The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-21
MURDEROUS ASSAULT.
ONE TRAMP ATTACKS ANOTHER
WITH A KNIFE.
Main street the scene of Terrific right
as the Result of which a Man Lies AZ
Deaths Door at the Almshouse.

The corner OF Main street and Thir'
teenth WAS the scene OF a terrinc cuttih-
ARRAY. shortly before IL o'clock last even
Ing, In which tramp giving ms hani'
as /. NJ Fry. was allowed. before ,h'
eyes Of dozen inanimate. though IN
terested citizens, to stab and slash mar
almost 10 death.
The half Dozen night messengers ana th'
clerk Of the Postal Telegraph Company
were busy IN the office near the corner oil
Thirteenth and Main streets last evening"
when. about 1850 o'clock. an understood
smooth-shaven man entered. lie was
swarthy and evidently a tramp, and tnc
sympathetic messenger boys went deep
into their little hoardlngs in response 10
the mans solicitation Of aims.
The fellow took no pains 10 conceal ms
crippled condition. nor the fact tnat MS
arms and wrists were Scared from Old
wounds.
After making collection he left and
went around the corner. where. the boys
say. he was Joined by two men, the three
crossing the street
4 DEADLY KNIFE.
Hardly a minute had passed before the
cry OF fight" was raised and a crowd
soon gathered.
TWO members OF the tramp trio were
having a rough and tumble on the side
walk. At first sticks were the weapons
Of the conbatants. but suddenly one was
seen to draw a knife and begin a deadly
cutting az his opponent.
one OF the bystanders offered a sugges-
ton That the imminent murder be pre-
vented but the idea was not executed
speedily enough and before. seemingly.
anyone could lift hand. one Of the men
men was Keeling from the loss Of blood
from several CHASTITY cuts. and the as
saiiant was speeding away through u
dark alley apparently safe from pursuit.
The police were on the scene promptly
and arrestlng the companion OF the COM
batants. proceeded 10 search for the cul-
prit.
Meanwhile the ambulance had arrived
and the physician made a hasty eNamina-
ton OF the wounded mans injuries. iindins
them to be several terrible slashes across
the left temple. one almost severing the
ear. and two ugly gashes in the region
Of the heart.
The man was almost unconscious, but
gave his name as Charley Green. lie
told the surgeons that he was from
Philadelphia. but was tramping and on
his way from Charlottesville south ana
had been I'm the city but day.
He states that he was standing on the
corner in question when a man whom he
would not be able 10 identify accosted
him and began an alteration. Inc man
had started away. but returned and,
drawing long knife began TO cut him.
GAVE HIMSELF UP.
Sergeant Otey was IN charge OF me
First Police station last night about ll.D
o'clock when a man walked I'm and mani
tested a.wish to give himself up as having
wounded a man IN cutting scrape
He stated that his name was +. NJ. Fry
and he was a laboring man. He also said
that the cutting was I'm self-defence; that
he was tackled" by a man near the
telegraph Office and assaulted with
knife and was compelled to draw his
own knife. which. he states. was an
ordinary barlow" in self defence.
The man who appeared to be a COM
panion 81 the two participants in the
fight gave his name as John T. Martin.
He was locked up as a suspicious charac-
ter
The ambulance physicians found that
two OF Green's wounds penetrated the
lungs. showing the weapon used to have
had blade Of five or six inches IN
length.
The chances arc about even for and
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