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Show CHINAMAN STABS HIS COUNTRYMAN Bleeding from a dangerous wound on the head, Jim Wong, the victim of a brutal assault at the handsof Jim Yong, one of his countrymen, was picked up by Detectives George Ward-low Ward-low and Robert Chambers in front of the Vienna Cafo at 8212 Twenty-fifth street, about 12 o'clock last night. Yong was apprehended a,t the same time and was locked up at tho city jail pending the rosult of his victim's injury. The police were able to learn but littlo concerning the assault, and 'at a late hour Wong was still in a semiconscious semi-conscious condition and unable to talk. The Chinaman undor arrest had not yet been questioned concerning the trouble which Idd up to the attack, at-tack, but from a sporty-looking Americanized Amer-icanized colestial tho officers gleaned a littlo information. He claims 'Wong returned to this city only a few days ago after spending spend-ing .two yearn In Now York and Bos-ton. Bos-ton. According to his story, both of the Chinamen were considerably Intoxicated In-toxicated last night and this, hc as- berts, was the prime cause of the assault. as-sault. The fight started In a Chinese store near tho Lyceum theater and Wong chased his victim cast on Twentv-flfth Twentv-flfth street, until thev reached thr-Vlonna thr-Vlonna cafe. At this point Wong run Into the restaurant. cIobgIv followed by his assailant. He had scarcely en-lered en-lered tho door when ho fell to the floor, unconscious. Detectives Wardlow and Chambers happened to be near at the time and reached the Vienna in time to ciUCi Yong In the act of attempting to drat; his senseless couutryman from the cafe by the leg. He probably had not' satisfied his desire for blood and did not wish to muss up die cleanly-scrubbed cleanly-scrubbed floor of th0 restaurant. Tho arrival of tho officers prevented prevent-ed a renewal of the attack and both Chinamen were removed to thf police headquarters. Dr. Anna Rols. tho city physician, was summoned to attend tho injured man. She found that he had been struck twice, once on the head and once on tho sldo of the face, by some blunt Instrument There was a jagged gash on the scalp but so far as determined last night there was no fracture of the skull, ft is possible Yong used brass knuckles In striking his victim, but a weapon of this or any other character was not found when ho was searched. It was deemed unnecessary to send Wong to the hospital. |