The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-24
POWERFUL
MEN BA TIE
lone Nearly Sewers Others
Head With a Knife.
m
CITIZEN HE MADEHIs ESCAPE
e esss
Terrible Fight at the Mouth of Fur
1ace Which May End in the Death
of ohe ofThose Engaged
aR In 1t.

2 While firing a furnace In the Tredegar
Iron Works yesterday afternoon, shovel
Ing coal and dripping with perspirauon,
two negroes-Harvey Push and Dick
johnson, engaged In fight for life, as
result of which the former Is now q
fugitive from justice, presumably hid
ing in the city, while the latter Is an
inmate of the City Hospital, suffering
from serious and probably fatal knife
blade wound i'll his throat, and one or
two other stabs of more or less conse-
quence. The scrap occurred shortly af-
3 ter 5 O'Clock and was witnessed by a
dozen or more other employees at the
works. who interfered just as quickly
us they could reach the men.
Johnson was slashed across the throat
land stabbed twice in the body. lie
& bled profusely from each of the wounds
& and was exhausted from weakness when
the ambulance arrived on the scene q
few minutes later. having been called
sNby telephone DIR. FeEenheimcr, who
was in charge of the wagon, did what he
could to relieve the suffering of the ne
a gro. which was intense, after which he
was lifted gently into the vehicle and
4 carried with haste to the public nstitu-
tion.
. I1GtAlJ 1ScAfSL1 SEIN -.
Hero more critical examination OF
the wounds were made. The negro was
on all operating table for an hour or
more, during which time the hospital
r surgeons took a number of stitches in
the wound In his throat, His head had
z been nearly several from his body, and
the deep. ugly cash only missed pene-
trating tho jugular vein by fraction
it.of an inch The other stabs were of
less importance and are not at all dam
gerous.
Realizing that he had wounded his
antagonist Pugh fled, darling from the
mill with the speed Of greyhound. He
has not been seen since. and Is supposed
to be hiding ip the city, The police are
on close lookout for tho negro. and
hopes are entertained for his capture.
-.lmosS Immediately after the fight Ser
geant Sowell and Patrolman Gary were
on the scene, having heard OF the at
tempted murder. They chased the flee
ing negro for a number of blocks, but
he lost himself from them In the myste.
rlous Peniteptiary Bottom. The officers
have & good description of Pugh, and TO
srsome of the policemen he is known well.
= This morning at l o'clock, when the
different reliefs departed from the three
s. respective stations the officers were read
descriptions Of Pugh, and all Were not-
fled to be on a close lookout for him.
as 1t is feared that the wounded man
may die and the affair assume the grave
4 proportions OF a murder.
POWERFUL MAN.
From all accounts, 1t seems that Pugh
and johnson have worked together at
the Tredcgar Works for several months,
being engaged at the same furnace. Both
We're powerful men, their muscles having
been hugely developed by the class Of
exercise in which they enga ged. They
fired one OF the furnaces.
ft,
gagged as usual in stoking the oven. when
they fell out over some supposedly trlv.
ial matter, the nature of which Is not
known. They were some distance from
any OF the other employees, and MS q. con
sequence no one overheard the words
that passed between the men Present
ly they were fighting,
1t was AT this 1uncturs that It wa!
discovered that n rupture existed. TN
men were seen to engage each other il
. man-to-nlan conflict They tussei
md Mlestled and alugged for minute
itnd tfien suddenly and without warninl
knife came into the play ii wa!
~ The hands Of Pugh. who welded i
with The e%actneasa and conolscness o
an EXPERT Flr8t the hlade was bmlet
inro the body OF bis antagonist Thu
was followed by another blow but sill
the scrap continued.
II. Presently, while men We're dasbing To-
u wards the combatants, Pugh steadIct
himself for linGl blow. with q sweep.
ing movement. lac swung his might,
right arm around. the blade sinking just
y deep enough into the neck OF johnson
TO take hold. In n minute the hesf
had been laid hare and the blood was
gushing freely from the wound.
Pugh, fearing that iIe had Killed his
antagonist and not caring 10 face tht
Jesuit dashed from the building Just Us
Johnson sank exhausted to the floor.
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