The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-23
KILLED FOR AN UMBRELLA.
IT WAS GTTEN As 4 PLEDGE FOR
the LOAN or 4 DIME.
John Reed Sold or Lust Il, ANA Had to
Fight TIN Two brothers of It's Owner
A saturday Night Scene In Paterson

John Reed sold or lust II, ana Had to
Fight TIN Two brothers of It's Owner
A saturday Night scene In Paterson.
Tho many snloons of tho city of Paterson
nro always crowded on Saturday nights On
rainy Saturday night like the last with all the
theatres closed aud no outside attractions,
they often are damned. Some Of those saloons,
oil OF which pay $3.50 lconsc are very low but
no saloons In tho city arc worse than the halt
dozen or moro in River and adjacent streets In
tho negro scttlcmontknOwn as African Shore"
In these saloons negroes and whitos congre-
gate and assimiate
powers's saloon In River street is ncrhans
neither bettcr nor worse than its neshbors,
At midnight on Saturday tho place was crowd-
ed with promiscuous gathering of blacks and
whites, men and women, lostllnE zach other IA
they reached over tho wet bar Tor beer. As It
was near midnight everybody was moro or less
drunk. ono OF tho white men present was
George Reed Of - Manhattan avenue. Ho
stepped into the front door with tho inten-
ton Of going home, but no met Lizzie
jackson, dissoluto colorcd woman, who
asked Reed for tho loan Of ten cents. She
proifered bad umbrella that she carried as a
pledge for the return OF tho money. The rain
was falling in torrents SO Rood advanced the
dino and took possession of the umbrella.
For some reason, he did not go home but
turned back into the saloon.
A half an hour later Robert and Jake Wilson,
both colored, and brothers of Lizzie jackson
Jackson being her name by MARRIAGE, en-
tered. They had boon there before, but had
gone out. They proiTored Rood ten cents In
repayment OF tho loan. their sister having told
them about 1t willie they were out. Reed how
ever. had either sold or lost the umbrella. The
Wilson's demanded it Immediately They
threatened II they did not Ret it to take 1t ont
oil his hide. Heed got angry and told the ne
Eroes to get out. row followed that made
things lively in tho sal Don for little while.
Heed. who was getting tho worst OF It, broke
away and ran down River street to tho Arch
street bridge. Tho crowd pursued. the VIII
sons to carry on the fight. tho rest to see the
nun. Reed was caught in the middle of the
bridge. Tho Wilson's pitched upon him, and
o.! that any ono could 500 was u heap OF strug-
Cling men. Presently somebody yelled that he
was stabbed. and blood began to flow down
the bridge flooring; The crowd scamperel.
Both legs wore sashel to tho bone between
the knee and hip. aid there was q cash on his
forehead. Ho said Robert Wilson was tho man
who cut him. and he believed the cutting was
done with razor. The clean cut wounds
would indicate that that was tho weapon used.
Reed was taken tosthe hospital where ho
died at ~ O'Clock yesterday morning OF loss OF
blood. Before morning robert and Jacob Will
son were arrested. The formor was stabbed in
the thigh HI said that Iced did it. He de-
MED that he had cut Reod. Yesterday about
twenty other men. white and colored. were ar
rested and held witnesses. The Wilson's
wero examined yesterday afternoon. They
acknowledged tho trouble about tho umbrella
and the fight but deny TINT they did anything
moro than defend themselves.