Daily Republican., 1883-04-14
EDITION,
AHEDGEyILLE FIGHT.
A Ltrely time on Liberty street
AWOmam has her Leg BrOke-..

Matters have been very quiet in the
classic locality of Iledgeville for some
time, but yesterday afternoon things
were very lively ON Liberty street about
six o'clock. 1t seems that Mrs.
Craven, W no resides on East Liberty |
street, has Il coiored neighbor named
Mrs. Swiggett, and that yesterday |
afternoon Mrs Craven forbade Mrs. |
Swiggelt' 5 little boy, who was rolling
hoop, to cross her pavement lhe
mother, who was looking out at an w |
stairs window, told the child that the
side walk was free for all, when
Mrs. Craven replied that she "oulo
scald him if he came on the pavement
again, and produced bowl OF not
water for that purpose.
Mrs. Swiggett came down stars, ana
again told the boy to cross the pavement
and he picked up piece Of bric" winch
she took away from him.
While the women were "rahGilhG,
young colored man ham"d benjamin
Walker came along, and Mrs. Craven
threw the water in his face and struck
him with stick.
{ He turned and wiped the water of,
and then struck her in return, when
the fight commenced i'll earnest.
Mrs. Craven's sister, Mary Cochran,
who is employed as domestic ON Mar
ket street near Ninth, but has been
spending the past week with her, came
out with brush handle and commcnc-
ed to beat the unfortunate Walker.
Several colOred women came to his as
| ,istance, and the night became general.
: The colored man succeeded in getting
b Mrs Craven by the hair, and 1t is alltS-
ed kicked her several times in the face.
Mrs. Cochran was either knocked
down, or fell down, and broke her
. right leg Just above the ankle, and this
put IA stop to the battle, Mayor
Wales was sent for to attend the in
iured woman in professional capacity,
but not wishing to have anything to
do with the case until it was brought
before him officially, referred the mes
Seuger to DR.. Carrow, who immediately
visited the place. In the meantime
Walker was arrested, and taken to the
Hail, " here he had IA hearing this morn
ing before the Mayor.
There were ten witnesses examined,
and their evidence was substantially
the same as the above account, with the
exception that one or two otthe coIorra
women testified that both Mrs. Cravcl
and her sister were drunk at the time
and that the first named was frequently
under the influence of liquor.
DR.. Carrow was sworn, and testified
that he was summoned to visit Mrs
Craven and her sister about O'Clock
last evening He found Mary Cochran
on "A bed with her broken limb exposed
Upon making an examination h,
found very bad compound fracture OF
the right leg Just above the ankle whicl
he considered extremely serious, as II
might be necessary to amputate the leg
l. which would in ali probability endan
ger her life. The woman said the frac-
tlre was caused by Il kick but it nigh
have been ocCasoneu by fall. lie
~ thought both womea had been drinking
n as they were very noisy
Mrs. Craven'S injuries were mostly
T. about her head and face, and consisted
-, of bruises which looked as lhougt
they had been cal!oed by kicks. Ate
,r hearing the evidence, the Mayor order
~ ed Walker to furnish bal i'll the sun
Of $500 for his appearance at Court.
~ The neghbors deny that Mrs. Cravrl
n. or Miss Cochran are addicted to tn
uae Of strong drink, and said tina
u" they took only about teaspoontu
y, each during the afternoon, and TN
~, was brought to them by Sallie Herr
iage. they admit, however, that bot
." mad "A drink after they were hurt, AN
Or before TIE doctor arrived, TO east thci
. pain.