Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-22
WALTER CLEANER, coLoRED,
STABBED SATURDAY NIGHT,
NOT OUT OF DANGER
RECOVERY EXPECTED
Oscar Hogan Runs Amuck With Knife
in Drunken BrawI at MERITS Board
ing House on Vine street-Tom
Brown Slightly Wounded.

Two men were stabbed, one serious
| ly and perhaps fatally, in drunken
brawl which occurred Saturday even
ing in the boarding house Of d. P.
Merritt, corner of Vine and Railroad
streets. Oscar Hogan, colored, who
was arrested soon after the affair, adj
mits stabbing the two men, Walter
Cleaner and Tom Brown, both of them
colored, but claims he did 1t in self
defense. Cleaners condition is SER
ious.
The fight occurred in Hogan's room
| at the boarding house. The exact
cause is not known, though it is said
that Brown was the originator of the
trouble. Hogan, it is said called the
other two into his room, inviting them
to drink with him. All Of the men are
said to have been drinking consider
ably and their condition is supposed
to have been the cause of the battle
which ensued.
| The fight occurred about 10 o'clock.
The police We're notified and about
1875 o'clock Officers Raul and Dunn
reached the house to find Cleaner ly-
ing on a bed, while Brown,not so SER
iously wounded, was stretched out on
couch. Hogan had by this time
made good his escape. DR.. Rudolph
Oden was called to dress the wounds
of the two men, Cleaner was stabbed
in the breast, little more than an inch
been little higher it would certainly
have resulted fatally. Brown has
two wounds in the feshy part of the
hip.
Throws Away Knife After Arrest
Hogan was arrested in less than an
hour after the ARRAY by Officer Sher-
man Bradley at pool room on East
Second street. He was taken to the
station and thrown in Jail to await his
trial this morning. Hogan had with
him a butcher knife, the blade of which
had: been shortened. This he threw
away at the corner of Market and
Second streets while the officer was
taking him TO the police station. A
Ibystander saw his Quick movement and
reported 1T to officer Bradley. Return
ing from the station, Bradley made a
search at this corner and found the
knife.
4 This knife is believed by the police
I to be the one with which Hogan stab
bed Cleaner and Brown Hogan was
arraigned before Judge E. M. Camp.
bell on the charge Of drunkenness. He
did not believe that he was intoxi.
Gated, but on the evidence Judge
Campbell thought differently and sen.
fenced him to ten days in jail. 1t is
probable that more serious charges
will be lodged against him.
j Hogan told his story of the affair in
i police court this morning, claiming
that the other men attacked him, and
that he drew his knife and stabbed
them in self defense.
Would Do it Again, Only Worse.
i II would do it again if I had it to
do over. only worse" said Hogan
Cleaner, while still in serious con
dition is believed to be improving, and
the physician in charge is hopeful fol-
his complete recovery. Brown return
ed to his work at the power house OF
the Ottumwa Railway & Light Co. this
morning.
i Cleaner was also employed at the
power house, while Hogan has been
working at the Morrell packing plant
il Mr.. Graham, the proprietor Of the
Hub announces that that store vii
tomorrow inaugurate a mammoth sale
of Clothing, one Of those events thai
excite competition on account of the
low prices The Hub makes the low
prices when it starts out to do it
Come in now and make your selection