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Show 1 ' " Ml . " Night Marauder Makee ( Vicious Assault m Citizen J. David Leigh of LunoVwas the victim of a cowardly assiult W Tuesday night when somo "u. known thug waylaid hin inhe, yard of his mother' prembte and swatcd him across thotfpe with a club, inflicting some My bruises, after which the cowwipyV thug jumped over the fence made good his escape. t $ It was ab'out ten o'clockt nlk' when Mr. Leigh, who was in fjjj Lund on business, went out iho the yard to attend to his tam JhJ fore retiring for tho night ai came suddenly upon a man stand-; ing suspiciously near his supply of baled hay. Without warnl tho thug struck him twice ovi the head and face with a cWb $ other blunt instrument whih he evidently was carrying fortha k purpose. Before Mr. Leigh hiL recovered from the, surprise oftlM. attack his assailant had Yfttfew the fence and disappeared. ;v Br Mr. Leigh was not able to ttvf any description of the marajUuJH owing to tho darkness and uaw3 ness of the onslaught, and atJpiUjE writing no cluo has been obtaficdl of his identity. Neither haijir.fl Leigh tho remotest idea as tfipo !jg would bo intcretted in makyXso cowardly and unprovoked OflRt- "3 5 tack upon him. & J9K V |