, 1873-05-19
SATURDAY NIGHTS WORK.

The Condition OF Larsen, Stabbed by
His Wife, Still Prccar1oua---Despcr
nte: Cutting Affrny In q Wright
|. Street Saloon.
The condition Of the victim of the stabbing
affray, at the corner Of Jefferson and Carroll
streets, the details of which appeared in The
TRIBUNE Of yesterday morning, was unchanged
at q late hour last night. In the morning he
waH better, and strong hopes were entertained
Of his recovery. But, from some indescretion,
the wound was opened afreah during the day,
and bled SO copiously that when the physician
arrived he said tho result would be fatal.
The man conversed freely about the affray, but
his version Of it does not differ materially from
that published yesterday. 1t is the old story OF
q household ruined and made bloody by whisky.
Mrs. Larsen, having recovered from her de-
bauch; WAS in very penitent and regretful
afternoon. She freely admitted that she stabbed
her husband with knife, which later, she eaid
was used about the house to cut kindling. She
could not tell what aho did with it. She appear
ed to regret more the condition Of her children,
than that of her husband. This woman ought
to be skilled in the use OF the knife, since she
used it last summer in the same locality, to end
tho life Of man named Bay She stabbed him
in the arm, and would have done worse, il she
had not been restrained. :.
The woman Larsen, at the corner Of Carroll
and Jefferson streets, had hardly withdrawn the
knife from her husbands body, when an encoun-
ter OF the sa1ne nature occurred at No. 54Wught
street, The parties to the affair were John Keefe,
who vas the assailant, and Dennis Maher and
Peter Dornoly, who we're the assailed- The
building above referred to is boarding house,
connected with which is bar. Anticipating the
II o'clock ordinance, these three young men be-
gan to guzzle liquor soon after sunset, and,
BY II o'clock, were completely under it's
influence. An old feud had separated
Keefe and Maher for gome time, but, having de-
cided to drown the matter in an Unlimited guam
tity Of liquor, they sat down in the saloon to
carry out their good resolves. But their firm
fealty to corn juice destroyed all the 1eniency
which had tinctured their regard for one another,
aud after the use of some violent language, they
resolved to settle the matter BY "wager Of bat
tle," and accordingly clinched. In The scufie,
Keefe drew dirk knife, and cut Maher severely
in the wrist. Do5mly, fearing that Keefe meant
to inf1ict further injury with the deadly weapon,
tnterfered to separate the combatants. But his
efforts met with no appreciation from heefe,
who, enragcd at his action, again drew
his dirk. this time cutting an ugly gaeh in Dorm
Tvs neck, on the right side. Both men being
disabled, Keefe quietly put the knife in his
pocket, and vent out into the street. About u
O'clock Sergeant ODonneu, Of the Twelfth
Street Station, was informed Of the ARRAY, and
at half-past g. IN. had Keefe locked up. Yes
4eri1ay afternoon he Was removed to the Madl-
son Street Station and this morning will appear
before Justice Scully on the charge OF commit
ting an assault with intent to kill. Dr.. Boot:
who attended the wounded parties, pronounced
their injuries serious. but not necessarily fatal.