The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-11-11

A woman named Townsend was arrest
ed by Patrolman Tiernan on Huntington
avenue last evening. and IL was WIN
considerable difficulty that he did 30
without dong the woman bodily injury
The woman started out from her home
on Troy street last evening. saying an
she went through the door into the street
that she was Carrie Nation. The nrst stop
that she made was at saloon on NC
Donough street and here she foune some
men playing cards and with handbag
which she carried she began to whack
the men right and left and drove them
from their seats tipped tie table over
and then started for the bar and exident-
ly intended to smash IL, but the pro-
prietor put her out.
The woman then wendcd her way 10
Olneyville square and from there TO
Huntington avenue, and on the way
whacked men. women and children over
the heads with her nand bag and one or
two persons she stopped and asked them
to supply her with a hatchet.
The saloons at the lower end or HUNT
ington avenue had been notified OF the
womaEs actions, and she was not allow
cd TO enter any OF them, and was about
10 smash a large window. when PATROL
man Tiernan took her in charge. but he
was obliged TO call upon Peter Connors
OF $50 Manton avenue TO help subdue the
woman.- In the patrol wagon II took tne
united efforts OF three strong patrolmen
TO hold the woman down, but they nnaiiy
reached the Central police station with
her
A few DAYS ago this woman made sew
eral attempts TO commit suicide by jump
ing in front OF fast moving trains az
the Dixie street crossing. and was at
but as her friends who live on Troy
street said that they would care for her
she was allowed 10 go.
HIS NAME WAS HESLIN,
In this column last evening It was an
nounced that young man had peen IN
tured in a club room on Hartford ave-
nue.. and called upon Or. watt on fiaan
field street who took i6 stitches In
scaip wound At the time the young
man would not give his name: but since
then the police have learned that the IN
jured man was John Heslin OF Jos Dike
street. and now saws that ne fell down
stairs. but the police are sim tookins
into the matter. for II was reported az
first that he had been eJected from '"e
hall.
DEFECTIVE LICENSE
Joseph Rickad and his nephew. Arthur.
were arrested this morning for selling
merchandise on Sunday without a license.
The police of the Chaffee street station
called at their drug store on Sunday and
the wall and this was the cause or the
trouble. the defect being that the number
OF the location OF the store was not upon
the license.
SMALL BOYS AND MATCHES.
Small boys were the cause OF three
slight fires yesterday. one of which might
have proved serious had II not have been
for the timely discovery Of Oscar Tourtel-
lott of blaze under the storehouse or
Fifeld's hay and grain establishment on
'Aspinwall court.
Another was In the dump on Hartford
avenue which was extinguished by Hose
10. and Patrolman Bates extinguished
fire In a pile of brush in n lot on Harold
street
WITH SILVER AMMUNITION.
James Coftey and william Kelly. two
well known young men. went hunting
yesterday and came. back with par
fridge and a rabbit. and their friends
claim that this game was no more or
less than store game for the blood
upon the partridge was at least two
days old.
HOUSE BROKEN INTO.
William Whitehead. who enjoys the