The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-07-08
Brutal Assault.

AOOut IIlTcc - ClOCh ldSL OaLuTudy
afternoon a most brutal assault and
battery was committed on the person
of Mr.. Manly g. Severance, a quiet
and peaceable citizen of this village,
by q young man named Alfred Knapp,
aged about nineteen years, by which
Mr.. Severance received a severe cut on
the left cheek, and bruises on the back
Of the head, which it is supposed were
inflicted with brass knuckles, the butt
of a revolver, or some other weapon.
The affray occurred on Main Street, in
front of Parsons restaurant, where Mr..
Severance was engaged during the day
as an assistant. The affair grew out of
a long criminal intimacy between
young Knapp and the wife of Sever
ance. Over year ago Mr.. s. had his
suspicious aroused that improper rela
tions existed between the pair, and he
talked with the young man, demand
ing that he should desist from further
visits, and telling him that he had al
ready dishonored his wife, and destroy
ed the peace of his family. Knapp
admitted his wrong, and promised ref
Ormation, but the intimacy was still
kept up until last February, when a
separation took place between Mr..
Severance and his wife, she going to
Rootstown to reside, and he and their
four children-the oldest aged ls, and
the youngest 6-remaining at their
home in this village.
On Saturday morning she called at
the house of her husband aud request
ed that the little girl, aged six years,
be permitted to accompany her to wit
ness the celebration, which was grant
ed. just before the unfortunate occur
renee, Mr.. Severance observed the
woman with the child in company
with Knapp, sitting nearly in front of
the restaurant, and stepped to remove
the child from their company, when
he was assailed by Knapp with vile
and foul epithets, who suddenly throw
ing off his coat, he committed the bru-
tai assault. AS he threw off his coat,
revolver fell from his pocket, and his
shirt sleeves were rolled up, going to
show that he had prepared himself for
the occasion. He was arrested as he
was about to take the 1920 p. NJ, G. &
p. train, going south, Mrs. Severance
accompanying him, and committed to
jail. where he remained until Monday
evening, when his poor mother came
to his relief, and entered bail for his
appearance before Justice Sperra Tues.
day afternoon, when he plead guilty to
the charge of assault and battery, and
was sentenced to ten days in Jail, and
to stand committed till the costs are
paid.
Mr.. Severance is a quiet, peaceable
industrious citizen, and the inhumal
treatment he received at the hands O
the dissolute and reckless young villain
is said by those conversant with the
facts, to have been wholly unprovoked
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