The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-12-05
TROUBLE AROSE, TITS
SAID, OVER A GIRL
Key, Injured Mans Assail-
ant, Uses Both Razor
And A Knife

Possessed with the idea that his
sweetheart was unfaithful to him and
that another man, John Tinsley. was
attempting to gain her affections,
George Key slashed Tinsley with a
3-nch knife Saturday night between
8 and 10 o'clock near the home of
George Gay, Wilson avenue, whence
Tinsley had fed after an exciting en-
counter with Key in which chinaware
was hurled and knives flashed. All
connected with the affair are colored
people.
With cut which laid open the en-
tire left side of his face and severed
the temporal artery, Tinsley stagger-
ed to the Office OF Drs. s. E. and b. C.
Deeley, following the fray, in so
weakened a condition from loss of
blood that, had not surgical attention
been rendered Immediately, the man
would have died. He was bandaged
and placed on couch, to regain his
strength, and later removed to the
Gay home, where he is a boarder.
His condition Monday morning was
greatly improved.
To reporter Of The Banner, the
following facts were related by the
wounded man and Mrs. Gay
George Key boards at the home of
Mrs. Matilda Burton, Mulberry street,
the mother of Mrs. Gay. According
TO the latter, Key had been paying at
tention to her sister, Maggie, and the
two walked out to the Gay home
Saturday evening about 6;30 o'clock.
Arrived there, Key is said to have
asked Mrs. Gay the whereabouts of
her husband and another boarder,
Samuel Van Hook, and, on being in
formed that they were at the Penn
sylvania station, left with the remark
that he was going to get them and
make a trip to Utica.
Shortly after o'clock, Mrs. Gays
dog started to bark and she later
heard a noise outside of the house
Soon her husband. Van Hook and
Key came in the back way.
Key removed his coat in the kitch-
en-, according to Mrs. Gay, and walk
ed into the front room where she.
her sister, and Tinsley were sitting,
firing at Maggie Burton the question;
what are you doing on his (Tins-
ley's) lap?" He then slapped her.
Mrs. Gay says that her sister had
sat down on the floor, as there were
no other chairs in the room, and Tins
ley had suggested that she would get
her clothes dirty and, taking her by
the hand, lifted her up. Miss Burton
then sat on Mrs. Gays lap,
After Key had slapped her. Miss
Burton started out OF the room and
Key followed her. Both trlpped on
a rug and fell down, Key on top.
Mrs. Gay states that she then noticed
that Key carried knife in his hand.
Van Hook also saw the knife and, in
Attempting to wrest it from Key, was
stabbed in the left hand.
Key soon returned to the iron. |
room, carrying both the knife, which
had a three.inch blade, and a razor.
lie made for Tinsley with the remark,
Now, - - you, II | can't get |
YOU one way, I'll get you another"
md thereupon slashed at Tlnsley, |
who drew back. avoided the knife aud
'azor and started for the rear of the
house.
Key followed and the two met in
he kitchen. As Tinsley grabbed a
pitcher off the table as a weapon OF
License, Key discarded one Of his In
'truments and picked up sugar
,ow which he threw at Tinsley'a
lead. II missed its mark, but made
| large dent on the door and, strange
o say, failed to break.
In the meantime, Maggie Burton
'ad left and Tinsley followed her
out Of the front door. He
iad only walked short distance
when he decided TO return for his
nat
ON the way back, he observed Key |
n the vicinity and drew a small
locket-knife he carried Key tool |
'fter him and the two met at the rear
.I lhe Gay home, Tinsley stumbled |