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Show GUNBOAT SMITH HITS INVADER OF HIS j HOME j To strike an assailant sK times (while the assailant was hitting 'he jrround. is a feat attributed to Jark (Gunboat) Smith, who Is reported to IhaTe taken Justice into his own hards last nizht .lohn BruMus, a Greek. whs the recipient of the blows, it is reported, and is alleged to have stolen -h.- alfeoflons of Smith's wife Smi LB Is said to hate cauitbt Brustus and Mrs Smith tn I rooming houFe on Twenty-second street recently, but the Greek escaped. La t nlcht while Smiih was Walking towards Hudson avenue on Twentv-' Twentv-' fifth street, Brustus Is alleged to hae approached htm and asked where bC , was cM n "Home," said Smiti' Then there is no use of me jrolnc to see your wife", Brustus is alleged to have replied. Immediately following this remark ismo six scientific, powerful blows, the flrt of which Jarred Brustus from his senses. Then as the striken mn :oppled. came five other blows, one of which may possibly have fractured Brustus' skull Smith was formely a sailor in the. United States navy, and at one time was champion boxer of his class in the ileet. He was held at the police station sta-tion over night. Brustus was remove! to the hospital for treatment of the I cuts and abrasions on Ms face |