Evening star., 1897-07-27
FOR HIS SWEETHEART'S SAKE
Thomas Young Slashed in the Neck on Rosa
Oraigs Account.
Condition Of the Man Extremely Crit
fca1-GeOrge Simms, the Assaf1-
ant, is Locked Up.

If Thomas Young, colored, gets well
enough to relate in court the trouble which
he had with former friend, George
Simms, also colored, the police will be very
much surprised. and will believe he has
more than one life. When he entered the
fifth precinct station last night he pre-
sented the appearance of a man who had
been almost beheaded. Besides the red
streak on the black skin about his neck.
his clothing was well saturated with blood.
and when he was taken to the hospital he
left large pool of blood behind him.
Young had walked dozen squares from
the scene of the bloody encounter to The
police station. and although he had lost
SO much blood from a cut in the jugular
vein. as well as from other wounds. he did
not lose consciousness.
Hardly three minutes elapsed from the
time he reached the police station until he
was on the operating table In Providence
Hospital. Then he appeared in fairly good
spirits, and the doctors thought he was
not SO seriously wounded, but more care
ful examination showed that his condition
was extremely critical. and the chances
for recovery were by no means favorable.
The doctors did all they could for him,
and this morning he was doing as well as
they could possibly have expected.
Woman the Cause.
The trouble between the young men hap
pered on Georgia avenue southeast be-
tween Sd and 4th streets, and a woman
was the cause. George Simms lives on
Georgia avenue, at No. 31O and 1t was al
most directly in front of his own home
that the fight occurred. A colored girl
named Rosa Craig, who is a particular
friend of the man who received the dan
gerous wounds, it is stated, was the wo-
man involved.
Several days ago Rosa had called at the
Simms house and had a row. Last night
she again called at the house, it is said
and wanted satisfaction for the alleged
previous wrong she had suffered Thomas
Young. her male friend, was with her. and
now he Is paying the penalty for mixing
| In a woman's fight
The woman complained that she had
been assaulted in the house during a visit
| some days prior. She got cold comfort
when she returned last night; for. it is al
| legged, George Simms repeated the violence
| she had suffered on the other occasion
! This was what caused her friend Young to
| take her part, and then 1T was that he was
SO frightfully slashed in the neck. A razor
| is the instrument alleged to have been
| used, but the prisoner insists that he only
| used a penknife.
| Police Went In Pursuit.
| Hardly had the police heard the com
| plant of the wounded man before Sergt
| Mulhall and Policemen Filton, Ciscle and
McKie started in pursuit of the man who
! had inflicted the injuries. They went di
| rect to the home of the Simms family, and
| asked where George had gone. If the peo
pie in the house were to be believed
| George was in another jurisdiction, but
| Sergt. Mulhall was too old an officer to b5
| imposed upon SO easily.
| He had made many searches before, on
| in that very house, and had been success
| full He ordered his officers to guard tn
| outside of the house while he went in
| The rooms were searched without success
| and then the sergeant went to the attic
| He put his head through the small open
/ ing. and the light from match revealed
| dark object on the rafters. Then the ser
| ceant lowered his he ead and SimmS, fearing
| the officer might shoot, came from his hid
| ing place and surrendered. He regretted
| however, that he had not been armed, il
| which case, he said. ne would never hav
| been taken without trouble To the officer
| he admitted having done the cutting, bi
set up a plea of self-defense. Young, n
| said, had struck him with stone, and wa
| about to strike him again, when he used
| knife on him. He afterward threw tn
knife in a lumber pile, he said, but tn
| officers could not find it, Simms is twent
| years old, and Young IS three years hi
| senior.
When the prisoner was taken to the Pc
| lice Court today the infOrma ZION from IN
| hospital was that the patients condit!o
was extremely critical. This necessitate
| a postponement of the case, and the prison
| er was committed without bail.