The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-04
MADE USE
OF 'AATCHET
Sparks Smashed TOmbsTIIn
Across Skull In Back
Yard Fight
tFrom saturdays paIlyl

btChuht Mllllhm lomntTllnt CaI~
penter living with his widowed sis
ter, Mrs. Harrington at eos Jackson,
showed a disposition to interfere
with a little hair pulling match in
which Mrs. Sparks had engaged Mrs
Harrington, Sparks chopped him ov-
er &c head with a Ratchet last night
In the back yard on Jackson street,
Tomberlin is In bed today with a
big cash across his skull that came
near ending his life and Sparks is
in the county jail to face a serious
charge.
. Mrs. Mollie VI. Harrington is a
widow who supports herself and her
children by washing for families.
She owns her own home on jackson
street and enjoys a uniformly good
reputation in the neighborhood. Her
younger brother has been occupying
a tent in her yard and has been
working as a carpenter in Amarillo.
To help out her other means OF
support, Mrs. Harrington keeps
COW and some chickens and sells
some OF tho proceeds to the neigh
borA,
Tho Sparks family live in rented
house across tho alley near the Her
Tngton place. They are not at all
nonniar In the neighborhood and
gossip has more than once charged
eho disappearance OF chickens, feed
neal, and other articles OF similar
dha1acter 10 Sparks and his family.
Sparks IL q day laborer. has driven
q delivery wagon and has gained a
TrecaEious livlngeby other means.
Sparks woman Started Scrap.
Yesterday evening Mrs. Herring
ton loft her backclot TO deliver some
milk TO customer and passed Mrs.
Sparks who was leaning over the
back fence OF the Sparks place.
81 feel like pickin' up a rock and
layin' you out RICH here" declared
the Sparks woman, according to Mrs.
Harrington.
She made no further advances,
however at that time hut a few min
utes later when Mrs. Harrington
returned. Mrs. Sparks was still in
the back yard and this time she was
provided with stick. Declaring
that she was "going 10 maui you
good" she advanced upon Mrs. Her
rington who protected herself by
grabbing the stick as Mrs. Sparks
tried TO hit her. Mrs. Harrington
yelled for help and clInched with
Mrs. Sparks.
Sparks Used Ratchet.
Hearing the difficulty In the back
yard both Sparks and Tomberlin ran
back 20 find the cause. According
TO Mrs. Herrlngton's story, Tomber-
tfnHad not even reached the alley
when Sparks ran into the yard and
srndsrtopk to stop him. and then
Siashedshin acfossth eshead with a
kRtchet.
other mendn the.vicinity who had
heard the outcsies came'to the scene
and cav Sparks, who Is larger
man.. anyhow. than TomberlIn, hold
Ing the almost unconscious man
down to thee ground and stamping
on hi1n. wnenSihe others came he
left the man with the remark that
h@,'woEtd teach him to mix in the
women folks affairs"
In the meantime the two women
had been hotly engaged with each
\ otiier and when Sparks turned, Mrs.
Harrington had Mrs. Sparks down
on background and was administer
Ing a thorough punishment
Here you women" called Sparks.
you stop your scrappin' now we
amt going TO have any more OF this
here" Then he went on in the
house with his wife and left Tomber-
lin-to the care Of the others.
A Serious Wound.
Tomberlin was bleeding profusely
from deep cash across the left
side OF his skull and not until DR..
Patton made an examination was Il
certain whether the wound was fatal
or not Fortunately the blow struck
the bridge OF tho skull and did not
fracture II so the man will recover
~ Sparks has been lodged In jail ia
await an examining trial which will
probably be conducted this after
noon. There is already an indict-
msnt against him returned at the
last session OF the grand jury for
swindiing by fraudulent check.