The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-03
STABBED BY AN ITALIAN.
.,y e HEMPLE'S son PERHAPS
BE'" UoRTlLLF WOUNDED.

-, the Italian, Who Is u Cornetist
bes IN. Banda Rosa, In n Row ~ the
~, Casino. Musician Got \ kitcnen
s",ts and Attacked Him Later Ontside'
-. Wsmplc, 1S years old. Of IL West
hu"Soo, was perhaps mortnlly stabbed by
ls pendetti. II wears old. n eornetist IN
fo'T S,rdn Rosa. IN STEMS Harlem Casino.
tr A. avenue, between 123d ana l2+th
tee. ,s n, . o'clock yesterday morning.
IGs..~ oo ia tho son OF Henry @. Wempie. q
VIZ, mnr. with offices ut % Broadway.
tas"",n,nloJ Nv Laurence Cohn OF PAL West
- street, Willard Dawson Of 4 West l2sth
li'.n md Albert Franklin Of 400 West End
pE eoung wemple went to the Casino
fe'" ~ a seat AZ a table. Seated at q tnblo
s" No was Dendetti. with another Italian
heN, rsr. the police hnya been unable to
NhV'V C,rFnir OF tina rough g!dAra and o
learn, a C'F'"'''
troopers, 49, u,r.ot
nsnr drinking. and they began to comment
" ~. appearance of the Italians. Bendettt
on "a speak English. but the gestures and
-, n, the youths we're too pronounced FOR
sm not to comprehend them.
.Thererl be trouble II you boys don't stop
... ,ooline," said the Captain OF the rough
hders. L,.,o.o ava
,nnr.d this remark by calling Bendetti a
~" name. Bendetti replied In italian. at
MnhSich Wemple arose and struck him IN the
nse. 4 Ge Rss;n. T eiSed i' 81 six six waters. man.
!M.SS tanSiiy TO eject ali hands 70 the Sidewalk.
fSSre the tight vas renSW Hdc 20 m ~ tSa H %ess
va made that t9 1oN nha Was n ia3sd street
l 19 9ssyeSth avenue. heard It Fastening to
Ky, sSS SPOT no managed 70 separate the men.
, Ssad al .hS Gtarnoubie was. ended. the Sliceman
E sn.nrned to his post. Wsmple and Cohn. how
resri refused TO 90 ava with, their Sompan-
Italian sDS S9d %snF Ssseadetti had gone into the
,ie SSSp OF the, Casino and wicked up 2 large
Sai!s; e &C pssSrn e The the s sidewa ali Weempie and
kGs companion were still waiting for him.
Gobn saw him just as he came through th 2
Doorway, LOOK out for the dago' Bod
Z 'f %s@pIe turned and was stabbed in the left
thigh. The wound was about SIX inches long
sa sM GSI Eod. I'm killed." shrieked the youth,
q BasSndetti then turned toward Cohn, who be.
E re- e 1 Has, r' HSfdt shf fSSndHs; G saHe Sh SSs,
hut was caught before, he overlook Cohn BY
Hockter, who had heard COINS cries for help
VS. GsfoS Sa was SS soon able to walk. Aided by COIN
e went around to Or, 2: A; sppaldtnSg's Of ~
which is two and q half long ,blocks from thu
Casino, Wempls tainted, HIS clothes wert
, SnTr hit Ieit leg. leaving o trail behind him
IecordIne.:to the doctor. Wemple would havt
EIed 10 death In five minutes more. The hem
Doctor and Cohn, the wounded youth wa
taken in O cab to his home.
During all this time the POLICEMAN had heeI
Pointing to his bruised face and attempting u
tree himself. He was. finally locked up In tn
day he was arraiRned in Harlem Court. Magis
tIate Fammer held him without bail to awai
the result Of Wemple's Injuries,
EempIe's chief peril lay in blood poisoning
as the knife used was not clean. Proprieto
Stein said that Bendetti did not get, the knit
pegson at the time Of the fight.