Assault with a slung shot.
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Mr. A. S. Leach, a resident of this city, made his appearance at the City Hall, about 2 o'clock yesterday, while the Hustings Court was in session, and made affidavit before
Alderman Wm.
B,
Smith that he had been violently assaulted with a slung shot, by a man by the name of
Walker, in the Richmond
Examiner office, on Thirteenth street. In proof of his assertion,
Mr. Leach exhibited his caput, which, judging from the gore that streamed over his features, had a pretty extensive excavation therein.
He was suffering considerably from exhaustion produced by the loss of blood.
The warrant that was issued was placed in the hands of
officer Seal.
As
Mr. R. T. Daniel, the
City Attorney, had an interview with the wounded man, it is quite likely that the case will go before the
Grand Jury to-day, as he represented the assault on him as very unprovoked.