The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-23

sIDEs-THE CASE is MYSTERIOUS,
AND MAY END IN MURDER.
A possible murder was committed at
10 o'clock Saturday near the Lackawan-
ma Iron and Steel company's mule barn
on Hickory street. Frank Arnowski, a
Polander, 2S years old, was slashed with
razor or a very sharp knife in five
places.
His nose was cut through across the
middle of it, and the cash extended
down his left cheek almost to the point
of the jaw. The top of the nose was
held on by a few shreds of muscular
tissue. He was stabbed on the back
of the head, in the pit of the stomach.
in the right arm pit and on the right
elbow. The wound on the poll of the
head required two stitches: the other
wounds, except the one on the face,
are superficial.
Arnowski claims he was going along
about his business, and was attacked
without warning by a crowd of toughs.
He fought with them and at last was
overpowered. They ran away and he
could not identify any of them. He
said there were three or four in the
crowd.
What makes his story untenable is
the fact that his watch and money
We're not taken. 1t is barely possible
that they would have allowed him to
remain in possession OF these. Fur
thermore, his clothing did not appear
as if he was engaged in even a light
scrimmage His collar and tie were
not disarranGed. There was not a but
ton torn out Of his vest or coat, nor
was there a button off his vest open,
until after he was brought to the hos
pital.
OFFICER SAW HIM.
Patrolman Feeney says that he was
standing at the corner of South Wash
ington avenue and Hickory street
about 10 o'clock and he saw Arnowsk
coming down from the direction of the
mule barn, which is located close to the
Roaring Brock. The man attracted
his attention because he was leaning
forward as ii about to fan on his face,
and he was going at a rapid gait.
When he came near the blood was plain
| to be seen.
The officer says he spoke to the man
and asked him to explain. He told him
u
| bandaged Brown drug store is on
| the corner OF River street and South
Washington avenue, and to that he
went He was bandaged, and the pa
| trol wagon was sent for and he was
taken to the Lackawanna hospital.
The police did not know he was so
| badly wounded until he was examined
| at the hospital by the doctor. They
| had been told he was struck with a
| stone In the face, and put it down as
| broken nose. The wound across the
| nose and left cheek is very ugly. and
| it is diff1cult to torcsee the manner in
which it may heal. 1t is not oVerstat-
ing the case to say that he is in dam
gerous condition. AT a casual glance
his face looks as If the wound was
| made with an axe.
He lost large quantity Of blood,
and the shock from the wounds was
enough to render him unconscious, yet
| he was as stolid when the doctor was
| dressing him as II it were a pin scratch.
| Another surprising circumstance is that
| he was sober. and doesn't know, or
says be doesn't, who attacked him. or
| what they lCok like. He cannot give
| the renotest description of them.
| WOUND ON THE FACE.
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