The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-28

was following them with hig club In
his hands. AS he approached he called
out to the watchmen 10 release MS COM
panions. Mr.. Newhali's prisoner seemed
TO become alarmed ut this and appealed TO
the officer. not to let the man approaching
with the club strike him. Al this MT.
Newball increased his speed ana passeo
MIR. Pullen. who was still holding on to
his man. For few minutes captors and
captured proceeded In silence. Then Mr..
Newhall heard MIR. Pullen cry 20, Ben
Beni"
Looking back Mr.. Newhall saw Mr..
Pullen reeling from blow he had Just
received on the head from the club in the
hands of the man who had been follow
ing them. MIR. Pullen's prisoner was
gone and could nowhere be seen. The
man with the club was just preparing
to deliver another blow when Mr..
Newhall let 60 his hold on his prison.
er and rushed 10 the assistance OF
HIS partner. AS he did so Mr.. Pulian
dropped to the ground and the club fell
with terrible force on his head. AS Mr..
Newhall came up the man with club
dealt him heavy blow with the weapon,
but just at this moment citizen came
To the watohman's assistance, and the
man with the club turned his fury upon
also released his prisoner and hurried to
help MIR. Newall and Mr. Pullen. The
latter was unconscious on the ground and
in few seconds prisoners and assailant
had disappeared.
Mr.. Pullen was carried to his home,
put he never rallied and died at 10
O'Clock the following morning. For this
murder a number OF persons were arrested,
n hr0nUht
trial, as II was later discovered that the
man who did the killing was Charles
Reynolds. After the fatal affray Reynolds
hurried to his home and changed his
clothing. He then escaped and reached
the home of an uncle at Apponaug by
whom he was secreted for a time and
finally smuggled out OF the country. He
was never afterward arrested. The club
with which the crime was committed is
one of the prominent features in the col
lection of articles of criminal interest
kept at the Central Police station.
The wishes OF the restaurant keepers
have at last been gratihed by the city
fathers, who have decided to make the
lunch cart proprietor pay license
fee OF $50 for each cart owned
this about and IL was not accomplished
without q good deal OF growing and
prodding by the eating house men who
claimed they were compelled to meet un-
fair competition, in that they were oblg-
ed 10 pay rent, take out license and
close their places at certain hours, while
the lunch cart owners were free from all
these burdens and were permitted to car
ry on business at almost any time and
place they saw 1T without regulation and
restriction of any kind. The next move OF
the restaurant men will probably be to
prevent the lunch carts from beginning
business before 3 or 0 O'Clock in the even
ing. but in this they may not be so sdc-
cessful as they have been in the matter
of having a license fee exacted.
A gentleman who Is very much interest
ed in the city of Providence and who has
always been snxious and ready to pro-
mote her commercial affairs, told the Cos
siper this morning that in his opinion
this city has the finest harbor on the At
lentic coast and that IL its natural advan-
tages had been improved in the early days
of railroad building 1t would have a COM
that of New York. He pointed to the
fact that at one time the shipping inter
ests OF this port were larger than those
of any other port on the continent, as
proof OF the truth of bis assertion. "Nar-
ragansett Bay" he continued, "is an
ideal and safe one. Ii Is open at all sea-
sons of the year, II is easily entered and
Is large enough to afford anchorage for
the navies of the world. Compare il with
New York harbor and 1t becomes inn
mense by the contrast. Why, from Bat
terry Park to Sandy Hook Is but 1919
miles, while from Providence to,Newport
we have stretch of 30 miles OF water
front, nearly all OF when could be de-
voted to the purposes OF commerce II the
need ever arose.