The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-12-21
SHOOTING and STABBING !
Pay Day orgies Terminate in Bloody
Encounters.
THREE MEN WERE ALMOST KILLED
One Stabbed in the Back, Another Shot and
Third Was so Badly slashed His Head
Required Twenty eight Stitches.
Many Arrests Made

Saturday was pay day at the 2. & r. coll
leries in this district and il brought with it
more bloody afirays than has been recorded
within twenty-four hours for many months
In all but one of the cases the aggressors and
victims were either Poles Lithuaniars or
Hungarians and at least three men almost
lost their lives in some Of the ARRAYS that
were reported. The authorities say that
there were number of other house and
street fights in which several people were
injured to some extent, but no arrests were
made, so that the Justices dockets do not
show the full extent of the pay orgies.
Among the most serious of the encounters
occurred at a saloon on East Centre street
-Four young men entered the place Saturday
night and after getting drinks commenced a
disturbance. James Shields the proprietor
of the saloon, and his driver, Anthony
Gowanski, who was acting as bartender.
elected three of them. The fourth, Patrick
stanton, made a stubborn fight Shields
grappled with and downed the man
and while the struggle was in prog
ress one of StantOn's companions fired a
shot into the saloon from the street. The
shot struck Stanton. The bullet passed clean
through the middle finger Of his left hand.
between the first and second joints, and cut
the second joint of the ring finger Stanton
was held prisoner by Shields, while Gowan-
ski ran to the street to ascertain who fired
the shot, but as he reached the pavement
somebody ran up behind and stabbed him.
The knife blade entered Gowanski's back.
just over the left shoulder and made a deem
wound an inch and half long. DIR. Stein
put four stitches in it, Stanton was taken
before Justice Lawlor and committed to iail
after having his injured hand dressed by DR.,
stein, Stanton's pals have not been ar
rested
one of the worst cut up men surviving in
Jurles seen for some time was Nat. Kopie. He
appeared in DR.. STEMS office with thirteen
stab wounds in his scalp, ranging from a half
to two inches in length and the doctor was
Obliged to apply twenty-eight stitches. The
array in which Kopie suffered took place
near the Indian Ridge colliery on Saturday
night, and WaSsil Stetz was arrested for
welding the bloody knife. He was com
mltted to Jail pending the result of the in
Jufies' as DE- stein would not give positive
opinion as to Kopie's condition.
Another victim who appeared before DIR.
stem Saturday night but who has not yet
entered prosecution, wgs Thomas Tomalins.
required eight stitches
Paul Puscawicz was arrested last night
just as he was about to use a large blackjack.
Constable Bolin and Policeman Lee took the
weapon from him and he was arraigned be-
fore Justice Cardin who decided to make an
example, and it cost Paul $3.50 to get his
freedom.
John Saloski Enoch Klinger, Thomas
Krushane and two other men who escaped
entered saloon on South Main street kept by
Steve Zarnal. They smashed several windows
and stole watch. Each was put under $500
bail.
Andrew KurecziOns threw large piece of
rock into house ON Plum alley Saturday
night. In bounding on the floor the rock
struck an eight-year-old girl on the right
'houlderand cheek, seriously but not danger
ously injuring her. The rock was SO large
that 1t struck the child in both places stimuli.
Had she been in the direct course
d the rock the child would Lave been killed.
me assailant was put under $500 bail.
Policemen Tosh and Foltz Saturday night
arrested Jacob Kitz for drunkenness and
nuisance. The case was settled before Chief
Burgess Burns yesterday by payment of the
borough fine and costs
Peter Purkus is confined to his home on
North Plum alley by injuries to his head sus-
aimed from rock thrown into his house by
John Zutitus, who is under bail
William Murphy, aged about 20 years and
ION of Lawrence Murphy of East Oak street.
confined to his bed by injuries sustained in
fight on vacant lot at the corner of Main
md Cherry streets at about 0:3O o'clock last
light. Murphy had his upper and lower
Up split open and was unconscious
lntil this morning, but his con
litiOn is not dangerous. He is attended
~ DIR. LangtOn. Murphy says he does not
Snow how he was injured, but believes he
vas struck by a Pole. Shortly before the
racSs Murphy was seen on the lot with three
# his own companions who, spectators say,
we're drunk. Murphy says he was not drunk
md his parents confirm his statement.
At about one o'clock yesterday morning a
ow started in the oyster saloon kept by
William Menkawicz, in tho Yetkois building,
N East Centre street and there was a general
mashing of tables, dishes, etc, causing
oss of about S25 to the proprietor. No ar
ests were made.
Boys carpet slippers size II to 2, at 20 cents.
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