The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-21
SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS
One Negro Shot and Another Was
Badly Cut
Both Carried to the HOsDital-One
Assailant Skipped and the Other is
Shot is in a Serious Condition and
the Wound May Result Fatally.

1t seems indeed difficult for Il sat
urday night to pass without several
fights taking place among the negroes
The majority OF them are cutting
scrapes, but for a negro to get shot is
no new common occurrence.
Last night about 10 o'clock Walker
Page, q negro who is about IS years Of
age, was shot in the left breast iust
below the collar bone. The wound is
a dangerous one and 1t may result
fatally. Soon after being shot The
negro was carried to the James Walker
Memorial Hospital. On account OF The
dangerous locality Of the wound, 40
effort was made to locate it.
The fight occurred at Pages house,
is on Eighth street, near Brunswick.
Henry Bullock. colored. did the shoot-
ing, but Immediately afterwards left
that part of the city. AS soon
as the police were notified Of the at
fair several of them went at once TO
the vicinity of Eighth and Brunswick
streets, but Bullock had departed ere
they arrived. Later he was arrested
at the Independent Ice factory. He
has a cut on his cheek and he claims
that Page was trying to cut his throat
Henry Taylor, an 1S-year-old cOlOred
boy, was badly cut across the face last
night, but he claims not to know who
did it. There is a strange thing about
Wilmington negroes. The majority OF
them when they get in a fight n get
carved up pretend not to know who at
tackled them and to hear their tale they
are invariably innocent. Tayloras Story
is a good specimen. He says he was
standing near Third and Brunswick
streets, when he was suddenly attack
ed by an unknown man and badly cut
before he could defend himself in any
way or get out of his assailant's way.
That Taylor received a eve cash
across the face is an assured fact, and
the negro may be extremely thankful
hat a kind Providence kept the blade
of the knife from splitting one eye. The
wound is a most unusual one. n it
is strange how it passed over his eye
without injuring it. The cash begins
just above Taylor's left eye and e
tends across the eye, having cut 5o-t
lids. split his cheek and both lips. II
Taylor's assaila1t attacked him with
the intention Of carving him up in an
dItlSt1C Hdu1oI, lie Certainly LAUSL h1NS
felt gratified at the way in which he
accomplished his object. It is nol
thought that the wound will prove
a serious one. but the negro missed
losing his left eve by the narrowest
margin. He was carried to the JAMES
Walker Memorial Hospital.
DR.. Alderman and the attendants al
the hospital always expect to have q
busy time on Saturday night, and wnen
they don't they are really disappointed
The police were unable to locate he
negro who cut Taylor.
James Marine. a young man about
% years old and a son of Archie Ma
rine, was found at Fifth and Castle
streets last night in a rather deiapi-
dated condition. He was not Tery
steady upon his feet and it is not GER
tain whether he butted into a fence
or some one used their fist on him. He
had several bruises and gashes abou'
the head and face and it was necessary
to carry him to The James Walker Me-
mortal Hospital to have his wounds
dressed.
Last night about midnight William
Cole. colored, arrived at the hospital
on foot, having been shot by an I'm
known foe. He hailed from the Al
mont factory end said he was shol
while peacefully pursuing his way te
Wilmington. He was shot in the left
arm and the wound is not a serious
one