The Portland daily press., 1899-07-05

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city physician, was called as soon Is
Feeney reached the police station and
worked two hours In patching the man
up. Two small arteries were severed and
the man bled freely. Dr. Leighton was
Obliged to take innuinerable stitches in
the mans head. Conloy was arrested
and will be held to wait the result Of
Feensy's injuries. Yesterday Feeney was
very weak from loss Of blood and was
sent to the Greeley hospital.
AN OLD FASHIONED ROW.
At four O'Clock yesterday afternoon
Gorham corner was enlivsned by an old
fashioned row In which about twenty
men and two or three women to say
nothing Of small children aud babies
were involved. The fight started between
a crowd of four or live men at tho corner
of Center and Pleasant streets. While
they were smashing one another big
crowd gathered and other men mixed
into the affair. The crowd grew in size
until the street was filed with shouting
and fighting m en- and screaming women
and children. The fighters worked
their way up Pleasant street to an alley
way near q large brick block which Is
occupied by many families. the male
members of which became mixed mp In
the scrap. About this time one or two
women whose husbands or sons were be-
Ing roughly handled by the mob took q
hand In the proceedings. One Of the
women was knocked down and with this
lots of men who had. been passive OBJ.
servers of the fight also took n hand In
the affair. Among others Louis Dufour
and Amos Colbert, who had seen this
much of the tight from the windows of
the house at the corner Of Pleasant nd
York streets. ran over into the crowd and
got into the thick Of the fray. The fight
ers then turned their attention to the new
comers and chased them across the street
to the door Of their house where two
women with babies In their arms and
several small children were right In the
midst of the affair. At this moment the
patrol wagon arrived with Deputies
Firth and Chenery and squad of OH
GERS. At this time the mob was surging
about the door Of this house. Colbert
and Dufour were at the bottom Of the
heap while their wives were SCANNING for
assistance and vainly trying to separa te
the combatants. 1t looked as II there
were at least twenty men and half a
dozen women and children striking at
one another, cursing. screaming and
shouting. The police made quick work
Of the matter. Colbert and Dufour were
arrested while the men who had insti-
gated the fight and been at tho bottom of
arrest Of these two men the mob turned
their wrath on the officers but attempted
no violence to them, though they pro-
tested loudly against the arrest Of these
women. Colbert and Dufour were badly
cut up and were sent to the police sta
ton. Then the police scurried around
and arrested another man and later In the
evening pulled in one or two Others who
were said to be concerned in the ARRAY.
It was ouelof tine livellest rows Gornam's
corner has known for years.
A lively row took place at the old depot
on West Commercial street about six
O'Clock last night. The police station was
notified but when the patrol wagon
reached the spot the crowd had dispersed
and only one man was arrested.
ACCIDENTS.
Very few serious accidents occurred in
Portland, though some were brought into
the city hospitals from out of the city.
Early yesterday morning young man
named Howard Hunt, 20 years old, who
Is time keeper at the yard of Arthur Sew
all q Co., at Bath, was helping some
other young men load a cannon, at Win :
negauce, suburb of Bath. the powder
prematurely exploded burning Hunts
face and neck quite badly. He was sent
by the first train to the Maine Eye and
Ear infirmafy at Portland, arriving hero
and Ear innrmary Hunt was given the
quickest and best ofiattention. His face
was horribly burned and mutilated and
at first it was feared that he would lose
the sight of bothseyes but the surgeons at
the intirmary stated TO the PRESS last
evening that they believed the sight of
one eye could be saved.
CHARLIE DUKER HURT.
A little boy named Charlie Duker was
firing cannon cracker yesterday morn
ing at South Portland when it prema-
turely exploded and filled the boys eyes
full OF powder. At first 1t was feared that
the boy had lost mis- eyesight, as the result
Of this accident, but the surgeons at the
Maine Rye and Ear infirmary attended
the case at once and were able TO send the
little fellow back to his home in the af-
ternoon. The Surgeons say that beyond
some powder marks in his face the boy
win be all right in few days as his eyes
were not injured.
t VANDALISM e7
The rolice would like to make the ac-
quaintance of the crowd Iof young men
who amused themselves Monday night
and early yesterday morning by going
about the city removing gates, oh angling
signs and committing other acts of van.
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