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Show LETTER CURRIER ASSAULTVICTIM Motel Proprietor Is Jailed on Federal Charge Char f nnanult anil battery on a I'nitril Hiati nnil carrier hnv bn loriicnrl aaa'nvt W. I. L.indaay, 62. 1 ?ropr!mr if lh Llnduy holel. 41 Kami Kfoonil South atrrrt, arrext.d nlnhi hy a tlrputy I'nllril Rtalra marnhal following an aHracd attark j on Alfred w. -hfter, s. a auliatl-tulr auliatl-tulr lettir carrier. Th t irr.nl thir... t with aaaaulUnc Chealrr In lh dmcharae of hla diulra In delivering tha malla. It la alleired that the attack -oocutred I yaaterday afternoon whan Cheater weni to tn hotel to deliver a piece of registered nrntf fn on ef the hotel guests. It Is declared that when the I mall carrier entered the room where ' IJndsay and the man to whom the mall was to he delivered were sitting ' Lindsay started to fight the carrier. I It Is alleged thai Lindeny sought I the assistance of the guest and another an-other man also In tha room at the (time, but that they refused. Chester 'Succeeded In escaping from tha room and notified the federal authorities I of the occurrence. (1. 8. Chambers, superintendent of mails, and Samuel i C. Adams, .superintendent of carriers, swore to a complaint Immediately. Chester wns not badly hart and continued con-tinued with his work. The offense was declared a serious one by postal authorities because of Its involving an alleged attempt to interfere with tha delivery of registered regis-tered mail matter. Postmaster Noble Warrum declared that from what he could learn the alleg.J attack on Chester was entirely unwarranted. Hall for Lindsay was fixed at He was placed In the county jail pending the furnishing of the amount. |