The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-10-04
OLNEYVILLE
Two Banana PeddIers Cause Excitement on
OlneyvilIe Square-Man Claims He Was
Thrown Into River - Sunday School
Teachers Meet.

There was heap of excitement on Odd
Fellows square about o o'clock this morn
ing, and for a time II looked as II some
one was going to be murdered, but moth
ing but lot OF hot talk came out OF II.
Two Italians peddling bananas went
through the square shouting their wares,
a woman who lives in the third story OF
one OF the houses on the Pocasset avenue
side OF the square, with pantomimic signs.
said that she would take two dozen. One
stairs, and instead of going TO the third
floor stopped on the second and as the
door was unlocked entered and as he did
he espied a big man arrayed in his night
shirt, and about the time that the man in
the night shirt saw the Italian with the
bananas he with the night shirt grabbed
the Italians with the bananas, and then
the italian. bananas and all went down
one fight OF stairs.
The front door being open and the Sec
racket and the first thing that he did was
To pick up the two dozen bananas and
then pick up his assistant, who by this
time could breathe quite freely. Both Ital-
ians wanted TO get at" the man who
wore the night shirt and he seemed to be
quite anxious TO have the Italians come
on" but his wife. who wore the same sort
OF a garment, called little halt, and the
woman on the floor above, came down
and explained the whole matter. The man
wihth the night shirt was mad anyway
as he had taken a day off to go TO the
Brockton fair, but on account OF the rain
thought he would not go.
SAYS THEY THREW HIM IN RIVER.
A man named Leopold Larchin. when he
reached his home on Eagle street. was
wet from head TO foot inside and out. He
told his family that he had been thrown
over the bridge at Atwells avenue, into
the Woonasquatucket river by two men.
A member OF the family made an investi-
cation and all that he could learn was
that Larchin had been on the bridge, and
that two of his neighbors. made every
effort possible to have him accompany
them and they would see him home, but
Larchin would not go so IL is presumed
hat he wandered about the bridge until
ne fell in and this partially sobered him |
10 There were quite a number OF persons |
about the bridge at the time Larchin |
claims he was thrown over the bridge, |
,ut none of them heard OF any disturb
nee OF any sort
SCHOOL TEACHERS MEET.
The teachers OF the Church OF the Mes
ah Sunday school held their annual
leeting In the parlors OF the church last
vening when the following officers were
ected: Superintendent, Charles II. Has
I'M: treasurer. G.. +. Beane; assistant
easurcr, Earl Parsons secretary, John
itcliffe; assistant secretary, Clement
Iaude; librarian, John Hird assistant IL
rarinn. Thomas Horrocks. Next Sunday
III be known as rally day and very
lteresting program has been arranged
,r the event 1t was intended to hoid
,ese exercises last Sunday, but on ac-
,unt of the weather was postponed.
ALL WE'RE ON DUTY LAST NIGHT
Every man from the captain down con-
ected with the Chaffee street police sta
on was assigned to duty at the different
ard rooms last evening and some OF
lem did not get back to the station untii
early 1870 o'clock and those who had TO
, out on patrol duty at ! this morning
the rain are as cross as bears ana
,ere are those who do not blame them
here was not much for them to do after
ley did go out, according to the blotter
the station, for no arrests were made'