The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-14

aratCi IOught Ar0in in the WASH |
Room, Where tlc Cutting Tool,
claces-$t ry oG an Eyewitness.
Damn is Under Doctors Care.
FoliuWiu" Il quarrel and fight in the
har-rocn of the Wyoming House yes
tcrday noon. Alex. Dunn, ir. was cut
with n pcn-krifa by John McEachcn. a
son of u North End contractor Dunn
is the proprietor OF gentlenen's fur
nishiu% store on Wyoming avenue. His
injury is not serious, though he was
taken home in Il cab and was under the
care OF Dr. 4. !. ConneH. McEachcn
was not arrested.
Immediately following the fight ther,
vas t5cit understanding among the
Few Witnesses to the affair that it was
Ia be kept quiet. Reporters and others
who tried to get Information from wy
omin% House attaches and others were
told that little was known Of the ar-
fair, that il had been magnihed What
follows is as related to Il Tribune re-
porter by an eyewitness:
Dunn and Mci,achen, with three other
young men, entered the hotel har-ruom
"a few minutes before l. O'Clock. There
VAS 800 evidence of unfriendlincss or
apprulChiu" trouble Mt that time. The
three young men referred to appeared
90 DE mutual friends of the two pIin-
Cipala. NUo of them We're strangers and
The othor Snrantonian who has lived
lo1' I'm. o short time ana whore name
could not hc learned
BREWING or THE TROUBLE.
The marty had been convcrsing but a
short time when Dunn and NcEachen
drsw apart from the others and stood
talking uear ON" of the windows in the
billiard room, which is connected with
| the bar by two arches. No attention
was paid to them until NcEachou was
! heard to aucrily remark that he had
p9jd a bill Onuc and would not pay il a
| SECOND time.
Dunns reply was inaudiblc. but the
! two men engaged in an exchange Of
| blows before anybudy saw or heard the
Immediate cause. Dunn turned and
| ran toward the hallway While Mo
fachen was following him he Slipped,
! his head coming in contact with an irnn
d"",,rpt and cutting deep cash in his
! forehead
As McEachep lay on the tlool Dunn
kicked him. by this time the men wayc
separated. McEachen was bleedin.;
profusciy from the cut ON his fore
! head and went downstairs to the wash
room 10 lave th" injury. Dunn's cuco.
too, bore marks of the encounter He
started to follow tn. other to the W., sir-
room. but was detained for moment
! Apparently his temper had vanished
! and le was soon allowed to g. down
stairs.
DUNN STRUCK MEACHEN.
McNachru sto,d with his hcal bent
! over one OF the marble wush-hrsns
and was bathing the cut on his fore
/ head when n was approached by Dunn
and asked what he GlcCachcn) had
| talked So for. The latter replied that
I h" had meaut everything he had said
| The mon We're talking loudly and Pro-
| pIctor White sent Mr.. Sh7rpcn. on
! of the day clerks, to request them to
! leave the hotel just before the clorl;
reached III" foot Of the steus Dunn
| struck Nrttohcu in the face. The lat
! ter was lcauiu" over the basin ~ tn
| time
| NcHachcn whrled about put hif
| hand into . trousers pocket and Dunn
made "a break for the stairs. Nc
! ltachcn pursued him with an open
/ pcn-hnifa in his hand. lie made d
iunge al Dunn near the foot Of th,
stairs ana another on the lower st pc.
! The first blow penetrated Dunu'a
| clothing Just above the right hip and
cut a scmi-Circular wound through the
| skin into the flesh NcEachen missed
| the second luuge. the blade striking
! a step ana breaking. by thus time
| MIR. Sharucs, the clerk, had reached
| McEach-n ana prevented him from
going further.
/ Dunn ran IN the stairs. He insisted
that he was badly hunt and that ply
| sician he summoned. On being divcstcd
Of somc Of his clothing the cut over
the hin was found to be trivial. A cut
on his cheek had been made by seal
ring worn 10y McEachen
| NcEachcn lett the hotel and went to
/ his hrothrr-in-law's residence on Lack
awanna avenue. whore he bearded.
! Dunn rode in cab to his home ON JET
! fcrson avenue.
! STATEMENT GIVEN OUT.
TO Tribune reporter who called at
/ Mir. DuUn's hum" hast night the fol-
! lowing statement was made by men,
! h'r Of the family: "Thc doctor says
/ that MI Dunn shall be Kept very quiet.
/ He was cue first on the face and then
on the bacl; just below the lower left
, rib. The first cut was not serious; we
/ autioiulte no trouble with the latter
| unloss affected by Inflammation. Itisnot
! true that any mention was made of an
| unpaid debt of Mr.. McEachen's in the
! quarrel that preceded the encounter.
| 1Ir. Dunn believes him to he a reputable
young man and DO not think any. ar
rest will take place