The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-20
A BOLD BURGLAR.
Mr.. Diacont Finds Man Cutting Pane
of Glass From Window.
Two Serious Assault Cases--Olher Late
Happenings al North End.

According to the stories OF Frank Dia-
cont and the watchman at the new
State House there was pretty desperate
chap around Smiths Hill last night. The
watchman was not at all taken with the
looks OF a fellow who wore among .other
articles Of clothing BLACK. k..cutaway Goat
and flannel outing shirt with a string
Tie, who was hapg ing around the building,
30 he ordered the fellow away at about
y 'oiock. Mr.. Diaoont states that after
he had retired he heard d strange scratch
ing at one OF the windows of his house
and going quietly TO the window where
he heard the noise he was amazed to find
man dressed the same as.the one the
watchman saw at the new State House,
cody cutting out pane OF glass. When
the man on The outside saw re was dis
covered he rGii away and when Mr.. Dia-
cont managed TO get ont of the mouse the
glass operator was nowhere to be seen.
The police were at once notified Of the
occurrence.
CUT IN THE ABDOMEN.
Albert B. Jones was slightly cut near
the lower part of the stomach by knife
IN the ha1us of man named William
Brady, who resides In the same house
with him on North Main street on Satur-
day night. Brady, Mr.. Jones says, after
giving his wife sound thrashing, went
out, and in order to guard against being
locked out OF his home, OF which he
seemed to be the despotic master, took the
key OF the outside door with him. Mrs.
Jones, wife OF Albert, naturally did not
like this act Of her.fellow tenant, so she
told her husband about 1t and the latter
came TO the same conclusion as his wife
had, that Brady some time might, under
tne.impression that he owned the house,
lock everybody else out. Mr.. Jones
made up his mind to.asx Brady TO leave
the key in the door. He spoke TO the lat
ter Saturday night In quiet way,
anger is'not known, but II is presumed
Brady is touchy on points OF etiquette
and objected to Jones addressing him
without the formality Of an Introduction.
Even IL this was the case the police think
1t no excuse for what followed.
After few words had been ex-
changed between the men, Brady pulled
a knife ont of his pocket aud struck at
Jones. The point OF the knife went
through the vest, shirt and under cloth
ing that the latter wore. but fortunately
only scratched his skin.
MIR. Jones Immediately notified officer
Kirby OF the Second police station, who
placed Brady under arrest, and in the
district court he was yesterday held I'm
the sum of $500 for trial tomorrow morn
ing.
This, 1t Is stated, Is not the first
time Brady has used a knife. and his
wife, IL is said, Is now unable to leave
her home on accosnt Of his rough treat
ment OF her.
COUNTER CHARGES OF ASSAULT.
Another place where all was not as
quiet as IL should be yesterday was the
house Webster street, where Thomas
Mead and Luke Kearney reside. Stories
differ materially as to what took place.
for Mead has his yarn to tell, and so
had Kearney. The former says that
Kearney struck him when he went down
cellar and Koarney claims that Mead
struck him with soldering iron, tear.
ing the SKIN from the breast bone aud
breaking the skin on his arm. The
trouble arose from charges made by each
of the two men against the wife of the
other. In one case the lady of the house
was accused of stealing the others wood,
and in the other counter charge was
made of pork stealing by the ruler Of the
house. The case Is mixed ,one and
would require considerable wisdom to
solve. Both the men assaulted are able
TO attend to heir regular employment
AN EARLY MORNING BLAZE.
An alarm of tire was rung in at 1925
this morning by Officer Backmar OF the
Second station in the one story block
owned by Robert Pettis and leased by 3.
j. Briggs at the corner OF Gladstone
avenue bnd Smith street. The blaze was
seen on Market square and quite crowd
started for Smith Hill.
The fire started in the rear of the block,
and the back wall of the same was quite
badly charred and in putting water on
the blaze a transom was broken over the
dry goods store of ID. Gof, and water
and smoke went into the store and dam
aged the stock therein TO the extent of
several hundred dollars.
The drug store of Hriggs & Go. was
not damaged except by the treaking OF n
couple of wi ndows.
The loss to Mr.. GoR and the owner OF
the building will not exceed $500.