The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-09-05
WOMAN GETS
HEART BLOW
She Was Knocked Unconscious During
FracaS.
NERVOUS PROSTRATION FOLLOWS.
Two Young Men on a Spree Started the
Row and Have Been Put Under Bail
For Trial at ourt-Created
Much Excitement.

There was considerable excitement on
West Centre street, near Main street shortly
after nine o'clock Saturday night through
the riotous conduct Of two young men named
John Murphy and James Harkins, who got
pay day Jag on board and concluded to paint
the town red. The result of their exploit
was a fight in which a woman was seriously
injured.
According to the statement Of witnesses
Murphy aud Harkins first picked quarrel
with two young men whose names have not
been learned, when standing at the Beddall
building, corner Of Centre street and Pear
alley. The unknown men beat a retreat and
then Murphy and HaTkins turned their at
tention to Nathan Grecnbaum and man
named Freband, who were in front of the
store at the corner. According to the wit
nesses Harkins said, Let's lick and
kill the Jew with the beard" An
attack was first made on Freiband,
and next on Grecnbaum. The latter's wife,
Annie, it appears, held her husband and
prevented him from retaliating and in the
fracas she received blows on the arm, neck
and chest, The woman fell in a faint on the
floor of the store and remained in that con-
dition until after she received attendance
from DR.. Stein.
Meanwhile two Of the police and three
citizens tackled Murphy and Harkins and
got them into the lookup after a hard
struggle.
DR.. Stein found Mrs. Greenbaum in a
prostrated condition and said that it was a
case of clean knock out caused. no doubt, by
a blow over the heart. 1t was some time
before the woman could proceed to her home
with assistance. To-day the doctor stated
that the woman was suffering from nervous
prostration, but that her condition was not
dangerous.
Last night Murphy and Harkins were
taken before Justice TOomey and given a
hearing They had recovered from the effects
! Of their spree, were neatly dressed and pre-
sented anything but combative appearance
Greenbaum was on hand with his witnesses
and prosecuted them for assault and battery
upon himself and wife. Harkins claimed
that Freiband was the aggressor and first
tried to strike him with a stick. This the
latter positively denied and Justice Toomey
held the accused men under $500 bail each, for
trial at court 1t has also been stated in behalf
of Murphy and Harkins that they did not
strike Mrs Greenbaum, but that the blows
she received We're given by her husband
during his struggles to release himself from
her grasp and attack the two men charged
This assertion, however, is emphaticaly
denied by Mr.. Greenbaum and his witnesses.
ANOTHER FREE FIGHT.
There was 70 free fight in the First ward
early last evening in which Hungarian and
six Lithuanians made the scene lively one
for some time, but no one was seriously in.
jured. Policeman Butler gathered in the
cOmbatants. Anthony Goyanasky, Anthony
Zurkowski, Michael Buskewcz, Sylvester
Dunavage, Victoria Buskiewicz and Tillie
ZurkOwsy were the accused while Peter Shuba
figured as the prosecutor Shuba told Justice
TOOmey that he and his friends passed the
house of the accused when one of the women,
Victoria, threw piece of water melon rind
at him. 1t struck him and Peter says he
went back to see who threw it. He found out
but not without some expense Of personal
comfort, as the crowd pouuced upon him and
he was beaten over the head with clubs
While in the Justices office the prisoners be.
haved in manner indicating that they
looked upon the whole affair as a huge joke
so Justice TOOmey humorously remarked tina
he would put each under $500 hail to Civ,
them chance to have the laugh out at court
William Snyder of the First ward, gave
bail for the crowd.