The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-08-20
'OLNEVILLE Man
KNOCKS OUT THUGS
Sought to Interfere With Young Women he Was
Escorting-Plcni: Plans for St. Mary's Parish
Labor Day.


ming. He. In company with two young
ladies'. was returning from visit &c
friends at East Providence and just as the
party was crossing the railroad tracks one
OF three men steppel up 10 the young mar
and made the remark that "he had one
too many girls I'm his company. and thai
he would take care of one OF them"
The escorts reply was that no one woule
harm either OF the young ladies In hii
company. and another remark from the
man made the young man think that they
meant harm, and without further ado he
'waded In and In less than second two
OF the men law sprawling on the ground
and the third, thinking that the some dose
was in store for him. ran away. and dur
ing the mixup one OF the young ladies took
advantage OF the situation and gave one
OF the prostrate loafers a couple OF
healthy kicks
About this time Inspector Mcguire OF
the Central station and Patrolmen Parker
and Ernest Williams the well known Local
checker expert. came along, but the men
who had been knocked down had recover
ed sufficiently 10 make tracks UP the road
bed of the railroad.
The police got one of them, and he was
Identified by the young man and the
young ladies, neither OF whom cared 10
make any complaint owing TO sickness In
the family OF the young man, but the fell
low was held on a charge of being In
toxicated.
Mr.. Williams. who was the first on the
scene, is just recovering for a long siege
of Illness. and was quite unable to render
any very great assistance. but Is loud In
his praises for the actiop OF the young
man who defended the young ladies.
At first Messrs. Mcguire and Parker
thought that they had a genuine hold-up
on their hands, and did not propose to
let the men get away. The names OF the
two men who were not arrested are known
10 the police.
THESE ARE ALL WORKERS.
Thre was n large gathering of the mem
bers OF St. Mary's church in the chapel
on Barton street last evening when the
Rev. FIR. Thomas p. Grace announced the
following committee 10 arrange for the
picnic to be held on Labor Day.
John L. Cannon, chairman; Rev. Fr.
Thomas p. Grace, treasurer, and Miss
Margaret Donahue. secretary. The va
rious committees were then made up as
follows:
Amusements-Rev. Thomas c. O'Brien.
George Troy. John Walsh. William Troy.
Decorations-Joseph Appleton. jeremiah
Gaudette. Andrew j. Crane. Dancing and
music-Thomas Finneran, Joseph j. Dun
ply. James Rooney, Joseph McNerney.
Printing-Rev. James Craig, John l..
Cannon. James ]. McCabe. Signs-WN-
liam Geary, Patrick Dunphy. Martin
Grove Booths and platform-John O'Don-
nell. Charles McAvoy, John Donnelly.
Lights-Frank Galligan. Joseph Appleton.
William Geary. Drawings-Rev. Joseph
Little, John l.. Cannon. John O'Connell,
M III. Corrigan Andrew A. Cannon. Gate
-Messrs. Padien, BARLEY. Daley, Powers,
Tanning.
Fancy booth-Mrs. Thomas L. Cox,
Mrs. John H. Moffit, Mrs. s. p. Kelley
Mrs. James T. Kennedy. Mrs. Richard
Hanrahan, Misses Mary Kelley. Mary
Geoghan, Sarah Tracy, Katherine Cum
neen Susie Sattery. Mary slattery. Jen-
ME Hacking. Madeline Good, Mrs. VIII
liam Appleton, Mrs. William Healey. Miss
Mahoney.
Nail driving contest-John F. Murphy,
| jeremiah Gaudette ]. x. Cannon, DIT
John Cannon, Patrick Dunphy
Grab booth-Misses Lizzie Feeley. Mary
Rowen, Mary Tracy and Nellie Degnan.
Soda booth-John Norton, Martin
| Grove, Joseph f. O'Connell, John VII
| liams, Patrick Gardiner.
Japanese ball game-Mrs. John Dock
| cry, Misses Mary Walsh and Ellen A
| Cannon.
Candy booth-Mrs John II. Walsh
Mrs. Martin Grove. Mrs. John e. Good
| Mrs. John Scott. Mrs. Joseph ]. Dun
| ply Misses Agnes Walsh. Cecilia Pagan
| Florence Good.
Lemonade booth-Miss Mary Degnar
and Misses Teresa Rooney. Margare
| Feeley, Eva Norton, Tehesa Manit, EHa
Devine. Catherine Hanrahan.
Cream booth--Miss Mary V. Cannon
| Misses Annie Conway. Mary Connolly
Mary Donahue. Margaret Donahue
Mary McGarty. Margaret McGarty, MARY
Carr, Katherine Cannon and Mrs. Nj. II
| Corrigan.
Chowder booth-Miss Mary McMaugh
| assisted by Joseph f. Rooney. Misses
Rose McCabe. Mary Devine. Mary Gan
non. Bessie Morris, Nellie Power, jennie
| McPeak. Mary Greeley. Mary Tazard. 10
| sephine Troy. Anna Donahue, Mrs. Annie
| Masterson; Denis Reardon, John Don
nelly.
HIS AUTO A WRECK.
mr. 7 r Farrell OF Westminster street
| met with an automobile accident
| Scituate Yesterday. in which large tour
| ing car was wrecked, but the DOCTOR Ieel
happy that no one was inynrea oMons Wo,s'
| fer had gone TO Scituate for his WIZ
| and another lady, and just as they wer'
| about to step into the car " took hre
| The doctor with the chauneur oio "a, a.,
| sand but were unable TO do So In
| chauffeur was badly burned ABOUT M
hands and arms, and was cared TOT .,
! the doctor. who at the time happened t'
be without a full supply Of proper ap
pliances, but he hurried the yount
man to his office on Westminster
street. where the wounds were prop
erIy treated. The machine Is wreck
HE KNEW THE HOUSE.
| A pair Of horses attached TO a wagor
that was loaded heavily enough fol
four, and dragging heavy gasoline
| engine attached TO wagon, caused
more than one man to stop and ash
questions. At the watering trough or
odd Fellows square II was with muct
difficulty that the OUTFIT was started
and the next stop was near the home
Of James n. Smith. agent Of the So
ciety for Cruelty TO Animals on Po
casset avenue. and here the man IN
charge left the engine In the road ant
| proceeded with the load on the low
gear to It's destination, and later carteC
off the engine.
CLOSE CALL FOR THE BOY.
Ray Inlay. seven years old. had
very narrow escape from being killet
in front OF l747 Westminster stree
late yesterday afternoon. The littl.
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