Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-08
LIVELY STREET ROW
ON SATURDAY NIGHT
One Man Cut, Another Arrested
Following Near Riot on
Fifth Street.

Two members of Every Evening" news
staff, lcg-weary at the end of hard
week sat in the local room Saturday
night, resting their bones and enjoying
Quiet ost-prandial cigars, glad there was
nothing To do until Monday. or ut least
thinking there was nothing to do, out
side the regular Saturday night crowd
paradcd nearby Market street; inside all
was peaceful ruminatlng calm,
Suddenly there was a pattcr OF swift
feet along Fifth street and a voice was
heard calling stop him. Stop hun. Two
reportoria heads lifted and -four ears
cooked
"Sumpln dom. said one of the heads
and its owner took sQunt out of the
Fifth street window The other head fol-
lowed SUIT Down Fifth from Market
street bulged little knot Of running men.
Onc was IN the lead another close ut hls
heels. but gong somewhat unstcadIlv.
Behind danglcd Others III twoS and thrCCS.
Then the cry of Stop HIM went ny
again and with II tins time was another,
more sinister: Look out. he got
knife In jiffy half a score of men
bobhcd into view from ShplCv street
north and south Of Fifth, and Fifth street
west of Shipcy Tho runners kept on, the
leader seemingly trying 10 dodge those IN
front of him Directly behind came the
ono running unstcadily Md still further
behind the others, 10 whom still others
were adding themselves every second.
Just as the leading runner reached the
crossing the gathering forces IN front OF
him closed in Some ono suddenly swung
an arm and down the man went. as
though his legs had suddenly gwen WAY.
Then the man behind likewise, went 10
earth
The Stop him. Wells had done their
work, for the man who went down first
when somebody swung that telling blow
was the ono the crowd was after. Two
little knots of people gathered ono around
each fallen man Two young women,
their voices raised Enthusiastically. push
cd through tho knot around the man who
had unstcadily run IN chase Of the leader
and fallen. and there was a little scuiitc
around the one who had been knocked
down. and out Of tho scuti'Ing came
voice That's right, kick him again
The two reporters had followed the
shifting movie below them from window
10 window and had 'grandstand" out
looks on what was going on. From its
two knots Of people. aggregatIng possibly
25 persons, the crowd grew IN the space OF
a brace of minutes to hundred And
behind, from Market street from north
south and west came others. In less than
five minutes there were 500 people at the
intersection of the streets sea OF white
hats, dark clothing and Iostllng bodies
Then the man who had run lmstcadilV
and fallen was lifted 70 ms feet, and, halt
walking half carried was taken into the
Fifth street side door ot the oid kmG
Hotel saloon But tho crowd around the
other man STAYED where Il was
Five minutes passed out of the babel
OF talking below came distlngulshahc
word~ lie stabbed him. YES, he got
1t IN the left side, Blood Don't
know
out Of which the two reporters gathered
that q man he who had rim unStCadIlv
had been stabbed, and he who had been
knockeid own andwaS stlll in the street had
done the Job
Came then the familiar jlnglc-JanglC Of
q he'll the patrol wagon Next the ma
chime itself came along cops dropping
"a and clboWng 'ntn the crowd \ dis
hcvcIcd looking individual WAS ncNt secn
With policeman on each side at hlm
headed toward the wagon and then tucked
away inside
Then Il strctchcr was brought ont and
taken INTO tho hotel, reappcarug a few
seconds later hearing ITS burden the man
who had run unstcadlv and fallen. He
too went into the Wagon The two Young
women followed Jingle janglc went the
bell the clutch was heard slipping IN and
the machine Sruddcd of turning UP
Orange street
The stabbed man was James A. Dun
can. Tho man accused Of stabbing him,
Enrico Bernardo Duncan was taken to
the Homeopathic Hospital and gwen
attention. His wound was a slight one
Bernardo was locked IN This morning
al hands were IN City Court, where
Bernardo was scheduled for arrangement
on charge of assault and battery. ON
application Of counsel his case went over
until Friday No evidence was taken
Duncan who lives at PENNSYLVANIA ave
nnuc and du Pont street Is said not 10 know
why he Was stabbed