The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-19
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An Italian Cut I'm n Row About Going
Home With u Girl.
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An Italian Cut I'm n Row About Going
Home With Girl.
Tooleville was tho scene OF another cut.
ting hffray about eleven o'clock last
night, and three men ana TWO women
figured In the fraces. Jealousy was the
cause Of the cutting. The parties con.
corner Of Greeiy, near Charles
street, when they became involved
in a quarrel as to which one OF the men
should go home with the girls. An
Italian named "Rosy" Baretts, especially,
was very aggressive and seemed deter
mined to GO home with one OF the girls
called "Pinkeye" and well known to
in this by one Bill Driscoll,
who pulled q revolver and swore he would
shoot the first man who laid hands on
Rosy or interfered with him In any way.
Then George Bailey, one OF the partici-
pants, said he was going nome
with one OF the girls = he didn't
care which one-and aimed blow
at Rosy which took him under the ear
and knocked him to the ground. win
blood in his eye he sprang 10 his feet, at
tho same time pulling some sharp IN
strument from his pocket and made q
dive for Bailey. Bsily to save himself put
up his left arm aud received cash In the
fieshy part OF his arm two inches long and
about an inch deep. Driscoll and the
girls seeing things were getting serious
began TO shout murder. This scared the
Italian and he made tracks in the direc-
tion OF Pawtucket. One of the girls took
her handkerchief and tied il around
Bailey's arm and advised him to go TO the
station and make a complaint, which he
did, TO Lieutenant Horton. SO far no ar
rests have been made, but the police are
OF the impression that Bailey was the
aggressor and deserved what he got. His
arm was dressed this morning by DIR. e..
| K. Marston.
Another little incident happened on
Branch avenue about 8 O'Clock last night.
| Two residents OF Pawtucket we're riding
| together on the rear platform OF car.
| One of the two carried an umbrella.
At the corner OF Lippitt street the two o
men attempted to get of together, and in
doing so both fell to the ground. The
man with the umbrella thinking the
| other was TO blame, aimed a
| vicious blow at his head. In
f, of the car TO assist the men TO their feet,
and in STOPPING down received the full
| force OF the blow intended for the other
| man on top OF the head. Then
the conductor got mad and jumping on
| the car seized a bar OF iron. But the man
with the umbrella saw him coming and
| made of and the last seen OF the
| two men they were making tracks
| in the direction OF Pawtucket. The man
| for whom the blow was intended tried to
| explain TO the motorman, who had stopped
| the car to see what was the matter and
| to await the return of the conductor. No
one seems to know whether the conductor
caught the man with the umbrella or not,
but he will have sore head for several
days.
At the sacred concert at the Providence
Opera House last night there was very
large attendance of people from the North
End. This was due 10 the energetic
efforts of Professor Alexander McCabe,
director of the choir of the Church of the
| Immaculate Conception, under whose
direction the concert was given. Prof
fessor McCabe had full charge Of the
| concert.
George Hemingway, well known busi-
ness man of Geneva, was initiated into
| the mysteries OF Odd Fellowship the
other evening. he joined Loyal LilyLodge,
M.'U.