The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-06
Ar THENoRTn END.
Unfounded Rum0r Of Murder-An Ad-
venture With Blk.

There were wild rumors OF murder In this
section last night but fortunately there was
no such crime committed hereabouts. The
story had been sent into the Second station
and Officers Paine and McGroaty AS well ns
Sergeant Roblee were ON the scene, however,
at the time the false yarn reached the station.
Some details of the story ms given i'm the street
were that man had gono home drunk and
whipped out pistol ana shot his wife dead.
Probably no one Is more thankful that the
story Is false than the drunken madinan who
was last night arrested ON his sons complaint.
Edward Herman, who resides near the upper
pafro Of North Main street, went home very
drunk and he made such ugly threats about
shooting his wife and children that his son
got very much excited and ran cut and told
police officer that his mother had been shot
by his father. The officer went very quickly
20 Riernan's home and there he found him.
very drunk with the handle Of n revolver
sticking out Of his pocket. When Kiernan
reached the Second station il was found that
every chamber OF the revolver was loaded
AN ADVENTURE WITH BIKE
young resident OF this section had rather
wearisome experience with a bicycle some
days ago. In tho first place no went up 10
Atrleboro on ride with a companion and an
accident happened TO his bike which made il
impossible 90 use IL TO ge. home with SO the
bike was put mp in barn and the locality, as
the owner supposed, well fled in mis- memory.
The train was taken home and the next day
the owner Of the broken bike ana his com
panion on the ride that turned out SO un
pleasantly borrowed a horse and wagon from
grocer whose place of business IL near
Randall street and started TO Attleboro. They
reached that place alright but though they
hunted for hours for the barn where the
broken bike had been put up they could not
find the barn so they came home. The now
lost as well as broken machine was too vaua-
BILE one 10 drop the search for SO the young
men got the grocer's team again and started
for the famous jewery town. Their
search for the bike this time was crowned
with success but their misfortunes were not
ended for when they reached Pawiucket the
grocery mans borse dropped dead in the
shafts. OF course word had TO be carried at
once to the grocery man and the bike did not
reach this city that time either The owner
of the bike next went out to Pawtucket for il,
already to patch up the damage TO the ma
chine and ride IL home victor after many
mishaps, but there was another dissppoint-
mtnt III btOfe luT MIN. lie lnnof tuDc Uul 50
and all the owner could do, having expended
all his present worldly worth on the dead
horse and car fares.was to angrily and YEARLY
tramp home. More than n dozen times on
the last journey he looked for big enough
stone TO smash the hoodooed bicycle with.
and his philosophy triumph 81 over his tenn
rer but the bike can be bought very cheap.
NORTH END NOTES.
The police of the Second station suppressed
two disturbances last night.
John Nelson was busy mar this morning.
He was stopped by four delegations from
voters ON whom he claims TO have great
hold between the ward room on Constitu.
tion Hill and his shop. The usual team load
OF Johns friends were riding about from one
polling place to another cheering and aprar-
emily having good time today. There was
a lack OF Democratic energy in the different
polling places in this section today.