The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-24
A MURDER0US ROW.
There was Murder in the Hearts of
the Two Big Negros.
ONE VERY BADLY HURT.
In Small Tenement on South Main Street.
A Fearful Fight Took Place with Fists.
Teeth and N Club-The Police Finally
Interfered and stopped 1t.

The more or less peaceable neighborhood
at the eastern terminus Of the Point street
bridge was disturbed late yesterday morn
ing by the sounds OF fierce struggle,
mingled with wild howls aud yells of
rage issuing from the open door of the
tenement house at $40 South Main street.
Fiercer and wilder waxed the fight and
neighbors essayed 10 peer within the door
way they were trcated to spectacle cal
culated to petrify n man with horror. In
the narrow entry, two huge negroes were
struggling. locked In each others arms.
Back and forth along the passageway the
mountains of flesh reeled, and occasionally
one would break away from his antagon-
lists grip and seizing large oak club that
lay on the floor, would punctuate his
curses with tremendous "bitfsn on the
skull of the other man.
The fight was eventually declared u
draw by the police, who interfered at the
right moment aud placed both parties
under arrest.
IL WAS several minutes after the arrest
had been made before the combatants
could be pried apart SO close was their
embrace and so great their determination
not 10 let one another go, but after little
display Of skill they were separated, one.
Frank Stewart by name, being locked up
in the Third Station, and the other,
Thomas Jones, being taken into his room
in the house where he is lying yet in an
unconscious condition.
By close questioning the officers were
enabled TO CLEAN the following facts con-
corning the origin of the fight: Yester-
day morning, Jones, who is a longshore-
man working on the Baltimore Steamship
Company's dock, came into his house, 376
South Main street, aud found the lower
hall filled with furniture. In the same
tenement Stewart lives, who, on the pre-
vious night. had been enjoying glorious
drunk. 1t was stated that Stewart threw
his wife down stairs that morning and
then threw the entire lot of furniture out
into the hall. Jones made considerable
talk about finding the furniture in the
hall and said that he should report IL to
the landlord. just then Stewart came out
of his room and reached " for Jones with
"a heavy oak club, hitting him square on
the top of the head.
Although dazed by the sudden onslaught
Jones whirled about quickly and grappled
with Stewart, who was making frantic
hourishes with the club. During the
tussle Jones got Stewards thumb be-
tween his teeth and gnawed away on the
member, chewing the flesh in frightful
manner. When separated Stewart was
bleeding from "A horrible cut on the bead
which, he claimed, was made by an axe.
Jones became unconscious shortly after
the arrest of his combatant, and it is
feared that he is suffering from concus-
sion OF the brain. Stewart was locked up
vt the Third station and his wounds were
dressed by Drs. Palmer and Duffy. In
the sixth District Court this morning he
pleaded guilty 10 an assault on Thomas
Jones with a dangerous weapon, and was
bound over TO the June term Of the Court
OF Common Pleas.