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Show V. C. fiUNNELL SEVERELY BEATEN JUDGE OF JUVENILE COURT IS STRUCK BY T. C. MORRIS. Blow Smashes the Eye Glasses of Gunnell, Disfiguring His Face Both Sides Interviewed. Volney C. Gunnell. judge of the Juvenile Ju-venile court, lies at his homo on Fowler Fow-ler avenue, suffering considerably from his injuries received Monday afternoon af-ternoon at tho hands of Thomas C. Morris, painter. Tho judge's left ve is in a serious condition, being badly swollen with a gapping cut an Inch or more In length directly beneath u and a smaller one on the brow above. Witneeses, who were In the adjoining adjoin-ing office at the time of the assault, and who appeared on tho scene a moment mo-ment after the blow was struck, state that the attack was entirely uncalled for. uiarcnce uunnen. son or juage oun-nll, oun-nll, was interviewed on the subject and gave his opinion as follows: "This was an outrageous affair and entirely unprovoked. Father had been trying to collect some money and, in a conversation over the 'phone with Morris the latter accused him of deliberately de-liberately ptealing an amount of money, mon-ey, something llko (25. Father promptly prompt-ly called htm a liar. Nothing more vas said until Morris walked into tho o'llce a short time afterward, and, going go-ing up to father who was seated i'.t Ms desk, struck, him a terrific blow in the left eye, smashing his spectacles into a thousand pieces by driving the glass directly against his eye, cutting two gashes, one above and one below tho eye and knocked knock-ed him to the floor hi an tlmoBt unconscious condition. Dr. Pldcock states that it was a mlracl-J that the eye was not forced completely com-pletely from its socket by tho blow: und how the glass could have been broken without cutting him severely it is a mystery. There aro numerous small contusions about the eye which were probably caused by the broken glass. Father waB in a semi-conscious condition off and on all night and talked incoherently of business matters mat-ters for hours after being taken home." One of three persons who were in nn adjoining office when the attack occurred, stated as follows: "We were pitting here In the office mid tho judge was out at his desk writing. The room was perfectly still v.hpn T heard someone come in and. elmoBt immediately after. I heard the sound as of some one falling. My firet thought was that the chair which tho judge uses had come apart as It bometlmes does, letting him to the floor. I Jumped up and went out Into In-to the room and saw Morris standing some feet from tho judge, who was lying on the floor. As 1 cau up to assist as-sist him, I thought that perhaps ho had Buffered a stroke or apoplexy arid had fallen to the floor, and that Morris Mor-ris was about to help him. Morris then mumbled something ilke: Til leach him to call me a liar over tho phone, and as the blood began to flow from the Judge's face, I realized that Morris had struck him." Mr. Morris was later seen in relation rela-tion to the occurrence and said: "1 am sorry this thing occurred, hut I feel that I only &in wiiat. most anyone any-one would have done under the circumstances. cir-cumstances. Gunnell had been doing some legal business in connection with some of the White matters and deliberately appropriated ?25 of the money which should nave gone to my wife, saying that it was fees. I called him up over the 'phono Monday and told him what I thought about it. Ono word led to another and ho finally called me a 'd dirty liar. I told him I would be up presently and aea him. When I stepped Into the office, Gunnell was at his desk and I asked him If he meant what he said when he called me a liar. He whirled around in his chair and jumped up. und said: 'Yes, sir. I did.' and I struck, him about as quick as I could, and probably as ayone would hivo done. I did not see that he had glasses on. A man, under those clr-cumstancesf. clr-cumstancesf. doesn't usually Inspect his opponent very c&refully. anyway. If he had his glasses on. I did not know it, and am sorry, if it is true. I must have cut my hand on something some-thing and it has been giving me considerable con-siderable trouble today. Contrary to what was said in the Herald and Tribune, Trib-une, I was not arrested and tal;en over to the station. As soon as I got to mv store. I 'phoned the police station sta-tion 'and told them I had had som-i trouble with Gunnell and would bo at my place of business whenever they v. anted me." Morris has a badly swollen hand and numerous cuts about one of tho l.nuckles. evidently caused Trom contact con-tact with the broken glass of Judge Gunnell's spectacles. No complaint has been filed as yet. but It is understood that the judge will prosecute Morris to the full extent ex-tent of the law. |