The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-26
NUMBERFIGHTS
ON CHRISTMAS
AMONGNEGROES
one NAN ANo oEE WOMAN MAY
DIE AS RESULT. WHILE SEW
ERAL OTHERS ARE WOUNDED.

Crimes and casualties amonE tae me-
-roes % the CITY were considerably
.rwer yesterday than any rreeedlns
Christmas 81 number % years. The
HoHce handed lsrEs Number o. cases
-rmc se~lous aud some q minos
nature TIE lives &c tn pCrsouE one
man and one woman. hang in Che hale
au~r. e. a result 81 these fra-asEUs,
r Iih the chances greatly againEt their
recovery. while a nuHlhrF Of others
received bad. but not necessarily le-
r.ous wounds.
The uerro mar IN ne hospital ls
George Thomas. uho recently arrives
.srt from Apalarhicola. End the won
coo .H willie Grimes. a voune neEru
woman Neither % them are expected
. FH EEr.
Thomas ras shot On fFe back about
O'Clock GhrisInaa uioruInG at the
corner % uaylru and Belmont streets.
r. bullet from rgVnINeH TaEFinE
through his lung Tho bullet vas re-
moved from his left breast yesterday.
having almost passed through lin.
willie Grimes. a negroes. vas cuf
.n co many places uy snothrr negroes
that she was sent a. once - the hos
pitaI she received numerous cuts
bout TIE body. the knifs reaching the
irfestInra = number - amrF
ADMITS THE SHOOTING.
John Graham. neEr1. who vas ar
stsd Yesterday ~ Captain GcorEe
FaI. told TIE ufhrrrs thai he shot
Th8maa. but did not snow nat - bit
Y him. as no claims be onlv sn0t % scare
. Thomas. Graham'p story o. the shoot
7 ing is that be. Joe Hicks and Fred
4 Miller al neErors. stopped o. the
opposite side o. the street when they
7 beard Joe Williams and Thomas quar-
+ reiluE on the ofhrr ridr when -
7 reached Thomas q quarrel snFu0d and
. Thomas ran after Graham aue Ffrl->
. him. Graham SAWS ~ .~ed four times.
/ The shooting vaa Investigated b.
F. Captain Ran wH1 caused the argcs.
T o. al the parties Who we're present
Willie Grimes vas nIt De- Edna
+ ElchardEon. another ncgro woman, a.
/ INC corner o. Lloyd and Haynr streets
Et o'clock yesterday .ttrrnoon. TIE
I woman who did the cutting VAS ag-
I rested shortly afterwards Dr. Detective
/ hndFsN srumItz. The suttiaE BE- said
to be- ths result % = quarrel between
/ the tu0 women.
ANU TX y ~ NNM@ AFEN@NH
TolIoalng q quarrel Ethel Mccall
q NcuoR negro woman. living a. 80.
10 East Belmont street. stabbed MsrS
Neal another yellow negro Uomau. ln
re lrft breast and Ca shc head. Thc
wound on the bead ls serious. but the
seriousness % the one on thc Breast
10 not set known. " De- thought the
knife penetrated her lung A. a rgalit
% the thrust The trouble occurred
yesterday afternoon at fhg home q.
Ethel Mccall The wounded woman
Was attended bv city Physician Ns-
tles in the SICK ward AZ tIr police sta
ton. sac uas shortly afterwards -rr-
I.gd "a lcl home
cUT WITH a RATCHET.
ROXY Lucas uegTo woman. was
seriously sgt oH fhe head and fHga
wits a Ratchet YESTERDAY aftrrncan iu
rlh.eys alley. lu the southeast rrr-
zion 80 t1c elg. she claims fllf Tom
r,rrr. q negro man. lif the eIttlns
end made an andayF against him.
she lIf8 claims that PErEH Williams.
another neEUo r. oman. helped .He Uau
.s assault her fIrr wounds urrs
dressed lr ihr g.fr uarH..Hn.
John Peterson and Abe Aut.hrlI. Hr-
rrofs. resolved auife wounds ss tht
rcsuif rt q fEHf n which they ems
raRrI ycstrrday afternoon 90 o.clott
uu Naure.a street. Peterson Is badly
.at about sac face sud arIl. rui
Afte1tITs wounds arc SLIGHT Peter
r5u ace attended ng the city plgFigiar
Ir flc sick ward o. INC elty laI. where
Hr ta g8nnucI.
AIT WITH An AXE.
usrr.a Watson. r. nrsro man. Naf
ftrusk on the front part % tls bead
with en- aNe bout & u.-'sga NCsteraal
affernoou Oh fIe rEffrur northern oar.
.F the city ffiH wound, whir1 IL
ssveraI inches iu Length. was dressed
a. tho click ward in tIe Hity lall al
claims shat Edmund Davis auothcf
uerr1. efruea him elth tlr axe. Th,
ttrr has not yet been arrested.
large number 81 neaTort were
HGauRai 90 the police flation rCrtrf
gsv anI last night sunrr.ng from th.
. rnerls % injuries hr other negroes
during Jhe proErrsa 90 snraya bat ~