The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-14

Maggie Eneridge's Knife Severed
His Facial Artery.


Maggie Eferidge. a negro woman of no
very good repute, was arrested last night
for assaulting and stabbing George Thorn
as, the man with whom she has been liv-
ing. The wound inflicted by the woman
is dangerous, and. in the opinion of Dr..
Levi. by whom Thomas was attended, is
more than likely to produce death.
The cutting was done in Marshalls res
taurant, on West Broad street, where the
woman claimed she had run for safety
and to escape the mUrderous attacks she
expected the man TO make upon her. The
couple have been living together, though
not in harmony, for some years, during
which time there have been numerous
difficulties, that one or the other of them
would terminate with the first weapon
upon which he or she could lay his or her
hand. The result has been that both bear
and show the marks of the trays in which
they have been mutually engaged, and
that have come near costing both of them
their lives.
From what can be learned of the last
difficulty, there had been bad blood be
tween the amorous, but lima tched, pair
for some days, the man having made
threats about the woman, that bad been
repeated TO her She claims she was trying
to avoid him and thus prevent the assault
she was confident would be made a IS soon
as they came together.
She was walking down West Broad
street last night when she saw Thomas
standing behind tree and apparently
waiting for her to get within good striking
distance. She became alarmed at once and
instead of coming closer to where the man
was standing, started out in a run. Thomas
not far behind and she soon came to I'M
derstand that he would overtake Ter and
said she was afraid he would execute his
threat of killing her
The rest of the story is easily followed.
When the woman saw that further fight
was impossible. she ran through the open
door of the restaurant and around the la
bles, in an effort to elude Thomas and
get out of his way. In this she could NOT
have been successful, as the room Is
small and filled with furniture Then 1t
was that she backed up against table
and drew small knife from her pocket.
AS Thomas reached her side she slashed
him across the face, making what was
apparently only slight wound, not an
inch in length.
1t sufficed, though, to draw Thomas
away from any desire he might have had
to harm the woman, and created an i'm
mense amount of excitement. crowd
quickly gathered. and one of it's members
held the woman until the arrival of Pa
trolnran Jernigan, by whom she was ar
rested and sent in to the station house.
By this time Thomas wound was bleeding
profusely, and he was sent along with the
woman, who had done the cutting
When the station house was reached
Thomas was sitting in a pool of blood,
and the blood continued to flow, without
apparent cessation or intermission DR..
Levi was hastily summoned and dressed
the mans wounds in the station house.
He discovered that the facial artery had
beeen severed and gave it as his opinion
hot Thnr nu6 hui
covery. Thomas was sent to the Georgia
Infirmary, where he was reported early
this morning as resting quietly, and in no
immediate danger of death.