The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-03
STABBED ON THE STREET.
THOMAS :. WAYNE DANGEROUSLY
WOUNDED by ED. GERkEN.

4 Quarrel Early ia the Evening Re-
sumed at Midnight in Front Of the
Marshall House-Gerken Assaults
Wayne with knife lie borrow
ed after the First Qua-reI-The
Result of the Wound Not Yet
INno,yn-Gerscn Arrested Near the
Plant system Depot.
y. 5. Wayne. a well known young man.
was seriously and perhaps dangerously
stabbed on Broughton street last night
The cutting was done by Ed Gerken, a
reporter for the Evening Herald. Both
men had been drinking, and had had diff
hculty ia a harroom on BrOughtQn street
short while previous to the stabbing.
Several % Mr. Wayne's friends. who
were with him at the time. stated 10 a
Morning News reporter that Gerken came
up to where their party was seated. and
introducing himself proceeded to make
himself very much at home. Mr.. Wayne
thought that Gerken was too familiar
and the two had some words. Gerken
went off, but announced his intention Of
being revenged. lie was seen 10 borrow
"a knife from party in front Of the Troc-
adero and went back into the place in
search Of Mr.. Wayne. He did not find
him there. however, but the two met
about 1870 o'clock in front Of the Mar
shall house.
There were some words. the lie was
passed, and the two men clinched. When
they broke away Mr.. Wayne was seen to
put his hands to his stomach. He eX-
claimed that he was cut. Gerken came
back al him again with the knife, but
one of the young men with Mr.. Wayne
got between him and the latter and told him
that his antagonist was already cut When
Gerken saw that he had done a bad job,
he ran down to the corner Of DraytOn
street jumped into a hack and was
driven off.
Mr.. Wayne was taken across the street
70 RoWllnskIs drug store. It was seen
that ne was seriously hurt, and he was
taken ups airs into the Morrison house,
IN ofder TO get MIN away from the crowd.
physicians were summoned at once. DR..
SllVermau, who was in the neighborhOOd,
was the first to reach the wounded man.
and rendered him assistance. DR. T. J.
Charlton arrived shortly after and the
two physicians bandaged up the wound
temporarily, after which Mr.. Wayne was
taken to the Savannah hospital i'm the
The wound which appeared to be a deep
cut IN the abdomen, was evidently of
serious nature as the physicians spent
some time with the wounded man i'm the
operating room at the hospital. The eX-
tent OF the injury could not be learned
last night
Gerkin was captured at the Savannah,
Florida and Western depot shortly after
] o clock this morning by Policeman r. T.
Davis. The hickman who drove him from
the scene of the cutting informed the po-
lice of the depot 10 which ne had taken
the young man, and that GerSin had stat
ed MS intention of walking out TO South
over to catch a train.
The detectives and several officers were
detailed to pursue him. Lieut.. owen Reil-
ly and Defective GOdbold rode out to
Southover Junction in the expectation or
finding him there. Several officers watch
ed the depot. Gerkin was seen by a rail-
the shed. He was pointed out to Police
man Davis. who made the arrest Ger
kin has only been in Savannah a short
while,