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ALMOST CREMATEDFIENDISH TRAMPS ASSAULT WILFREDC. SVITr!Anil leave Him Ljlug In an Unconscious Condition on the Floor of His Barn, After Firing the Building.One of the most diabolical outrages ever perpetrated by tramps, by which a human being was made to Buffer, was committed in this city at an early hour this morning, Mr. Wilfred C. Smith, of the Newark Gas Light and Coke Co., and a prominent and highly respected citizen, being the victim.For several days past Mr. Smith had been convinced in his own mind that tramps had been occupying h*s bam at night and he determined to put a stop to it. Last night before retiring he told Mrs. Smith that it was his intention to get np early this morning, and notify the persons who were sleeping in the barn to keep away from it hereafter.This morning, shortly before Bix o’clock be arose and dressing himself called his cousin, Clarence Spellman, who i6 stopping at hishonae, after which he went ont to the barn. He failed to take a light with him, and it was quite ! dark. Upon reaching the bam he groped around in the darkness until he found the stairs leadiBg to the mow, which he commenced to ascend. He had just reached the top of the stairB when some one struck him a severe blow on the head, causing him to stagger. He managed, however, to catch hold of the stair railing and thus prevented himself from falling. Upon recovering from the effects of the blow, he started up the steps again, and reached the top just in time to see the form of the man who had struck him disappearing through the doorway leading to the alley.RtoniRtheMinZECitjTiginet:bi g the Ytimi caglt; B. of C thret;yestH.“TiZiPantheWaiJt ! Pies; p. ■svactElt; cutt has |30fl Li lief of o: eve frieiTIoft! on £ dra\
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Newark Daily Advocate
Newark, Ohio, US
Mon, Jan 07, 1895
Page 8
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