New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-12
ALIENS WOUNDS DANGEROUS
he Is STILL IN A CRITICAL CONDITION.
cARRERo TALKS ABOUT THE oUARREL-ALLEN'9
FATHER NOT CLERGYMAN.

CARRERo TALKS ABOUT THE oUARREL-ALbENs
FATHER NOT A CLERGYMAN.
"Tbeo Allen who was stabbed with IN Ice PICK by
John CarrerO IN the liquOr-stOre at Beecker-st anu
South Fifth-nve, carly Friday morning, was sal'
to be lying at the point Of death yestetd'y III in'
brothers home, No. o46 West Forty third-st' he'
pOrterS not able 10 get any Information aOo"t '
condition there, and policeman who went 10 MAKO
Inquiries was not permitted to enter the house Di'
Edward ]. Donln, of West HOuston-st VINO Is az
tending the wounded man, cOntmdicted a report thaV
Allen was not seriously burt but In hiding because
ne feared arrest for the injuries which Carrero hau 10
ceved. lie said that slight symptoms OF peiltoh'ts
had appeared IN the wound I'm Aliens abdomen IL
pertons really was present. and the wound had pen
etrated an intestine, the physician SAID there was
little or no hope Of saving the mans life. II was
possible also that eryslpelas might appear IN inc
wounds in Aliens head, as they were inflicted with
weapon which had a rusty point In the afternoon
Dr. Donlin thought Aliens condition was more favora
Bile than it I'm the morning. but he said the h'ih
was not ont Of danger.
Carrero who Is prisoner at st. vincents Hospital
was said 10 be recovering rapidly yesterday. and ne
was permitted TO talk about his fight with Allen He
said that he stabbed Allen In sefdeence, Nearly two
weeks ago. be said he caught Allen cheating at game
Of stud poker" in the liquor store at Blecckerst and
South Fifth-ave., and he gave hint to the Olner
players at the tlble Allen had pile OF one dollar
bills in front Of him and he occasionally slid cara
under the bills using the cards later to strengthen Ills
hands in plao- lie angry when the trick was ex-
posed, Carrero said and did not play for several
nights. Later Allen detected CarrerO in the act OF
slipping an ace from the bottom Of the pack and made
cutlery about IL.
On Thursday night, Carroro said, lie went into
Aliens place few minutes before midnight and found
Allen playing poker in the card room with his nephew,
"EddieD Bennett one OF the bartenders; gambler,
called "Owney," and a stranger. Several other men
were In the barrOom Alien refused to let Carrero
enter the game the Italian went out and drank some
beer. He went back 10 the card room about a. IN.
and watched the game awhile. At length, he said,
Allen suddenly grabbed him by the throat and tried TO
burn one Of his eyes with a lighted cigar.
As the two struggling together
they got ont Of the adroom and at the end OF the
a shelf Carrero said he wrcnched the pick away from
Allen but lie did not remember whether he uses H.
He hit the head by other men lu the place. but
he thought he managed 10 get out 10 tho Sidewalk be-
Carrero has five scalp wounds, one OF them nearly
five inches I'm length. lie has been In this city about
twenty four years and Spelks English hlenty ne 81, Is
nearly year Ills wife and two children are Ill COh-
New Workers. who are acquainted with Aliens history
said yesterday that the mans father never was clergy
man but was respectable carpenter who lived on tho
side Of the city, and at one time an inspector
In the Methodist Episcopal Church, and attracted con
siderable notice a. cXhOrter at revival meetings
She and her husband were divorced by mutual agree
ment Th;.-had six sons. Three Of them led re-
spectacle lives They were John, still living in the
city: Jesse who died in the West and Samuel, who
was cripple At Police Headquarters YESTERDAY II
acrooFsH jIariT IS now in prison, serving term
for picking pockets