The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-14

There goes murderer. get him! were the
emphatic words that rang In the ears Of
officer Koch rs he walked along Mill street
last night about 9:39 o'clock. The officer
went ON the double quick for man who was
running down town and he captured the
sprinter who afterwards said he was a sailor
and that his name Was Charles Hart. Jo.eph
Sedeski who lives at so North Main street
found Hart and two other men acting in an
uuseemly manner on his premises and re-
monstrated with them. Hart knocked Be-
desxi down and then punched him so that his
nose bled freely and frou, cut ON his face
the vital crimson fluid flowed onto his whis-
kers dying thom red. The blood also spurted
ON to the hat of one of tn. men who was with
Hart, for the hat with spots OF blood was
found later ON by Officer Koch in the alley
way, where the row started. hundreds OF
Be deski's neighbors joined in loud condemna-
tion of Herts brutal work, but all kept safe
distance from the assailant and his comphn-
ion. Sedeslsi looked like derelict when he
got TO the Second station to enter a complaint
against Hart
A SERIOUS CHARGE.
Michael Storti, an old man who keeps =
fruit store on Smith street near Canal street,
wns arrested on a serious charge last evening.
For some time the police have been convinced
that Storti was acting in suspicious man.
ner Young girls were seen to 60 into his
store and not coma out for good while.
Abouts 8 o'clock last night sergt. Hartnett was
on Smith street and he had his eyes on the
store. Three girls aged respectively seven,
ten and thirteen years Of age entered the
store and they stayed rather longer than 1t
was necessary to purchase fruit. Sergeant
Hartnett after time saw storti come to tho
door OF the shop and look around to see IL the
coast was clear. storti did not see the SER
geant. who, when stoEti turned around to tell
the girls that everything was presumably all
right, passed the door In the di-
rection the girls had entered the shop. When
the girls came out he had talk with them
and they admitted Storti had committed in
decent assaults upon them. At the second
station Storti pretended not 10 be- able to talk
English or to understand it when confronted
with the girls or Lieut.. Murray. The latter
after an investigation decided TO lock Storti
up and the prisoner bowed 10 tho lieutenant
with the same air Of poiteness as hs would
have had the lieutenant done him big favor.
Jesse stoddard was busy about the arrange
nents Cor q oarmipe tea at his home on Prin-
terry street last night when his mother n.law
~AtNs ~ " Aofeoihi PiSsSHt okuihoo eho
She consulted Officer Mccarthy and the car.
nine affair was postponed.
A man named Hanley, who had beon in.
duging in somo stimulants. undertook to rip
mp trolley pole in front of wattle's drug
store on Randall square yesterday afternoon
The effort was futile. Ho drove horse at
tached to wagon down Charles street aud
had an idea Of turning into tho lane that
leads to Benedict's stable. According to his
calculations, under the influence OF stimu-
lants, he believed tho lane had been suddenly
moved to the east so he drove into the trolley
post Fortunately he was not hurt nor was
his outfit damaged.
The police Of the Second station made three
arrests last night.
The first grand ball OF the Emmett Base Ball
Association will be held In Dimond Hall
tomorrow evening.