htai Ihut 1 hail only a very Utile. Ihle elatrment waa true aa I had loft JIU Willi a Irlend atlhaUnl.lenUI, la.t nUhl, for aafi, kell)if. (TblaeUten-tnl waa verified today,) lie then either aliot at me, or hla rerolver waa acildenlally ilia charijeil. Hlniulitneoualy with the retort re-tort of tliui.laioli waa dealt another trrrlflo blow on the held. My natch and chain were taken from mo. That la all I ktioaft h-iul theallilr." It la lallrvid by tho oOlora that Clark'a alory la correct. Ileal. Irnta near the fuot of Andu atria t. In the heVenUcbtU want, uwllued thu haik atop In lhat vicinity, and onu .kly luarrt the latol allot and retorted It to auvntUuinn wbn Infinui-u theialtcu who IClr. to the place Willi tho I ntrt1 wagou and took thu man to rollcu headipiar.irr, wheru he waa walled utain bl Dr. Meichaui. the cllr 1 hyilclau. who or Jered hllll aenl bl the hutpltal. Tile uufottunatii man beariadreti KoaIi acrxaa the balk of hla hiad,wtilch waa either lorllcleU by a bullet or aumu abarp Imlrumeiit. TheiKillce any thatlhty haveapotlril I he Kfllly parllee and w III make thu at real tOBlKht. |
