The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-26
CHRISTMAS DAY FIGHTS.
sEYERAL MEN ARRESTED TESTER DAT FOR BREAcH or THE PEACE.

Toreiii Threatened to Kill His Wife Over
 Their Christmas Dinner-siight Row on
 fair strsst-rwe onieeIs Were Assaulted
 by Two Negroes.
 Joseph Torelii or Prindle Alley spent Christmas night in the lookup at police headquarters. charged with breach of the peace upon his wife. Bridget. shortly after o'clock yester- day afternoon after he had partaken 'of his Christmas dinner. he became involved in a quarrel with his wife over some fancied trouble and struck her several times on the head and body. Not content with this he smashed up the most of the crockery which was upon the table and then by way of amusement shied the fragments of the plates at his wife. Fortunately none of them struck her.
 While Torelli was engaged in this pleasant occupation Officer Cooper of the central station put In an appear anoe and placed Torelli under arrest. Mrs Torelll gave the officer an account of the row. substantially as follows: She said that the fight first commenced early in the morning after she had returned from early mass. At this time Torelli wanted his wife to take a walk with him, but she refused, as she had to prepare the Christmas dinner. The quarrel continued throughout the fore nA xa.tfh nrA flerceness at the dinner. finally culmin- ating in her being assaulted and the destruction of the crockery. Mrs Torelli also told the officer that during the fracas her husband had several times threatened to kill her with a knife, but was prevented from putting his threat into execution. Torelli was unable to secure bonds and after spend- ing the night In the lookup he will have to face Judge Cable in the city court this morning.
 Frederick Mansfield of Fair street assaulted his neighbor, Henry F. Henze, yesterday, and subsequently surrendered himself to Captain Wrinn at police headquarters. He was later released on bonds, but would not give any account of the trouble between himself and Henze.
 While under the Influence of liquor, yesterday afternoon, William B. Harris attempted to run things to suit him self in the vicinity of Orchard and Charles street. After he had been d. lowed considerable liberty Special Officer Won Blake attempted to arrest him and was set upon by Harris and assaulted several times. The crowd, which had gathered in the meantime, then pitched into the officer and finally succeeded in wrestling his prisoner from him.
 Won Blake immediately repaired to the Dixwell avenue station and Pa trolman Keenan was detailed to assist him in arresting Harris. The two officers went back to Orchard and Charles street, where Harris was placed under arrest and at the same time the ringleader of the crowd who took liar ris away from the special officer was arrested. The latter gave his name as Edward CoFter. Both men are colored. Harris will appear before the city court this morning, charged with drunken ness and breach of the peace and Colter with drunkenness and interfering with an officer.
 OFFERED CONFEDERATE MONEY.
 John Frank of Orange was arrested by Officer Bart. Daley yesterday af- ternoon for trying to pass a fifty-dollar confederate bill at Morris clothing store on State street. When searched at police headquarters s63.15 in United States money was found on his per- son.