Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-18
FIGHT AMONG DRUNKEN TRAMPs
Ono Has His Leg Broken and Two Others
Get Hurt.

O"" aAes MS Leg DroAen ehtu wv
Get Hurt.
The usually quiet city OF Manchester w&
greatly stirred up snd excited last night over
tramp var that occurred In the afternoon near
the Belle-isle Junction.
twas not long after O'Clock when meseen-
ger. almost out Of breath, dashed into the once
Of Chief-of-Poiicc Lipscomb and informed tnes
onlcisl that tight had occurred on the Danviile
road within few hundred yards OF the corpo-
ratio limits In which several persons had peon
hurt and one, Il was thought had been killed OF
would die.
OFFICERS 90 IN HASTE.
Chief Lipscomt. accompanied BY Prlvstes
Smith and Moles. hastened to the bat,e-neiu
and arrived on the scene Jus. after the nerce
contest was over. They found a gang OF SIX
ramps, all OF whom it seemed had been en-
gagged In the melee. Three OF the NUMBER tney
placed under arrest and escorted to the old cage
at the corner OF Tenth aud Hull streets, leaving
the oihcr three for q second trip. There
was no necessity for leaving guard over
these latter, for one had been terriuiy
beaten o q could not get on his feef. AUD the
snce Of disappearing. When the officers re-
turl ned for the second lot they carried covered
wagon 10 bsul the one so badly hurt, ana severM
your & aien assisted IN getting the others 10 tns
lookup. During tho interval or the officers 30
sence the seveoth one OF tho party came up 70
Join his comrades, and was also taken in 90 al
seven are now In prison. There were two others
In the gang who were not captured at all
SCENE OF THE FRAY.
Tho scene OF the trouble was the hollow OF the
old stone-quarry Just above the junction am
Immediately ON the south side OF tho Danville
railroad. The cause is as yet unknown, but the
presumptlon IL thstn Was mean liquor. as Oil Oh
the men had been drinking and several OF them
were beastly drunk. Its thought thar Oil nino
OF them were travelling in one gang, pct tnis
could not be sscertaiued last night They did
not seem 10 know whether they were &c quaint
ances or not
The theory of tho difficulty Is that having I'M
bibed too freely OF cheap whiskey tne pedestrians
got to guarrell,ng among themselves and en-
gagged in drunken brawl, In which tsts' sticas'
rocks, and perhaps knives were used
MURPHy's LEO BROKEN.
Tho most seriously injured man gave his
name IA Patrick Murphy, and sad he came
from Charleston, - c.. where he has fa,ner,
mother, and other relatives, and where he has
been working In rolllng-mllls and other iron es-
Establishments.
A severe blow on the shin from something lik .
rock caused a compound fracture OK MS righ. !.
leg between the ankle and knee. The wound
bled freely, and he appeared TO suuer grea'
pain.
He was also badly bruised and gsehed about
the head. He said TO 3 Dispateh reporter that ne
did not know how he came 10 get hurt; that ne
supposed the boys had something against nim,
though he declared that he never saw any Oh
them before. Several OF them. however, aud
especially the one who is thought to have IN
fcted the most serious blows, said they knew
Murphy and were hts friends.
TWO OTHERS HURT.
Two Of tho other men were quito badly beaten,
aud ono OF them had his hand considerably
gashed
Only two gentlemen saw any part OF the light
and they cay that when they had their attention
attracted 10 the dsorderly crowd Murphy was
lying IN a hole OF water. and one OF the Others
was standing up above HIM throwing rocks down
ON him. IL was tben that young mar who was
coming into the city was requested TO notify the
police. - ..
Drs. s. L. and Lawrence Ingram were sum-
moned and rendered tho injured parties tht
necessary attention. They think they. VIII De
able 10 save Murphy's leg, though the fracture
| "a serious one aud tho limb Is greatly bruised
THEY CHOKED YOUTH.
A youth who lives on Fourteenth street re-
ported TO the police yesterday morning ina
wheu passing this point he had been seized BY
| two OF tho tramps and cboked. Tho policemen
were just getting themselves In readiness 70 gC
| up 70 raid the camp when the message that theil
| services we're needed was received.