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The evening world., 1894-07-27
TRIED TO BREAK JAIL.
Warren County Prisoners Knocked
q Hole in tho Wall.
Forced Back 10 Their Cells at
Points Of Revolvers.
They Wore Armed with Knives and
Norved to Desperation.

BELvIDERE. N. j.. July N.-The
prisoners confined in the Warren County
Jail again made q desperate but I'm
successful attempt to escape from the
Jail last night. Among the prisoners
in the plot was George AndrewA the
condemned wife-murderer. whose case
10 now In the United States courts.
The prisoners had secured = Ratchet,
. hammer. small nles, q number OF
knives and q long iron bar. and with
the aid Of these they knocked hole In
the wall Of the Jail two feet square.
Tho hole was fortunately discovered
By the jailer. and with the assistance
Of some keepers the men were driven
back to their cells at the points Of re-
volvers.
the most Desperate attempt yet tried
The men had opened each others cell.
and were all In the corridors OF the jail
ready to escape through the hole when
II was discovered.
The prisoners At flrst showed nght,
but on seeing the pistols held ~ the
keepers they went back 10 their celia
and are now being closely guarded.
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his MOTHER LOCKED AII Up.
That's WY 1ss4ty Couldn't
Nary Mary 6lssn
1WOORU Hen 1sv0 Her b 0Dfeo q
Nsans's Ohoscsasns.

EhrZABETH, n. !. yH3y 0-JsAn
Beatty. aged twenty. oisrh IN John
orrs srooery here and whs lives With
his mother at ~ Rsads: street was to
have been married last night to Miss
Mary Sloan. . niece OF his employer.
Who 10 twenty-five ysass old
She came here from Iowa some years
ago, and went to live with the family
Of Mr.. Orr.
All the arrangement had been oom-
pleted for the wedding. which was to
take place in Mr.. Orrs house The
guests had all assembled. tho bride was
dressed and ready for the ceremony.
and the clergyman who was to tie the
knot had arrived, but the bridegroom
Tho bride was plainly worried over the
delay. and the guests began to grow anI-
Messengers were sent 70 the bride
groom's house. but his mother said she
did not know Where he w ,s, and after ate
dispersed and the wedding was post
Tho bride was nearly frantic, and was
sa 70 he. net saS
1t now turns out that the young man
was not to blame, a. he was as anxious
as anybody to have the ceremony per-
He was, however, prevented from be-
Ing on hand by an unlocked for cir
cumstance.
His mother. II is said. does not like
the intended bride. who. she alleges. Is
entirely too old for her son and she de-
termined. II possible. II Is alleged. to
prevent the nuptials.
When young Mr.. Beatty went to his
room to dress his mother stole quietly
upstairs and turned the key in the door,
thus securely locking her son up.
He stormed and fumed when he learned
of the trick that had been played on him.
but II was all to no purpose, as he re-
when his mother released him.
He vows he will have the girl any
how, but his mother claims that he II
not OF age. and that she will TAKE
leral m easures to prevent the marriage
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CLINTON PRISON PREFERRED.
Twenty Years Life There sursr
Than Ono Years in Elnira
Another Dsy's Tostfnsny - -
Breckway's Methods.
ny AOsistsl pFsa)

Wy ASseS2 FT@J
|ELM1RA. July N.-0ov. Flowers spe-
cial commission. appointed to hear
charges against the Board Of Managers
Of the Elmira Reformatory. eommenoei
tho fourth days session At $50 this
morning with the examination Of Thomas
J. McCabe. who was on the stand Thur
day night
McCabe drew . forcibls contrast BE-
tween Clinton Prison. whore he. 10 now
confined. ana Elmira. where he was
When asked BY Commissions peye
years Of Clinton life, with better air,
time which he may be compelled to stay
in prison-to one year In the Reforma-
tory, when he might have been released.
he promptly replied:
II would rather have the twenty years
at Clinton. because l would be pretty
likely to get buried at Elmira instead OF
remaining one year"
In Clinton, Prison. was the, next witness
He had charge Of the awkward squads
during most of tho time while at the
Reformatory.
Hogan had furnished the boys With to-
bacco. The tobacco story, Hogan denied
For this, he was placed insa solitary cell
and was afterwards transferred to Clin-
ton.
Before his transfer Hogan asked
Brockway about his wife and children
Brockway said: Your wife and chill
dren don't want to have anything to dc
with you. You're scoundrel."
Witness said he had seen an inmate
named johnson knocked down. and
kicked by Keeper Winnie. Other boys
were kicked and CURED about. One boy
named Hines, had an epileptic Mt and
fell in stoneyard. with his head cut
Hogan and others started to carry him
to the hospital. where they were Joined
him on the ground. This was done
Hogan could not tell how long the boy
remained there in the Mt.
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ANOTHER ntT|I Tllls ".
Grocer HstSh 0lxins 10 W
swhdsd By oslsna. -.
oadAs0D De0O 0Assk e o00saua
0svs o1A.l1 0Aaae~

1AOh0 Vo0el0 q OW4nD0 -
Coleman turned - a. nK14ng -
annSunosd that 10 haA bssa oAssasA -
Of nAN and ssms nios hama TAe 0AD
amount involved IN H. eDssat3sa = a.
planned b. the mot that q SoousoO
early IN Colsman's INV Yorlk oaDs9.
Just shortly aftsr hs was obliged . yaNu
his watch to Day Ids board bill
The Victim who came 1ueWazd to-dnN
10 A H. Hatch. . Ersosr at ~ 0rssn-
witch street. Rs wrsts 70 Lawyer Burt.
stating that over . week age . man
answering Coleman's description in
every detail called at his store ana
ordered . lot Of ham. amounting to
$S.ss. sent to his house At lot East
Eighteenth street. The stranger gave
tho name of c. W. Chapman. and be-
cause he lacked . few cents In change
Of having s5.ss he gave Hatch . $40
certified check. purportinE to have been
made by Mr.. Stevens. Of the Fidelity
Title and Deposit Company. of Newark.
Hatch took the check and gave the
man $1ll3 in change. When the ham
was delivered Chapman was not known
at the address. and the check. 1t was
ascertained. had been forged.
Lawyer Burt thinks Chapman and
Coleman arc the same. and that the
swindler was then in hard luck.
He borrowed SIS from Landau on .
plausible excuse on his first visit to
Paterson" added Mr.. Burt. which
shows that he needed ready cash to put
through his bigger schemes
1t was stated by the police this morn
ing that no clue to aid in the capture
Of Coleman had been found. He 10 .
shrewd man and was clever enough to
cover up his tracks" said Sergt. Bird.
| although some of the victims thought
they recognised faces in the Rogues'
Gallery that resembled Coleman's, none
was positive enough to aid US any N
With regard to the report that Cole
man is Thomas Marvin, or Jim the
| Penman," the forger and swindler. who
served four years In the Richmond
prison for forgery and bigamy. the Do.
| lice say that nothing has been brought
out to Indicate that there Is anything
| in the suggestion. They say that In
cases like this there are always plenty
| OF groundless theories.
| Lawyer Burt thinks. however. that
Marvin and Coleman may be the same,
and he recalls that in answer TO a ques-
ton II he had ever been in Richmond.
had not. He had Just a moment before
South. and as he claimed to live in
| Washington. Mr.. Burt considers his de-
NAL that he had ever been In Richmond
as significant.
| to Richmond for picture Of Marvin.
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DESTRUCTIVE BURGLARS.
Destroyed More than They Stole ~
East NOrwich.

OYSTER BAY, L. l.. July T.-At mid
night burglars broke into the residence
of Deputy County Treasurer Walter
Franklin. at East Norwich. near this
place. They thoroughly ransacked the
house, and what property they did not
carry away they maliciously destroyed.
They broke open Mr. Franklin's desk
and in searching for money destroye ed
valuable papers. They carefully tested
the silver and threw aside all the plate
ware
The bedding was torn into strips and
Mr.. Franklin's linen was torn into
threads. The thieves secured about SIS
in cash and some jewelry. They effected
an entrance to the house by forcing open
a back window.
MIR. Franklin and his family were
away from home at the time and the
case was reported to the authorities this
morning.
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the gambling grounds seems to be un-
Charges against Duffy have been for
Ssrded to Coy Flower so BY B. e. for Jf Es
forcement OF Criminal Law.
Byrnes Might Act
A new question arises as to the juris-
the matter. The disturbances and
drunkenness on this side OF the line are
certainly within the province Of the city
police. and the insults to women on the
'| Section s 1876 of the Code places the
limit Of jurisdiction 700 yards on
s enPsr, survey saS OF made THE World
jSst 7ss. P fees from the OF
the Bronx, which is the dividing line:
New York city and County ofiicials
under that section. Another section pro-
vides for action against Ebling Bros. for
renting "a place for making any wasers
chance or casualty"
Section IN Of the Consolidation act
makes 1t within the power OF the city
police to act As constables throughout
supt. Byrnes was seen this morning
by an Evening World reporter. to
whom he explained that he thought the
case wltnln the provinces Oh inc W cbt-
chester authorities and quite within
their power to deal with.
Fostered By the Western Union.
The electric Telegraph Company Of
Westchester'' makes q pretense, accord
ing to the tickets issued on races, to
send money to the tracks. Pool tickets
are sold bearing on their faces the name
of "E. J. Leonard, President" The
last clause Of the conditions reads
Money will not be transmitted to be
placed As wagers on a contest OF any
kind"
Supt. Humstons, Of the western Unior
Telegraph Company, admitted this morn
ing that he had received z communi
cation from 4 committee Of citizens Of
westchester County. who charged ths
Company with aiding and abetting lille
gal pool selling by means Of its wirei
at Little Monte Carlo.
1.-THE matter" said Mr.. Humstone
brings up the old question Of whethe,
| we have the right to act as censors ovel
messages given us to transmit. Thii
has been argued in pretty nearly ever
State Of the Union. and still remains Al
open question"
Mr.. Humstone then referred the re
porter to the Company's counsel, say1nl
| that the matter had been placed In hi
hands,
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Undertakes Ruor. Statement.

10 the Editor:
In the article published Monday concerning
the death and burial Of little Albert Ednett
from the Memorial Hospital for Women and
Children. In Brooklyn. a great injustice was
done me a. the Kinss County undertaken. As a
matter Of fact. did not see the dead child's
mother at ALL and therefore could not have had
the conversation with her as reported Last
sunday was notified to remove the dead body
OF an infant from the Memorial Hospital In
my omcial capacity my duty IL simply TO obey
oraers promptly. and accordingly on that day |
sent comm In a wagon to the hospital The
Wagon Was driven by one OF my lemployees
ne has since told me that the child's mother
saiu mat she hated to see her baby buried In
roters Field. but that she made no strong
protest When my driver received the burial per-
my from the hospital authorities and was or
rTtea by them TO take the body 10 Potter =
sield he had no recourse but TO obey. Had he
, Nailed to DO y. sharges OF neglect OF duty
,sn,sht have been lodged against me- l have
sn r zoo ,S long TINE had dealings with the poor
,asuitlnsiy or .lSshtinsiysin their time Of be-
10 ae e or TO- permit any Of my employees
ao soi but q county uldertaker 10 simply q
ssanty employee. and must DO a. he Is told.
LEONARD RUGBY, County uudertaker,
pushwiek avenue. BroobyA
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RECEIVER APPOINTED.
stray Qualities in 100000 for the
Higgins soap Company.

Joseph W. Stray qualified before Jus
tice Bartlett In the Supreme Court,
Brooklyn. this morning. in 10000. as
receiver of the Higgins Soap Company,
which went into liquidation owing 10
the fraudu.ant transactions OF David
Coleman. the swindler, who paid for
s2s. 900 worth OF stock OF the Company
with a bogus check.
The American Surety Company. OF
New York, furnished the bond. Justice
Bartlett advised Mr.. Stray's attorney e
give notice to the Attorney General and
Secure the appointment OF an auxillary
receiver In New Jersey. as the Company
is a New Jersey corporation.
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LOST HIS DIAMOND STUDS.

COMFY ISLAND. l.. l.. July 27-Ru-
dolph Lade. of East Broadway, New
York. reported to the Coney Island police
this morning that he had been robbed Of
a pair OF diamond studs, which he had
left In Balmer's bathing pavilion with
his clothing yesterday afternoon while he
was In bathing,
II Is thought that Lade will find his
studs among the jewels which the police
got from Benjamin Brown. the pick
pocket arrested at Brighton Beach race
track yesterday afternoon
The evening world., 1894-07-27
PASSES BAD CHECKS,
Many Merchants Swindled BY
Ono Mark Koski
Goods Sent to Railway ADDRESSED
to Unknown People.
From the Number Of Packares He
Has Operated Extensively.

RAILWAY, N. j., July N.-The once
OF the Adams Express Company in this
city is Uttered with parcels Of all sizes
for which no owners can be found. Each
package or box II plainly addressed, buA
to fictitious parties. The goods embracs
bicycles, spring water. cash registers.
60. most Of which have been sent here
from New York and PHILADELPHIA
week ago . young man, gtvfn9 tAo
name Of Mark Koski. went to the store
Of q. NJ. Slater, in this city, and psu,.
chased about $13 worth Of wall-pepsR
and ordered II sent to Samuel n AosA
Of the West END Hotel Long BrancA,
and gavs IN payment . - check. pur.
porting to have been drawn On Q Isnnn
Branch bank by Samuel u. Loeb KoaAi
was given the balance In oash. ana tseh
his departure.
Before he left me c$tS bswvve -
visited the Union County Bank ara -.
cured . numbsr Of blank chscks.
"wednesday the express packages -.
gan TO A1fvA and during the DAY M.
Slater received . protest On the CHECK,
This was the hrst mixing he had thse
he was me Victim Of . swfndler.
In the afternoon word was rooaevUG
mat probably the Same man had been
using the bank checks In New York,
whore he had forged the name Of ID. y.
Slater and purchased goods At Burt 4
Packards shoe stor% On Broadway,
near the Post-O6lcA
Yesterday fve Gases II sulphur water
wsrs received from H. q Smith, u
Walnut street. Philsdelphia. They wsrs
49, = -
such perren lives IN this city.
II il said the man has been Draceistns
IN nearly all the c1tias and towns alenG
the Pcnnsyfvania Railrsad bsevssn New
Yosk and PlhladelphiA
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CAMP MEETING AT MERRICK.
Cottages All Occupied, and Many
brooklyn People Present.

MERRICK, l.. l., July 1.-THE annual
camp meeting in the woods at this place
is In progress and will continue until
Tuesday next. The Methodist churches
OF Brooklyn are largely represented and
all the cottages on the camp groppnds
are occupied There are many visiting
ministers from Brooklyn and elsewhere.
The meetings are in charge OF Presid-
ing Elder c. s. Wing, and sessions are
ing in the large pavilion. on Sunday
next there viii be special services in
honor OF the twenty. Nth anniversary OF
the Merrick Camp Meeting Association.
The evening world., 1894-07-27
FAILED TO SAVE 4 C0MRADE.
Young Bieler Held to Answer for
Petri's Drowning.


Jacob Bieler. fourteen years old. Of
Newtown. L. l.. was arraigned in tine
Gates Avenue Police Court, Brooklyn,
before Justice Peterson. this morning.
charged with completely in the drown
ing Of Philip Petri. also Of Newtown.
on July Is.
Petri and Bieler went In swimming
on that day in Newtown Creek. Petri
was unable to swim. and his companion
tied a rope under his arms. promising
to hold him up.
held the rope, lost his hold and wnS un-
able to secure the rope again. Petrt.
unas sisted by his comrade. went to the
bottom and failed to come up again.
The boy. frightened at the result OF the
accident, ran away.
covered a few days ago. It having been
stuck in the mud. which forms the bot
tom Of the foul creek.
Bieler was liberated under 900 bail,
which was furnished by his father.
The evening world., 1894-07-27
Accidents in Brooklyn.

Bridget Montague, sixty years old. OF u skill
man street, Brooklyn, fell out OF seSond,stsTy
window a distance OF twenV-hve tset' this morn,
inr and sustained fractures OF ohe skull leU
isE and right arm, she was removed TO me
Hsmoeopathic Hospital by Ambulance Surgeon
Love.
LOST his balance and fell while leaning out OF
window Of his home this morning and was badly
cut about the head.
A. car ass OF the Atlantic Avenue Railroad
,,r,od, into Fifh avenue from Atlantic at an
early hour this morning Isaac 8. winslow. nfty-
eight, " al Seyenth avenue, was ,hro"n rom
ture Of DE left knee and was taken home IN 40
.u,bulanck ~
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LEAH NEED NOT RETURN.
she Left Her Brothers House Ne
cause He Abused Her.

she Left Her Brothers House Ne
cause He Abused Her.
Leah Bernstein. fourteen years old.
of Rockville Centre. L. l.. who alleges
that her half-brother. Morris Bernstein.
beat her with q strap In which sharp
nails were fastened and who ran away
from home, need not return to her
brothers house.
This point was decided this morning in
Supreme Court Brooklyn. where jus
tice Bartlett dismissed q writ OF habeas
corpus obtained by Leah's brother.
whose lawyer did not put in an appear
ance and the writ went by default:
President John Lyon, of Rockville
Centre. appeared for John Hammond,
and his wife. Gussie, who were charged
In the writ with Illegally preventing the
child from returning to her half
brothers house.
Mr.. Hammond placed the child in the
custody OF Overseer OF the Poor Will
Jams. Mr.. Lyon said this morning that
Leah was at Far Rockaway.
The evening world., 1894-07-27
ASSAULTED BY BOYS.
Little Hattie Maber vieti. of Two
small Fiends.

Edward Feya and James Barter. Of
&c Oakland street, who are respectively
twelve and fourteen wears old, were held
in the Even Street Court. Williams
burg, to-day on charge OF criminal
assault.
Yesterday afternoon the boys went to
65 Oakland street and entered the apart
ments OF Mrs. Hattie haher, Mrs.
Maher had gone out and the only per-
son in the place was he woman's six
ycar-old daughter,
When Mrs, Maher -eturned home the
child told her what had happened, and
the two youngsters were under arrest
in less than hour afterwards.
The evening world., 1894-07-27
WEDDING IN POLICE COURT.
Paul KIumpf Preferred Marriage to
CrimipnI Proceedings.

Paul. Klumpt a German grocery clerk,
eighteen years old. OF $50 De Kalb ave-
nue., Brooklyn. who had been arrested
by Charities Commissioners Agent
Short on complaint OF Lille Van Nos
trand. OF 264 Himrod street. consented
TO marry his accuser this morning, and
the ceremony took place in the Gates
Avenue Court.
The Rev DR.. Henderson. pastor Of the
and Madison street. -ofiicianed. The
knot was tied In the presence Of jus
tice HaYgeray and the entire corps OF
court attaches. s'fSSF
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HIT WITH A PAVING STONE.
nefnenaA May Have Fractured
Reilly's Skull.

Frederick Heineman. of 1853 Roebling
street, was held in. the Even Street
Court, Williamsburg. to-day. on
charge of assault in the second degree.
Yesterday afternoon Peter Reilly. OF
Durham place. met Heineman on the
street and accused him q being too IA
mtliar with Mrs. Reilly.
Heineman threw a paving stone at his
TREND, and II Is believed that Reillys
skull Is fractured. The injured man is
In st. GATHERINGS Hospital.
The evening world., 1894-07-27
DROWNED AT ROCKAWAY.
schraebePs Two Friends Neatly
Perished IN Trying to Save Him.

RocKAwAY BEACH. L. l.. July 3D.
A man named Schraebel was drowned
last night while bathing on Charles p.
Frey's bathing pavilion at Holland sta
ton.
Schraebel was in bathing with two
other men, and his companions In trying
to rescue him almost lost their lives.
They were brought ashore In an ex-
hausted condition. The body Of Schraebel
was recovered this morning.
Schraebel and his two companions were
IN the employ of the Sevich Lager Beer
Company and went to the Beach yester-
day afternoon for an outing.
The evening world., 1894-07-27
mo ACCOUNT "FoRGERY.",
T.. r. ChudIeish Held for Passing a,
worthless Check.

Edward p. Chudleigh. of 3s jackson
place. Brooklyn, was held by Justice
Tighe In the Butler Street Police Court.
Brooklyn. this morning for examination
on Monday on the charge Of passing
worthless so check on Charles Thomp-
sen. a saloon-keeper OF 2ss Sixteenth
street, Brooklyn, on May 10 last.
The check Is on the New York EI-
change Bank, and was returned marked
mo account" and Forgery"
The maker Is purported to be Josiah
r. Day, a wagon-maker. of 6 Murray
Chudieigh says that he believed the
check to be good. The police say that
Chudleigh has been In the same business
before.
The evening world., 1894-07-27
DID M'KENNA HAVE A PUlL2
InsuIted = Woman, but n Police
man Refused to Arrest Him.

Policeman Joseph p. Saney, OF the
East Fifth street station-house. was
pla ced on trial at Police Headquarters
to-day before Commissioner Murray,
on a char~e OF using abusive language
to Felicia Mulbauer. OF 3l2 East Four
teenth street, and OF failing TO make an
arrest when called upon.
on the night of July ., Mrs. Mulbauer
alleges, she was accosted by night
Waterman, named Mckenna, at Four
tenth street and Second avenue. The
man, she declares, threw his arms about
her and assaulted i man who came to
her rescue,
She called upon Policeman Saney to
arrest Nick emma, who ran into the dis
trIct headquarters OF Temmany Hall.
Mrs MulSluer went into the hall and
pointed McKenna out to the officer, who
refused to arrest him.
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THE BURGLARS ESCAPED.
seelman and His Son Surprised
-r Them Mt Work.

Pr Them at Work.
Morris Seelman and his son. who
live at 6SS Carroll street, Brooklyn.
were awakened at o'clock this morn
ing by somebody rummaging around on
the second floor.
The Seelmans armed themselves and
foot of the stairway, two men dashed
out OF the back room and jumped down
the remaining stairway.
Before the Seelmans recovered from
their surprise, one OF the fellows es-
capped by the front door. and his com
panion got out through the rear and
disappeared after climbing over sew
eral fences.
The evening world., 1894-07-27
INJURED WIFE AND BABY.
Rediine Also Accused of Asss.itins
His sister-in-Lavv.

His Sister-iA-Law.
William Redline aged twenty-nine Of
$40 Baltic street, Brooklyn, went home
late last night and began abusing the
members of the household. When they
demonstrated he, It rs said, started In to
striking his sister-in-law. Bridget Mont
gomery, in the face with his fists and
Knocking down his wife and accidentally
kicking his fifteen months-old daughter.
Lavlnia.
The police hoard the racket, and after
arresting Redline they had Mrs. Redline
and the baby removed to the Seney Hos
pital. The doctor, who examined both
injured.
The evening world., 1894-07-27
TOOL ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
Dependent Man Takes Paris Green
and May Die.

Christopher Tool. sixty years old. Of
Il Grand street; Jersey City, a piano
polisher. attempted to commit suicide
last night by taking Paris green. He
was removed to the City Hospital, and
his condition is very low.
He was Respondent, owing to his hav-
ing been out OF work. Tools two
young sons were turned over to the care
OF the authorities.
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STABBED HIS SON.
FaarE Was Angry Because the Boy
Didn't Work Faster.

Justice Watson, In the Even Street
Court, Williamsburg, to-day held Theo-
dore Faarg, an elderly man. on a
charge of stabbing his son, Peter. in
the neck, INJECTING injuries which may
result in the voting mans death.
Faarg Is a basket maker. and his son
helps him. Yesterday Faarg approached
his son for not working faster, and
when Peter said he was doing the best
he could, Faarg became enraged, and
Stabbed his son with knife which he
happened to have in his hand.