The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-24

Fair Grounds yesterday by a man who
was running through the crowd. When
she was picked up it was found that her
arm was broken. Who the man was could
not be learned.
white man claiming his home from
South Carolina, came up the street last
night in an intoxicated condition. His
face was terribly lacerated, bruised AMI
bleeding from what appeared to have
been an encounter with barb-wire fence.
In conversation with an officer ne told
several different tales, one of which he
had been knocked down and robbed and
another was that he got in carriage
with hackman and he gave him ten
dollars and never received his change. His
version of the affair was not believed
and an investigation CT the affair was
not deemed necessary.
LITTLE GIRLS ESCAPE.
The little granddaughter of MIR. Bryant
Smith, who lives near Raleigh, was saved
almost miraculously from being crushed
by a street car at the Fair Grounds
yesterday evening. She was with older
girl, and Just as the car approached the
terminus the little girl was pushed by
the press of people so that she fell be-
tween the car and the raised places
alongside the tracks at this point. TT.
older child kept hold of the little ones
hand, and Joe Braan, the colored man
employed IN the Governors office, who
was on the car and saw the accident,
grabbed the older child and pulled them
both on the car with great difficulty ON
account of the dense crowd. The chlG
was unhurt, although she had fallen under
the car.
VALUABLE DIAMOND GONE.
a diamond scarf pin was lost at the
Union depot yesterday morning. 1t is not
known whether this was stolen or dropped
and reward of $3.50 is offered for its
return, and no questions asked. by Mr..
A G. Holland. of Goldsboro, whose card
will be found in the Want Column" this
morning.
SNATCHED CHATELAINE BAG.
On the Midway yesterday a man
snatched from a lady's wrist the chate
lane bag attached to her bracelet and got
away. a young girl saw him as the
started to do this. but was too frightened
to scream and the crowd surged between
her and the thief. There was chase,
but the man got away.
SCARF PIN STOLEN.
A stranger reports that in a crowd near
the Fair Ground some one got his val
liable scarf pin. He missed it few min
utes after it was gone, but had no c!u"
to the thief.
CLAIMED HER HAT.
There was a dramatic scene on the
Midway yesterday when one woman
walked uD to another, and said You've
got my hat and then proceeded to take
out the pins and take 1t off. 1t was
handsome hat and in a moment the wear
CT began to resist.
The claimed young man had given the
hat to her and named him. He came up
about this time, but was unable to eX-
plain the matter and was put under ar
rest. The ladv who claimed the hat took
possession of it and left the wcarer of
it bareheaded
THE OTHER PICKPOCKET?
Yesterday afternoon about two o'clock
a youth supposed to be enc of the pick
rocket gang who escaped in the melee
on Wednesday evening, was arrested Oh
suspicion at the Fair by one of the
special police, and taken before Magis-
trate Separk, who sent for United States
Commissioner Nichols and several other
people to see if they could identity him.
Commissioner Nichols went out and
CANNED the young man, and expressed
the belief that he was a crook OF some
sort, or helper to crook although he
said he apparently told rather straight