The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-02
STAB IN THE SIDE
1T MAY RESULT DISASTROUSEY TO
HARRY HOLM, OFF BANFIL
STREET.
NEIGHBOR BOYS DIRK BLADE
CAME DANGEROUSLY NEAR THE
HEART AND LUNGS OF HIS
VICTIM.
MEIGHBOR BOYS DIRK BLADE
HE HAS BEEN AT DEATHS DOOR,
But Last Night Was Reported Us
Somewhat Better, and His
Parents Are Hopeful.

Harry H. Holm, the twelve-year-old son of
George Holm, a stone mason, living at 437
Banfl street, is lying at his home with tight
bandages wound about knife wound made in
his left side by a companion last Sunday
night, which narrowly escaped costing the
injured lad his life The stabbing was done
by George Sheskerin, boy twelve years old,
living with his parents at 415 Banfl street.
The blade pierced young Holm directly be-
meath the heart, and penetrated between two
ribs probably into the lung. Had the thrust
been inch higher 1T would have entered
the victims heart. AS it is the boy Is in
a dangerous condition, though he was yes
terday considerably improved and DR.. Penny
who is attending him, is hopeful that the lad
will recover. From the nature of the wound
the physician has not deemed 1t wise to
probe. and while 1t was at first believed that
the knife blade had entered the lung, this
may not have been the case. or the penetra-
ton may be SO slight that the lads life may
no longer be in danger. Wednesday and
Thursday, however, he was very low, and his
parents feared he would die. The i'm
pIovement of Yesterday has raised load of
grief from their hearts, though, and they
hope that the rally shown by their boy means
that his wound will not terminate fatally. It
is not known whether or not the police are
aware of the stabbing, but young Sheskerin
Is still at liberty, and no investigation of the
affair has been made.
According to young Holm, the stabblng was
unprovoked. He and the Sheskerin boy have
been playmates for some time, and never had
any difficulty until last Sunday evening. The
injured boy says he was on his way home
when he met young Sheskern shortly before
o'clock Banf1l street. near the latters
home. He says Sheskerin demanded that he
pronounce his name four times, and that
when he refused the boy rushed at him with
an open knife. Holm says before he had
time to dodge or to run away Sheskerin made
lunge at him with the open blade and
stabbed him In the side. Young Holm fell to
the ground. where he says Sheskerin left
him. Several other children, he says, helped
him into Sheskerin's house, and later with
taken to his own home. The fact that
Holm wore a heavy sweater and coat and
vest, through which the knife had to pass
before reaching the flesh, doubtless saved
a point between the ribs and entered up to
the handle. The weapon with which the
stabbing was done was an ordinary pocket
knife. Young Holm says there was no quar-
rel or fight OF any kind between him and
Sheskerin other than his refusal to pronounce
the name when ordered by the other boy.
Young Sheskerin was at church when re-
porter for the b called at his home
stabbing, claiming that it was an accident
for which the Holm boy was partly respon-
sibe. Mrs. Sheskerin says her son was on
the way to deliver some milk to a neghbor
when he met young Holm. There some
kind of quarrel, she says, during which
young Holm ran at her son and into the
knife. She claims that her boy did not inten-
tionally stab the injured boy, but that he re-
ceived the wound as the result of rushing at
her son. Asked If her boy had the open
knife in his hand, Mrs. Sheskerin said she
knew nothing about the affair except what
she had heard the children say. She says
she was frightened, by the hole in Holm's
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ried into her house after being stabbed, but