Evening journal., 1911-09-13
STAB WOUNDS
LAY TWO UP
Unidentified COIOred Man Uses
Knife on Men When Fight
Breaks Out
ASSAILANT ESCAPES
DESPITE HOT CHASE

As a result of a fight between four
negroes, in the rear of the house No
502 West Second street, shortly before
4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, two OF
them were cut, and the others. one
OF whom is said TO have been the
man who did the stabbing, are at
large. The victims of the cutting are
Robert Brown, laborer, employed by
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany who was terribly cut and stab
bed, presumably with a knife, and
James BlackistOn, who received a
knife wound in the neck and the index
finger Of the right hand almost
severed
Brown was taken to the Delaware
Hospital in the patrol wagon, and is
thought 10 be seriously wounded al
though it was said today that he pass
ed a good night and had chances Of
recovery. Blackiston went to the hos
pital alone. He was later taken into
custody by the police. and with two
women, Annie Scott and Annie Irons,
all are held as witnesses.
The trouble is said 10 have started
in the yard Of the home Of Annie
much about the affair yesterday after
noon, when the police arrived on the
scene, except that Brown and Blackis-
ton had been stabbed by ono Of the
two men that got away She did not
know his name. but said he had sew
eral gold teeth. He came from the
South, and was a stranger.
Shortly after the fight occurred
word was received at the police sta
ton that three men had been stabbed.
Police Captain Kane and a squad Of
police hurried TO the scene i'm the
police patrol, and when they arrived,
found Brown lying in the street
where he had staggered and Fallen
, through weakness from loss OF blood
The other three men had disappeared
and il was later learned that Blackis-
ton had started to the hospital The
remaining two men ran 10 Front
street and disappeared In the vicinity
of the yards of the Harlan and Hol.
! lingsworth Corporation. A diligeni
seach in that neighborhood, made by
Police Sergeant Kelleher and othe
officers, failed 70 locate the men.
Blackiston told the police that h
heard there was fight in the Iron
woman's house and ne rushed ther
70 see what was going on. He sail
he saw his woman friend, Annie Scot
there. and Brown. battling with a ne
gro he did not know. He said tn
stranger had bowie knife and wa
trying to stab Brown. Blackistoi
said he caught hold Of Brown to pul
him away and the stranger ther
struck at him with the knife. Black
iston said he knocked the man dowI
with blow but he got up and swing
ing the knife cut him in the throa
and hand as he threw up his arm L
protect himself.
Blackiston said he ran out Of th'
yard to his own home TO get his razor
intending to come back and give th'
strange negro battle. When he came
back he saw the man running TO-
ward Front street and Brown who haS
been badly stabbed, lying in the street
When the police placed Blackistor
under arrest at the hospital the,
found the razor in one of his pockets
Nobody appears to know just wha
the fight started over All the mel
had been drinking. however, and i
was said there was some trouble owe
women. The affair caused intense ex
citement and big crowd collected b,
the time the police arrived on th'
scene.