Daily Republican., 1884-04-14
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I i EDITION,
SAVAGE RUFFIAN,
Three Whhe Men Gu, and Mia.
lacked ~ COiored Rouxhs.
rlOma Affair

Three White Men Cut nm, .
lacked ~ Co'ored Rouxh.-&a. &
riOus Affair,
Between H. 80 aud Il o'rlocL .,
urday nignta white man mama, n n
ward Rodgers, left tue SALOON NJ I l.. ~
w. King, corner Of Water and Ma,Is MaIs
streets, and walked acros, tbe r,i1'S a'AS
to the rear of the unsberger hu;Hiua i1ioa
In returning q few minutes later a,us has
surrounded by two burly negroes s'ss ss
appeared from the shadow Of III. hnias Ias
ing, and before Rodgers had a cIa.. ~a
to say or do anything he was kno"ssas
down with blow over the eva ,rone ,yon
black jack. "'~'
James W. King, proprietor Of II.
Packet House, just opposite, who r.. rs
begin ming to close his saloon head ,Ss
noise and saw the man fall. He h"' '
ried across the street followed by Iams. aas,
Rodgers, a brother Of the man wbo Us.
knocked down. King arrived On % 'bs
scene first and was about to intert,s
but only had time to exclaim "Hs,s'
that won't do" when one OF the pepros,
made q !unge at him with knife a,
razor, which struck him on the as,b,
part OF the left arm, irfcting dss1
cash about three inches long betvAsp
the elbow and shoulder, the knife psns.
trating the bone. The otner negro In.
mediately began pounding him with
q blackjack, bruising him to such An
extent that he has been confined ,oL,
bed ever since.
James Rogers was stabbed in ,hs
back, near the left lung, almost as noon
| AZ he arrived upon the scene, and i
was thought at first that he was fatally
wounded. He was taken to his board.
ling house, No. 3 East Front street, and
DR.. Drsvo summoned, who stated that
jif the knife had not been turned down.
ward by striking rib, the cut wnd
have caused almost instant death, The
wound IL about two inches Deep but
will not prove fatal unless erysipelasu o.
blood poisoning sets in
The patient was doing AZ well a
could be expected this morning.
As soon as King could get away hs
returned to his home with his clothing
satu rated with blood. Robert T. Moody,
a neighbor, was called in and began 10
dress the wound while physician was
being summoned Or. Hughes wss
the first to arrive, but he merely ap
piled court plaster to the wound and
left. This did nor prove effective, and
blood commenced to flow again, causing
the patient to faint away. DR.. Draw
soon arrived, sewed the cut up aIC
dressed the " onnd in a proper manner
Mr.. King ~ still confined 10 bis bed
but Ia improving, and Will no dout
soon recover from the effects Of th
wound.
Edward Rogers. the man who wa
first struck, was more fortunate TIA
\ those who came to HIS assistance, as b
was able to 20 to his work this morun
although suffering a bruised eye.
The assailants made their escape 500
after they struck the blows, and as tile
are not known, will be allowed to
! lunpunished. During the tnlre night
), gang of these roughs made night hdeOl
In this vicinity and at the lime OF II
above Occurrences no police we're aooa
This vicinity after daik IS becomll
quite dangerous ON acc un' Of the mi
lev crowd that as tmb!rs sfe Dlghti
and one or two officers sho0d he II
toned permanently in the T:cinlfy al
break the pan up.