The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-20
STABBED THREE TIMES.
James Flynn. a Teamster. Victim of a
 Union street BrawI.

James Flynn. Teamster. Victim of a
 Union street BrawI
 James Flynn. teamster boarding at 137 Water street. and who devotes most of his time to the moving of pianos. lies at Grace hospital in a somewhat preca- rious condition. He was last night the victim of a stabbing affray near Frank Murphy's saloon at 16 Union street. As the story goes Flynn and a number of other companions were in Murphy's place playing cards and having a few drinks. Some matter came up which caused dispute between Flynn and the proprietor when it is said that the in jured man picked up beer bottle and hit Murphy over the head, injuring him quite considerable. At this time Mrs. Murphy and an Italian, John Lureo, who were also in the saloon, took a hand in the affair, and ran Flynn out into the street. There a number of blows were exchanged, and finally Flynn sank to the sidewalk fro msever- al stab wounds. The bookkeeper at l Schwarzschild & Sulzberger's meat IlldEhEl SEW uIO0L Ol ltlC OCSuLIClt\S anu | telephoned to police headquarters The place is on Patrolman Gilligan's beat, and he was the first on the scene. Ser- geant Cook at the central station sent several patrolmen to the scene, as he was informed that there was a general street brawl and that several men had been dangerously wounded. Patrolman Gilligan and Patrolman Curran arrest ed Lureo, and he was taken to police ] headquarters and locked up.
 l The wounded man, Flynn, was taken to Grace hospital in the police ambu- 1 lance. He is a man tWenty-tWo years of age and very strongly built. l.; the course of his work, that of moving pianos, he has developed the muscles on his chest splendidly and to this he can perhaps credit the good luck of not having been fatally injured by the weapon. As it is, unless blood poison- ing develops his chances for recovery are good. He received three wounds. | One entered the chest at a point di- rectly above the heart, but did not pen- citrate the chest cavity. This wound is three and one half inches long and somewhat irregular in depth. The blade of the weapon, presumably a pen knife, entered the flesh on line almost parallel with the walls, and hence did not touch the heart nor enter the chest cavity. The other two wounds are in the abdomen and they are two and one- half and one and one-half inches, re- spectively, in length and about an inch deep. They also entered the flesh in the same way as the wound in the chest and did not puncture the abdominal cavity.
 At Grace hospital careful examina- ton was made by Dr. Gerner and he washed and dressed the wounds. There was also an abrasion on the lip. The doctor does not consider the wounds oi a fatal nature unless blood poisoning from dirt on the knife should result, ol unless air should get into the chest cav ity by reason of the puncture which causes the substance separating it to be very thin. Especial attention was given to the cleansing of the wounds tc preclude the possibility of blood poison ing.
 Lureo is held at headquarters without bail. Murphy, the proprietor of the sa' loon, it is said is confined to his bed as the result. of the blow on the head