The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-24
FIGHTS AND FAK|RS
Casualties and Arrests Yes
terday at the Fair and
in Town.

of assault with deadly weapon and an
other charge of carrying a concealed wea
pon. Yesterday afternoon about O'Clock
Charley Brothers, who says he is a Syrian
and lives at Dunn, was struck over the
head and received bad wound with q
pair of brass knucks, and he says Virgil
Stone struck him. The difficulty took
place in the Fair Grounds, near the
spinning jenny at the entrance. The facts
brought out at the trial before Mr.. Sc.
parks were as follows:
Brothers was in company with some
ladies at the spinning jenny and Stone,
in company with several others, were
usi1g very profane language in their
presence. Brothers turned around and re-
quested them not to use such language.
This terribly enraged them and they were
very abusive in profane language to him
He then turned to leave and was followed
for several yards, when the assault tool,
place The wound on the head OF Broth
ers was a bad one and he bled freely for
over an hour. In the presence of sew
eral he asked Stone why he struck him,
telling him he had done nothing to justify
the lick. he was a very angry man, ana
had it not been for the crowd present
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rious trouble. The arrest of Stone was
made soon after the fight and he was
placed in jail under a $500 bond
This was the most serious fight at the
grounds during the day, but several small
fstcuffs and bouts were reported
white woman of this city lost a dia-
mond locket yesterday afternoon at the
Fair Grounds. She identified a man she
said took it, who gave his name as
Richard Jennings. He was employee as a
speiler for one of the shows. Magistrate
Separk committed him to Jail in default
OF 81 eco bond The lockot was found near
the place where it was taken. Jennings
spent last night in the city guard house,
and VIII be taken to the county jail this
morning.
A cripple from Harnctt county yester-
day hired a colored boy to push his wheel
chair and beg for him in the streets. The
colored boy got drunk and upset the
cripple on Fayetteville street. To get out
of the crowd the whole outfit was lifted
down into the police station, where the
cclored youth was detained and a fresh
charioteer obtained for the crippled man,
who was then lifted back to the pave
ment.
DR.. n. M Johnson, of Durham, told
friends yesterday that he had been robbed
somehow of $25. He said he must be an
easy mark as his pocket was picked in
Charlotte, too.
T. P. Smith, a white man, was fined
$5.25 by the mayor yesterday for dis
orderly conduct.
VIM. Johnson, colored, was disorderly
at the Johnson street station, and was
sent to the roads for thirty days.
Squire Montague, a disorderly negro,
could not pay his fine ana also got thirty
days.
DURHAM MAN CUT
J, f. Hackney, young man from Dur
ham. was cut in the face yesterday morn
ing in a fight at the Acme saloon. on
Fayetteville street, and Will Murphy. or az
he is Familiarity known, pete" Murphy
of this city. is accused of doing the cut
ting.
Henry Novel;. Of Raleigh, says that
there were several young men from Raj
eigh and Durham together in the saloon
when Hackney came in and declared he
could lick any man in Raleigh. Upon this
NOVEL; told him he could not lick him
and Hackney started for him. Just as
NOVEL; put up his guard, he was seized
by two or three others and thrown acros:
the room. When he recovered himself
he saw that Hackney had been cut.
Then Hackney, NOVEL; and others start
ed out of the saloon. and in a minute
met Officers Austin and Haynes. who
went with them TO the station house. Dr.
McGeachy, the city physician, was tela
phoned %for and he took Hackney to his
OFF,
his wounds. They were not of a serious
nature, consisting. of cuts in the lip and
cheek.
In the meantime the police were trying
to get the name of the man who had
done the cutting, and after Hackney re
turned from the Doctors office they OBJ
tanned the fact that Pete Murphy was
suspected.
a warrant was then sworn out before
Magistrate Barbee, charging Murphy
with an ARRAY in which a knife was used.
Before he could be arrested. he went to
the magistrates office and submitted. He
was placed under bond until this morning
when the case will be heard. 1t is under.
stood that Hackney end Novel; will be
up before the mayor in the morning also
for simple ARRAY.
OTHER CASUALTIES.
Mr. ]. l.. Parham, of the News and OBJ
server force, had his pants cut at the Fail
yesterday by pickpocket, who attempted
to cut his pocket out to secure his money
He did not recognize who the party was
it was done so quickly.
small child was knocked down at tho