The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-24
NORTH ENDNEWS
A Young Lad Had His Leg Broken
on Webster Street.
A Tramp Works an Old Trick on the
Kind Hearted.


removed to the Rhode Island Hospital in
the ambulance from his home, rear of 81
Webster street, last evening. He was ia
ken to the institution named in order
that his right leg, which had been broken,
might be properly attended TO. Joseph's
parents claim that on Saturday evening he
was thrown to the ground by Mary Folk
offskey, aged IA years, who lives at AZ,
the same street, and in this way received
his injuries. The relatives of the Billings
kof lad, who are quite numerous, claim
the Folkoffskeys- are always Interfering
with him and other members OF his fam
lily.
Officers Hennessey and Blackman
found Thomas Fitzgerald acting in a sus-
picious manner on Franklin square early
yesterday monring. Thomas, when ques-
toned by the officers, said his mother
lived on Barth street, but the numhe
given by him was that OF the residence OF
a different party. The wenderer was badly
mixed up as to facts and it was deemed
best to take him to the station, SO the pa
troll wagon was summoned. When the
station was reached, Lieutenant Murray
questioned Fitzgerald, and he claimed TO
have been seeing some young ladies home
who resided in the Vicinity OF franklin
square. He did not stick to this story
but i'm few minutes claimed he had been
to visit a friend on Barth street. Finally
the stranger got badly mixed up as to his
family relations and failed to give any
clear account of his intentions, so he was
locked up. He was discharged yesterday,
as nothing could be found against him.
A ticket from Whittinsville to Providence
which had been punched was found in
his pocket.
John Murphy, aged 10 years, was ar
rested by Officer Bates Saturday evening.
IL. kaI I,-soi taI q hA nf 10
ing on Charles and Ashburton streets and
asked for food and money, claiming he
was unable to work owing to very sore
arm. He received considerable assistance
and on one door step he found milk
pitcher with the money In 1t for the milk
man. He took the money but left the
pitcher. His'arm was tramp's sore arm ;
that is, the fellow had worked a very old
gag by taking the outer skin off his arm
with water and acid In order to have an
argument that would very naturally appeal
to the symrathies OF all from whom he
might ask ald. Murphy was quite exten-
sively dressed. as he had among other
duplicate articles of clothing two coats.
His arm was scient tifically bandaged and
he claimed to have arrived in the city
from Boston at p. m. the day he was ar
rested. This, however, was not his first
visit here, as he is we'll known In police
circles.
The very improbable tale that Edward
Brown, who works the Union Rail-
road Company, related to the police at the
Second Station Saturday night was that he
had been assaulted 10y two men early that
evening on Randall square who also tried
10 rob him. Edward claims both Of the
men were giants i'm personal appearance,
of dark complexion and that one OF them
wore a very dark mustache. Both men
wore dark clothes.
small sum of money was found on
Orms street bridge yesterday afternoon
and the owner can have the same by call
ing Mt the Second station.
Thomas Il. Smith, who lives on Darling
street, slipped on the icy sidewalk in
front OF George Il. Peterson's store lSatur-
day night, and falling TO the ground
fractured his right wrist. DR.. j. y.
Cooney rendered surgical aid to the in
jured man.
The closing lectures OF the season by
| George A. Littlefeld, Esq, at the Asbury
Memorial Church, will be given Wednes-
day evening. The subject will b" Patrick
Henry"
An attempted Irritation on Charles
street Saturday evening was rather
abruptly ended by the woman In the case
telling the man, much to the amusement
of a crowd, TO go home and support his
family
A collection for the African and Indian
missions was taken NJ at the Immaculate
Conception Church yesterday.
Thomas c. Haves, deputy supreme
chancellor of the Catholic Benevolent
Legion. is in the city. lie addressed a
meeting last evening at Dimond Hall on
the benefits of the c. B. L.
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