Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Serious Case Of Assault - One Of The Crew Of The "Chusan" Stabbed

From: Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald, dated Friday 28th November 1874:

A seaman named Geo. Joyner is at present in custody on a charge of stabbing Hassan Ali, one of the crew of the steamer "CHUSAN", on Saturday night. Hassan Ali, who is a coloured man, has been living for some time in the Sailors' Home, along with several of his shipwrecked companions, while waiting a berth to be provided for him by his employers and an ill feeling seems to have sprung up between the blacks and the seamen in the locality.

A quarrel arose among them on Saturday night, in course of which Ali was stabbed on the shoulder, and it is alleged that the wound was inflicted by the prisoner. He will be brought before the Western Police Court today, and in all probability remitted to the sheriff - Glasgow Herald of Friday.

Scribe Tango