The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-29
TWO MEN STABBED;
ANOTHER SHOT
Serious ARRAYS That Took Place iu This
City Last Night.
ONE WAS ON RAILROAD AVENUE
Michael and Martin Regan Slashed
with Knife by John Messitt--Wii-
liam FIichler Shot in the Head on
Providence Road by an Italian
with whom lie Had Trouble.

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city last night. At 10 o'clock Michael
and Martin Regan, brothers, were
stabbed by John Messett, during row
on Railroad avenue. Michael Regan
is in a serious condition. AT I3O
o'clock William Ficher was shot in
the back of the head by an Italian on
Providence road The wound Is serious
but is not likely to prove fatal.
Michael's condition is serious and he
may die He received one wound in
the left side just above the hip, an
other four inches higher up, and an
other IN the leg Martin was stabbed
in the left shoulder.
The affray occurred in the 200 block of
Railroad avenue shortly after lO
o'clock. Messett, according to the YER
sion the police give, was attacked by
the Regans without any prOyocation.
He was bested in the fight that EN-
sued and pretty badly used up.
When he regained his feet the Re
gans renewed the attack and when he
| saw them coming at him second time
he whipped out pocket knife ana
met his assailants with repeated blows.
BOTH MEN FELL.
Both the wounded men fell to the
| sidewalk and Messett desisted. a
| crowd quickly collected and while
! some held Messett others carried the
! Regans to their respective homes and
summoned medical attendance.
| Patromen NJ ]. Walsh and John
| Duggan soon arrived at the scene and
: ;,,tA INE n
summoned the Lackawanna hospital
ambulance. Michael was taken to the
! hospital but Martin, whose wound
was not serious, was left at his home,
/ where Dr. Walker was caring for him.
| Dr. McGrath, resident surgeon of the
| hospital who dressed the wounds, was
/ unable to state last night whether or
| not Michaels wounds are of a fatal
| nature. They are extremely danger
[ Gus, however he said, and particularly
the upper wound, which has possibly
penetrated the pleura The outward
indications are that the knife took a
| direct course inward.
Messett was taken to the central
station house and locked up. He is 80
years of age, married, and a machinist
| by occupation. Michael Regan is sc
years of age and about two years his
brothers senior. The younger Regan
is married. The older lives with his
mother at 265 Railroad avenue.
WILLIAM FICHLER SHOT.
William F'ichler, a young German,
whose home is in the North End had a
hair-breadth escape from death at 730
o'clock last evening, a bullet from a
revolver in the hands of an Italian
Ia, rly, IA,
behind the right ear The place of the
assault was on Providence road be-
tween Court street and Bulls Head.
} The wound, though not occasioning
any immediate danger, may develop
serious results.
| According to all evidence now known
Fichler brought the injury upon him
self He had been drinking in the cen
tral part of the city, and in the even
ing boarded a North End car for his
home. He is a boarder at the house
of Mrs. Nellie Reynolds, at 1852 ProVi-
denCe road, and after getting off the
car at his boarding place Fichler
bumped against one of three Italians
who We're walking toward Providence
= This angered him and he became abu.
t sive. The Italian retorted in kind anC
l | Fchler rushed into the house adjoin'
ing his boarding place and throwing
off his oVercoat he rushed out again
2 eXcitedly calling for c. A. Nockroth
= Otto Nockroth and a man named Fos
ter, who We're in the house to follow
him, that there was trouble outside
FICHLER SHOT.
n Otto Vockroth about 10 years of age
ran after Fichler and as he approa chez
| I,h 1 audit ~, a,
= edly talking with the three Italians
The men We're standing in group
7 and when Vockroth was within ten fee
o of them one of the Italians drew
knife. Another one pulled out re
e volver and then came two shots il
L rapid succession. After the first sho
II Fichler dropped to the sidewalk, an,
II an instant later n bullet WhZZe
e through Vockroth's hair, He depart
d ed.
r SO did the Italians, in a different di
n rection.
After the shots We're fired the thre
Italians ran across the street to a com
= bination store and boarding hous
y occupied by their countrymen. Fichle
. lay on the board walk unconscious wit
0 blood flowing from his head and form
0 ing a pool on the walk. He was pickle
q up and carried to his home.
; Dr.. Capwell arrived about o'cloc
and dressed the injury. Fichler's con
dition, the result of liquor, made It DIFF
tcult to judge the injury with any con
tidence. Unless untaVorabe complica
- tions arise he will recover.
\ POLICE ON THE SCENE.
~ Lieutenant of Police Spellman of tn
c North End arrived on the scene of tn
a. assault shortly after its occurrence an
Lieutenant Davis and squad with tn
police patrol We're there within an hou
after the shots We're fired.
" A search for the Italians was mad
se and I'm the aforementioned bOardin
or house We're three men whose appear
or ances warranted their arrest wei
h. brought to the station house. The
names We're not given last night. Tw
are brothers, the other is short tail
ative chap. They are all less than
to years of age, They would not by wol
lie or action commit themselves. Liel
tenant Davis picked up a knife al
hat on the scene of the shooting.
The knife is a wicked looking weal
n on, of the approved sticking type, nil
n inches i'm length. Both hat and kn
AZ We're probably dropped by the Italian
The three are now in the police st;
ton awaiting developments Fichle
the man who was Shot is unmarrit
~ and is about 80 years of age. He is
/" member of the plumbing firm of G.
Slack 4 Co., of Green Ridge, His hon
=