Show RAILROAD MAN lAN KILLED IN MYSTERIOUS ASSAULT I TACOMA Wash April 29 J 1 M. M J. J I Griffin a railroad man who had but I recently come cone to Tacoma was killed last evening on Pacific avenue b by a aman aman a aman man known as Big Dig Mike Burke What provoked the assault is not know known n. n The rue two men met on the street and after exchanging a few fe words Burke knocked Griffin down clown and kicked him two or three times Griffin dying shortly afterward after atter- ward A bystander interfered and ana andI 1 j k i tL t I tZ jQ ill pulled Burke away In the crowd that I gathered around the prostrate man the assailant slipped away before the arrival arrival ar ar- ap- ap rival of the police and has not yet been arrested Griffin Grimn was as a member In good standIng standIng standing stand- stand Ing of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen belonging to Esther lo lodge ge No 5 2 Estherville Ia la He had been employed emr as engineer c conductor antI ant bral brakeman eman and had worked on the Illinois 1111 Illi nois noh Central Denver Rio Grande and Southern Pacific t r T r- r m t J |