Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-12-20

u. ". Ayler, the city physician, ar
rived on the scene in response TO
summons. Friends Of the wounded
man, ON the advice OF Dr. Ayler, tried
chairman OF the council committee
on 'ilmshouse and poor so as 70 Sc
cure authority TO take the wounded
man 10 the hospital.
Priest Administer Rites.
At first Il was thought that Mulcare
would die ia few minutes and as
summons we're sent out for physi-
clans. Rev. Joseph Frioli. rector oil
81. yincent's Catholic church. was
sent for and he administered the last
rites to the supposedly dying man.
After an hour or more. the chair
man Of the committee on a!mshcuse
and poor was communicated with and
he directed that the wounded man be
taken TO a hospital. However. friends
OF Iulcare had made up pure OF
$50 IN the meantime and had sent the
sufferer 10 the Elizabeth Buxton hos
pital in an ambulance.
After giving up the chase and
taking the dogs back TO the police sta
ton. Officer Johnson found out May
nard's address and. with Sergeant
Henry Il. Brldgers. went TO the house.
Sergeant Bridgers approached from
the front and Patrolman Johnson
went around the back way 10 cut on
any chance OF escape.
Strikes at Officer.
Maynard answered the door in re-
spouse 10 the sergeant's ring and. T.
is said. struck at the officer. Sergeant
Bridgers lodged. however. and the
blow went wild. In a second Maynard
was under arrest and under charge
Maynard's home when the officers ar
rested few minutes afterwards and
both men were lodged In Jail.
After being taken into custody.
Maynard, the police say, reigned
drunkenness and refused TO talk fur
iher than to say that he did not do
the cutting. The knife with which
Mulcare was stabbed has not yet been
found by the authorities.
Pathetic Scene Enacted.
A pathetic scene was enacted at
Maynard's home whe nthe officers ar
rested the young man. Mrs. Maynard
was nearly Frustrated with grief and
ciung to her husband Her last words
were: 81 hate so To see you go away
like this" Maynard's little boy
Rugged and kissed him goodbye and
as the father left the door the tot
asked to let his father hug him Just
once more. The child is not old
enough to realize the gravity of the
crime with which his father is
charged.
At this time the attending physi-
clans are unable 10 tell exactly how
NnGpusly Muicare is wounded. They
agree that he has but little hope of
recovery The knife entered between
his ribs about three inches below the
heart and entered his spleen. II Is
possible that the steel penetrated the
abdominal cavity. At first II was
thought that the blade had entered
the left lung. but n the patient has
coughed none and spit mp no blood
the physicians have about abandoned
the idea of wound in the lung as IL
would produce internal hemorrhages
in the lung and cause coughing.
If the condition of the patient will
permit of IL. the physicians probably
will perform an operation today.
Nell Known Young Man.
Claude b Maynard is well known
young man. lie Is employed az a
contracting shipiitter at the shipyard
and has lived here a number Of years,
He Is regarded as an excellent pool
player and is member OF several
local secret orders. He was general
" esaded as quiet young man and
the news that he was in Jail charged
with stabbing another man came as
a shock to his friends.
According TO n statement made by
Williams. he and Maynard left the
. hipyard at IL o'clock yesterday morn
ing aud they took a number of drinks
in saloons on Huntington avenue dur
ing the early afternoon.
No effort was made last night to
secure bail for Maynard.