Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-02-03
DON'T KILL NE, FRED
james Martz Pleads to Save
His Life. ...
He LAY ON A DOORSTEP.
White Man Isrutaily Assaulted i'll Rockets
by Unknown Parties. Held Up by
9Iishwaymen on Lafey
cite Avenue.
Don't Kill! me. Fred."

| Lying on the door step in front of q
street, i'm Rockets, Tuesday night, was
the prostrate form of James Mar'tz w:lh
| blood gushing from a wound in his
head. Two unknown white men We're
Stunning near by. One had "a club ~
la bludgeon i'm his hand. 1t was to him
strait 'Marltz was pleading for his life
HIS given name was Fred. but no one
seems to know his surname.
Ti1t:1 breach of THE peace occurred
Hate ait night. People living in the ten
entsint houses between the railroad and
! Warwick avenue Vera attracted by
M2itzs cries. The man called Fred
struck Mau,z a blow which rem
d5r9d f:;'m sse,!:!scle!sfs Then tine two
men 'abs'condsd. leaving the man lying
in 'front.' cif Rose Dun!ap's house. Mot
a sound came from Martz. He lay a.
|if dead. This frightened the negroes i'm
Hfte house w4ho had Witnessed the ats
sault from THE windows above, and one
ji:ltstened cur. half dressed in search of a
policeman. Pa.Tollntan Gray was found
l9;2d fi2t.ii-1leHl To WHARF, Maf-tz thad been
assaulted. A1a1'tz was unconscious agpd
nearly f,t5ztm. THE policeman picked
him up and ne was afterwards taken to
his home en- the Acre where he re-
ceiveI medical .art1a ntiCn- Last right it
wrlli tziarned that Maa.sz was still CON-
fined to his room With, an ugly cash
on His head and in "a CRITICAL condition.
The police authorities are at work cGl
the case, but as yet there is no clue to
;sle men Who assaulted N1artZ. How7ev-
en- L lis Thought tf9a't if he recovers
ATartz will be able Ito furnish sufficient
evi.6enfe.
ASSAULTED LAST NIGHT
a negro manned Hsnry Laltinler was
brutality assaulted on TwetIlby fourth
street, between Washington and West
avSrm.as. shortly before 7 O'Clock last
evening by am UNKNOWN man. The as
sttul4u seems to have been wig:NGut any
provoca:!Nn. 14asimer Was walking long
Me street. When he WAS suddenly ac
ccisusGi His 4,ssai!a:lt dealt him Ia blow
VIA a cuigel sind then fled. going in the
direction OF che piers. Wilen alstsiS': ce
reached him. Latirrer i'm "a state saf
tlJ,Fa- H was '.'akan to his horne, where
he qeca.vei medical 'at,slj,.pn.
HELD Up AND ROBBED.
A white man r,anred Archie Swan was
held up late Tuesday night on, Lafay-
cite avetnue,in ';l:la vicinity of Tlalrsietih
,5i:leEst, ard robbed CT $3.50.
swan rs rai,1 oysi.ernlan, and lives on
t'.,a ,tyar between this city and Mo,r.l-
i III 4He was cIl. his way home. When
t.l-C:- Tltr.'st N street two men stepped
in FRONT Of him and ordered him TO
!aau!t- CC1e man !leid a revolver close. to
Sw1aa's head while the ether went
t,lHJusll hi. pockets. T'his case was not
reported to i,!ie police department., and
t.etnca no effl3rt has been made TO ap
p:EI.s,fd the high waynan.
WE'RE FRIGHTENED OFF.
iNTar where Swan was robbed two
n.5,l attempted to enter IA house Occu-
ped by Mr.. Thompson Phillips. Tues
Cay night. Mrs. Phillips Went TO THE
dyE-r having been attrl cttad by the
nsi,se When She sa the men she
called To her sen. but before he respond
ed ,;:ley d:tla pp4>ar'ed. One of the men
.iaa a mask over mis- face.