The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-26
NO PEACE At CHRISTMAS
SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODs THAt
WE'RE RUDELY DISTURBED.
Hungarians Fired on by John Craig
in HaughviIIe-A Douglass
Street Row.

The peace of the Christmas afternoon at
HanghvilIe was broken by the bombardment
of Warman avenue, which occurred at the
point known as No. 706, the residence of a
number of Hungarians employed at foun-
dry. In this particular Hungarian settle
ment-several families live in the house-is
one whose name sounds something like
Jollywiteh. His first name is john His
hair is white though he is a young man.
Yesterday afternoon he and some of his
friends were nearing their home when Jesse
Craig. VINO lives across the street, and some
of his friends, met the Huns and vented
their Yuletide joliity on Johns white hair.
The mirth became wrath and in a moment
the "Huns" were running into their yards,
pursued by the Americans. There might
have been a riot had not John pulled a re-
volver and opened fire on the invaders. This
quickly cleared them out of the yard. Craig
ran across to his home and came out with
a big revolver in his hand. The Huns
ran into their house and barred the doors.
Craig opened fire on the house and the
bullets pierced the walls as If the walls were
paper. None of the shots struck any of the
frightened Huns covering inside. When
Craig's revolver was exhausted he left the
neighborhood. In the meantime neighbors
had called Bicycle Patrolmen STREET. and
Lancaster They arrested the white-haired
Hungarian on the charge of shooting within
the city limits, and the patrolmen are on the
lookout for Craig.
About the same time the race trouble in
Haughville occurred O war was on in a
colored family living at No. ia Douglas
street. The family had filled itself with
Christmas dinner and was sitting comfort
ably by the fire when the grandfather. Plus
Hamilton. sixty years old. remembered that
the horse had not been watered. He called
on his grandson, Clarence Eaglen, who is
nineteen years old. to carry water to the
horse. Clarence threw aside all reverence
for his grandfather's gray hair and refused
datly to- satisfy the thirst of the horse.
There began an argument which developed
into quarrel, and then into fight. Grand
sire and grandson clinched in desperate
The thick lower lip OF the young man and
when they broke away Clarence's lip was
separated from his face. The neighbors had
become interested in this business, too, and
an consequence Bicycle Patr0lmen Schroeder
ard Hauser were at the house In a few
minutes The old man was charged with
mayhem at the police station and the young
man with assault and battery. The grand
sons face was bandaged. Plus, the grand
father, was delighted that he had been vic
torious and he gleefully declared TO the
policemen that he was Just as young as
ne used TO be-
Thomas Smith, a machinst twenty-four
years old, called attention TO himself later
in the afternoon by beating his wife at their
home, No. 1S43 Arrow avenue. According TO
the report OF Patroimen Sangston and Stod-
dard who arrested him and charged him
with assault and battery with intent to kill.
ne knocked his wife down and kicked her
IN the abdomen.
When the door of the coop" was opened
last night a sitting odor Of whisky fioated
out for the cells were full of the usual
Christmas harvest OF '0fUnkS Smith is
sued from a crowd OF dull-eyed stupid men.
who clustered around the door, and declared
that he had not struck his wife.
Didn't you quarrelg'
mot a word"