The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-21
PROVIDENCE
MAN BADLY
INJURED.
In Defending His wife He Is
Stabbed Fifteen Times on
Street Gar in Boston.

John p. Mclaughlin. better known as
! Jack 10 the patrons OF the Boston
/ Tavern on Washington street was
stabbed Is times on a trolley car in that
| city by man with whom he had remon-
strated for insulting woman.
McLaughlin's assailant, who was ar
rested Immediately after the stabbing.
gave his name to the police as Charles
Capehart, aged "a, and his address as 20
Putnam avenue, Cambridge.
Capehart was at the tavern at about
i'm the evening to see the manager on
business. lie had been drinking and is
stated 10 have been at least partly drunk.
No one at the tavern, however, knew of
his having any trouble with Mclaughlin
at the bar
A few minutes before Mclaughlin
left the hotel and Joined his wife and
woman friend who were waiting for him
outside. The three waited for a Dorches-
ter car. which Mrs. McLaughln's friend
was going TO take for home. While they
were waiting Capehart approached and
addressed the ladies. Mclaughlin OBJ
Jected and asked him TO go along.
You see / am here with ladies'" he
said, "and ! don't want to have fight
with you here"
you know who / am" replied Cape
hart insistently. Drawing a card, he
added:
Here's my card; that will tell you
who i am"
WANTED NO TROUBLE.
Mclaughlin again asked Capehart as a
gentleman 10 go away and not have any
bother. Capehart refused and said he
would speak to the women whether Nc
Laughlin liked II or not. After few
more words Mclaughlin slapped Cape
hart's face, whereupon the latter retired,
muttering and swearing.
He waited in a doorway until Mrs.
McLaughlins friend was put upon her
car, and then followed Mr.. and Mrs.
Mclaughlin to Franklin street. where
they boarded a car for their home at
797 Columbia road
Capehart got on the car after them.
Mclaughlin turned on the rear platform
and asked Capehart what he wanted.
II want TO fix you," was the answer.
and without another word he attacked
Mclaughlin with what the police think
must have been a razor, although the
weapon has not been found.
The conductor of the car, according to
Mclaughlin, took Mclaughlin to be the
aggressor and held him from behind while |
Capehart slashed his face. neck and head.
Mrs. Mclaughlin screamed and smashed |
her umbrella to pieces over Capeharts |
head.
WOUNDS WE'RE MANY. !
II was all over i'm moment. Capehart |
broke through the crowd that had quickly |
collected, and ran TO Bromfield street. He |
started up Bromfield toward fremont |
street, but was overtaken half way up the |
block by Reserve officer Kenny, who ran
upon hearing Mrs. McLaughlin's cries. |
Mclaughlin, weak from loss of blood |
and exertion, fell from the rear platform
of the car to the street, adding severe |
contusons of the skull to the cuts he had |
already received. Accompanied by Mrs.
Mclaughlin he was hurried TO the Emer- |
gency hospital in a carriage. DR.. Led |
we'll worked over him for 2la hours. and |
the extent of his injuries may be realized |
by the fact that los stitches were required |
TO sew up the cuts
The cuts were as follows: Four on the |
head four on the face, one on the chin.
one over the left eye two on the neck, |
two on the right arm and the right middle
finger cut in two lengthwise. The most
serious of all was a cut on the LEFT side
of the neck, penetrating to the bone,
and cutting branch of a main artery
and severing the ternocleido-mastoid
muscle of the neck
Mclaughlin refused to take ether while
being operated on, although almost un-
conscious from loss of blood He bore
the painfully slow stitching with perfect
nerve. joking with DIR. Ledwell over
what he would have done to Capehart IL
he could only have got at him.
Mclaughlin Is a well built man OF some
reputation as an athlete, and is known
as one of the best lacrosse players I'm the
country. Though on the dangerous list
the doctors say he will probably recover.
KNOWN IN THIS CITY.
Mclaughlin is well known in this city.
He was at one time employed In the
Mahogany Palace on Eddy street when
the place was owned byt Booth e. Hut
Crimson, and where he was later in the
employ OF Hutchinson on Union street
and also had his own place on Stokes
street.
lie has been in Boston since 1897
when he left the place. severing partner
ship from his brother in the place on
Stokes street