Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-01-30
STARBING ARRAY.
SERIOUS SATURDAY NIGHT BIsANL
Cine Man dangerously and Two Other
slightly Tounded-The stabber In Jan

SERIOUS SATURDAY NIGHT BRANl
Cine Man dangerously and Two Other
slightly Wounded-The stahber in .ya,,
On Saturday evening a young MAJ
na,aci Charles Carr was dangerously
stibbei in the abiomen, Charles Spill
lingcr in the elbow and Walter Myers il
the hand, the cutting being done on South
Queen street, n Ear Vine, by a young man
namod Michael Comp, residing at No
4l9 Beaver street.
The facts. as stated by the young mar
who were cut. are substantially as fol.
lows The Young men named and Jack
Weldler Were il the restaurant under the
Law Building, corner OF Grant and Duke
streets. drinking with Il woman named
Ann Henry. Michael Gompf and com
panion named Reinhars entered the saloon
and after Speaking a few words with the
woman left the saloon in her company
Weidlcr, who was intoxicated, took
Dtfense at their interferencs and followed
them, and the others followed him,
as thcy sllcgc, ito see fair play
Gompf, Rerhart aGI the woman walked
down Duke street to East King, and
DOM East KIM To Centre Square,
where they en'crea Zaaprel's siIo0a
~ S'''''- tsh 70 - 'tiIoAAS.
On coming out Of the saloon Rcinhart
dealt Weidlec 2 blow with blackjack and
knocked him down R,inilart ard the
woman then ran off in olc direction aud
Gompf in another. He was followed by
Carr, Sp;I!insc:, .M?cri and others. The
wounded men say that as they came up
with Gompf he slaslled backward with {.
knife, cutting ipiilingcr in tho elbow.
When ia front OF ID iiSz's store Gompf fell
and the others rushed in On him. He
brardiahed his knfe furiously and sue
ceedcd in cutting Myers in the wrist, and
intlict!na; 4 .cl-iui ga:!i IN Cars abdo
men. Ecgaining his fee; he tooI. 70 his
hee!s AID escaped.
Carr was carried t, tina o.iics uf DR.. III
J.. Herr, where his wound was examined
lie was found to hav" u s:ea. cash cut in
his abdomen, t!i.nnrii which llIa cmen-
tum, the membrane cn:luSin. the lower
intestnc5, protradcl. This Was pushed
back 10 its place, the wound closed, am
the sufferer va;uDvc'! to iii:; home on West
King street, wileT.. hc lies in = rather crit
cal condition..
Spilliagrr's wuiintis was also dressed i,y
DIR. Hem; Myers's by DR.. Boyd.
GompTs Statement.
GompG kept himslf concealed until iast
evening, when, hca.ing that 4 warrant had
been issued fnr his arrest he called ct the
station house and surrendered himself to
the police. He acknowledges the cutting,
but claims that il Was done purely in self
defence. He says that he and Reinhart
each accompanied ny woman, cam, W
street together. His woman left him
and he, along with Reinhart and Miss
Henry went intu E,ansing's saloon under
p,,G 4.t. .f,,,,, L.,
Gompf and Rcinhart left the woman in
tbs saloon while they went oac to attend
to some business III iJ!"rS. Ga their raturn
they found Jack Wciiicr AMI SOM others
drinking beer with the woman. GDTnr
and Reinhart took :h: woman away. a
they had brO,i .iit her TO tue saloon. They
had not gone i;;r until they found Weidler
Carr, SpillinGer, Myers and others follow
ing them and making threats.
They walked to { ntTr square, and
Gompf being afraid of the crowd, he aid
Reinhart went !n!p Zlep!ol' saloon to see
If any of thc!. friends w&rc there. Rein
hart came ont first and became enga -cd
in = quarrel with Wcii.rr, whom he
knocked down. Ne:dicr .raS soon rein
forced by q large party of his friends,
among them b;ius Charles Sp;liinge, who
had his coat eli. iicinhar: and Gompi,
seeing tA1t they warc o:.tnumbored. tool,
to their heels with the girl, and ran
down South Quccn street. closely followed
by a large crowd. Gnmpi says that one
of the mea INT him With his fist, knocking
him down. When he was down the
crowd Lesa: kicking him. Ii seif-dcfen$e
he then drew his knife and began cutting,
but did not kno" whom lie cut. as all he
could do Was to stri!5: at random while
lying on the pavement, When the crowd
fell back lie ran 10 his home and gave him
self up rs soon Us he found shat Il warrant
had been issued for his arrest. Rcinhart
with the woman got away before the fight
on S,:th QncHn street hasar, and they
were not III it.
tbs morning Gompf was committed 80
Jail, in defarit "r bail. Ey Alderman a. F.
Donnciiy. to await the result of Cars in
juries and 90: cutting Sp:lingcr.
Cars Condition.
iniiam :nation set III IN Carr $ wcund last
night am. very surcus resIlts were apprc-
hende,:. To-day it is well under control.
but lie is not yet out Of danger. The stab
IS between the ninth and tenth ribs.