Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-20
A BAD CUTTING ArrRAr.
A white Man Seriously ss.bbed By Nsgrs
This Aftcrnoon-

a white Man Seriously Stabbed By Nsgro
This Afcrnoen.
Shortly after the whistles blew for he noon
hour 9 man was brought In the patrol wagon 70
the Emergency Hospital He VS. . white man
OF rather slight build, but wiry and muscular II
not stalvsrt When he reached the
hospital he could barely SPEAK above .
whisper. As soon - possible his clothes, satu-
rated with blood, were removed and he vas
found to be suffering from two great wounds
on bus left side in the immediate region Of his
heart, a. wei a. some slishter cuts on his chest
and arms.
SERIOUS CHARACTER OF THE wouxpss
Drs- woodward and Hannegan recognised
the serious character Of the case and went 70
work at once TO dress the wounds. II was found
that one Of the lungs had been penetrated and
that the knife used 10 infict the cuts had mar
rowiy missed the heart. The doctors regard 10
- serious case, although perhaps not fatal.
The reason why Lawrence Lcssh-for that 70
the mans nsme,is lying at the point Of death,
and Henry Goodwin. colored man. In locked up
In the station house charged with assaulting him,
Is 80 very slight that IL seems incredible that
anything as serious as possible murder should
have occurred These two men, with other
employees Of the telephone company, were
seated in the ware house In the alley
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tween 18th and 18th streets. eating their lunch
or dinner, ne IL was the noon hour.
TRIPPING DISCUSSION AND ITS RESULT.
They we're talking about trining matters and
finally Goodwin, who is said by some Of the men
to be a good deal OF q talker, and Leach go; into
some discussion which waxed warm, and finally
after exchanging remarks Of not very COM
pllmentary character the men eprang at each
other. Goodwin had been eating his lunch with
the aid of n knife, an ordinary penknife,
and he still held il in his hand with one Of the
blades open. When he clinched with Leach he
used this knife. stsbbing him, as was found
several times. The other men eparated the
comoatants as soon as possible and Leach was
conveyed TO the street, where he rested in q
chair until the ambulance came.
TAKEN TO THE STATION.
Goodwin was taken by the police 10 the sta
ton house and the knife was also secured. II
was found that the blade which was used
in the ARRAY had been broken of
and II Is supposed that il struck against the
brick wall in the struggle. Goodwin, the
coiored man, Is recently from Rich
mond. Leach lives on Smsu's farm
on the Brentwood road and has a wife and sew.
eral children. Neither men admit of any pre-
| vious quarrel and their associates know o,
no bad feeling that existed between them. The
men got mad and clinched for fight and the
negro used the knife That is about the case, Il
is thought
THE AssAILANTs STATEMENT.
TOT STAR reporter Goodwin admitted thi,
afternoon that he did the cutting and said b,
was compelled to do il in self-defeuse. although
he was so badly excited that he could not tel
exactly how many times he used his knife.
Several days ago, he said, Leach dug q pole
hole neal the navy yard gate and the foreman
had him GOODWIN dig it deeper. Leech, hs
said. was not there at that time
Today during lunch hour Leach, he said
came to him and asked him about the hole
They had some words and Leach asked him il
he dug the hole deeper
He replied that he did, whereupon Leach
called hima -" and he returned the
compliment. Leach. he said. then struck him
and knocked him back. and as be recovered
himself he saw Leach put his hand behind him
AS though he was going to draw a weapon, and
seeing this he cut him
The prisoner said that he and Leach had had
quarrels several times, but never before had
they come TO blows. The knife he uscd in thu
trouble. he said. was the one he used at his work
He Is a married man aud has wife and family
living in Richmond.