The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-11-28
BLOODY RIOT IN CLEVELAND
A Street Brawl Grows Into a Small
War Of Races.
Fonr Men Were Fatally ssabbcd..
Hunsarians and Irish Fight
Furiously With Dirk
Knives md Clubs.

Cleveland, o., Nov. PA riot &C.
Cured on The west side here late last
night between u score oil Hungarians
n as many Irishmen, in which many
men were stabbed. Toirks. knives and
clubs were freely used and nearly all OF
the combatants We're more or less III
5ured. Two men were taken TO the hos
pital In q dying condition. two Others
cannot survive their wounds n seven
others are dangerously wounded.
The police arrived on the scene after
the affair had been in progress for half
an hour. They took sever men 70 Jail,
n more will be ARRESTED. h place
where the trouble occurred is on Frank
lin avenue extension, near Columbus
street. a locality thiekly populated with
Hungarians and lrish-Amcricans.
AT about $40 O'Clock Joseph and John
Splends and James Carter became en-
gagged in a street quarrel. In the melee
John Sprends drew a pocket knife and
stabbed Carter several times IN the
head.
Father Is Stabbed.
Meanwhile Sylvester Carter, father or
the boy, arrived on the scene. He
struck one of the Sprends. lie was inn
mediately knocked dow and brutally
stabbed several times and will die.
BY this time all the Hungarians on the
hill We're and taking a hand in the
row. The word was quickly passed
among the irish NAT an lrishman was
being killed. The report had the effect
of a spark on dry finder. In an instant
fifty or more Irishmen were on the
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the fray. More Hungarians came. Ev-
erybody was armed with a knife or
club.
Then ensued the liveliest mix-up in
the history of Cleveland. Clubs were
raised and slung with terrific effect. y
patrol wagon packed with police Off
GERS dashed into the crowd Of battling
men. There was a rush for escape and
nearly all who We're not too severely in
jured to run did get away.
Dead and Wounded.
The police found lying on the battle
field James Carter. who was stabbed In
the head and had his skull fractured;
his father. Sylvester Carter, twenty
stab wounds: Billy Malloy, twelve deep
stab wounds and head supposed to be
fractured; Adam Sherman, stabbed
three times and blade broke off in a
wound; John O'Neill. stabbed in face
and back; Henry S%chaefer. dubbed into
lnsensibility; William Zirker. cut in
head and injured internally from being
jumped o
Malloy was numerically dubbed and
slashed. He was stabbed in the head
and back fully a dozen times. After re
cefving the first cut he tried to escape by
running down Franklin hill. He was
pursued by the swarthy Hungarians.
who kept sinking their knives and dirks
into his back while running. He finally
dropped from weakness.
Sherman received two stabs in the
head n n ugly cash in the right
shoulder blade, IL a portion of the
blade is still in his back. The police ar
rested Joseph and John s;prends. Mich
ael Zebrek. so years of age; John Keus-
shlei. "a years Of age; Anton Ballash. p
years Of age; Michael Zirka and John
Speusler. They We're locked up charged
with riotlng and cutting to wound. a
general alarm was sent out and the po-
lice are now searching for other rioters.