The Sudden Assault in the Carpenter's Shop
A South Tacoma teamster reports a mysterious and violent attack while visiting a friend's workspace.
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Upon complaint of A. D. Cathcart, a South Tacoma teamster, Frank Eley, a carpenter, was arrested yesterday and locked in the city jail. The charge is assault with a deadly weapon. Cathcart alleges that he stopped to have a friendly glass of beer in Eley's carpenter shop Saturday night, and that just as he was leaving he was struck on the head from behind with some hard object. There is no apparent cause for the alleged attack.
“Cathcart alleges that he stopped to have a friendly glass of beer in Eley's carpenter shop Saturday night, and that just as he was leaving he was struck on the head from behind with some hard object.”
This story highlights the volatile social dynamics of early 20th-century Tacoma's industrial workspaces, where taverns and workshops often blurred. It serves as a reminder that personal grievances frequently spilled into the legal system in a city still defining its public order.
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