St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-25
RIVAL LOVERS FIGHT.
BAT EACH OTHER WITH MUIR
DEKOUS HAMMERS.
One With a sledse Hammer
Knocks the Other on the
Head and Out.

There are ut the present writing two
seem to be as hard as their anvils.
They engaged in combat yesterday
afternoon just before O'clock. lam
mers-Dot Of the tack varie-
ty- were their ouly weapons.
Ona tourished heavy torse-shoeing
hammer. while his adversary swung a
sledge hammer. Each landed blow
on the others head. 1t is perhaps Su-
perfiuous to add that the gentleman
WAC welded the siedge hammer brought
the contest to an abrupt close. His name
Gabriel Ducnarn, and that of hi
opponent is George Clark. Mir. Clark
is employed in LIE Cr0ix's blacksmith
shop, located at East Fairfield street
and South R..bert. Mr.. Ducharn was
III his employ, SO one story says.
Another states that he was not, and
that the row was all about a woman.
AS nearly as can he ascertained from
the statements of both men, Clark lost
his temper because Duoharn, who was
at work repairing wagon. ac-
cidentally broke one of its bolts.
which terminated when Clark seized a
hand hammer and struck Ducharn
with it on the left cheek. Ducharn re-
scented this by selZng sledgeiamner
and tapping Mr.. Clark on the crown OF
the head with tina business end of the
instrument. Clark fell to the ileor. but
soon arose and walked TO his room at
237 East Fillmore avenue, block dis
tant from his shop.
A Boy Who Saw tl,e Men Fighting
had i'll the meantime reported it at the
Ducas street police station. off Ger
Griffin was sent out to find the men.
While walking along East Fillmore
avenue. the officer heard man groaIl-
ing inside the EUuSt numbered 237.
The front door was locked, so the
officer went to the rear of The
house and forced the back door
open. When he came to the room where
the injured man lay he could actually
hear the trickiinE of blood upon the
floor before entering the room. Upon
opening tha door and striking light
Officer Griffin saw Clark leaning against
bench with his head resting upon it.
Clark was covered with blood. The
officer at once summoned the patrol
wagon and notified the city physicians
Office. In the meantime, as the officer
expected. Dutharn, with whom he was
acquainted. came up from his boarding
house on the river bank, and made his
way into the house where Clark
was in order to tiEd out
how badly he was injured. The
instant Ducharn entered Officer Griffin
arrested him. and the patrol wagon con-
veyed him to the Ducas street station.
Assistant City Physician Brim hall ar
rived soon aftor, and, after dressing
Clark's wounds and staunching the
flow of blood. the wagon took him to tie
city hospital. a closer examination
there failed to reveal anything more
serious than scalp wound, though DR..
Brinhall was not sure but the skull
might be fractured. Dncharn received
a bad cut Oh the cheek, under the left
eye.
An eye witness of the fight says that
Ducharn struck the first blow with the
sledgehammer, and that five minutes
later, when Clark recovered conscious
ness. he picked up piece of iron.
three feet long, he struck Ducharn in
the face with it.
1t is also stated that Dacharn was not
working al the shop, but called there to
''do"Clark OH account of his (Ducnarn's)
Jealousy, as lie had been keeping coiI-
pany with woman employed by Clark
as cook, and thought that Clark was
after her, too. Clark is forty-tive years
old, and is grass widOWer. Ducharn
is thiriy-nine years old.