Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-09-30
George Kelly Is Stabbed,
Highland Park Man Held,
Police Action Called FoI

lv the charges made against him, hs
claiming to know nothing of the
incident except that he was arrest
ed and Is being held charged with
the assault.
Dongara denies having had an al
tercation with Kelly and denied
owning or using the knife.
Despite the assertion OF one OF
the members of the Haynes assoc
citation that the affair was an orders
ly one, reports and rumors to the
contrary were heard on all sides to-
day. The fact that most of those
who attended the week before were Il
again present last night would seem
to indicate that these reports were
at least partly true.
Last nights affair was the second
dance held at the Auditorium
this season. Last Thursday night
the Elite Social Club conducted an
affair which was marked by numer-
Gus fights, many intoxication cases
and a general rough time. Practic-
ally the same ones were present last
night and when the stabbed man was
| rushed out by friends the dancers
paid little attention to the disturb-
ance. having become accustomed to
| Interruptions in hich participants
were rushed from the hall. Only
| few knew that a man had been stab
| bed. When the report of what had
happened was spread about the hap
a majority of the fellows left. many
going to the police station to learn
the details.
The details of the affair are lack
| ing as it occurred during the midst
of n dance when a majority of those
present were on the floor. As fars
as the police can learn. there We1lii
few words between the men prior to-
the stabbing. AS soon as Dongara
stabbed Kelly, the police were told.
he dropped the knife and assisted
Kelly's friends in removing him from
the hall to an automobile In which
Kelly was rushed to the Office Of
DIR. John v. Smith. He was taken
from there to the hospital.
The arrests were made by Detec-
tive Lieutenants John Murray, Mich-
ael Muska and Officer Paul Layden,
assisted by Officer James Sullivan.
all of whom were in the vicinity at
the time of the stabbing. Joseph
Kelly. John Melko and Bernard
Bachman were also of material as
sistance in making the arrests, Of
fering the use of their car to the
police.
Detectives Murray and Muska
were sitting in Melko's automobile
in front of the auditorium about IL
o'clock conversing with Officer Sulh-
van. when they observed several.
men coming out of the building sup
porting another man who appeared
to be in distress. They heard the
wounded man say, II am knocked
out" and they got out of their ma
chine to investigate the incident
Upon the approach of the officers
the men hustled the injured man
into a car and hurried off with him
The wounded man. however, was
recognized as Kelly.
The policemen then entered the
auditorium to conduct an investiga-i
ton of the occurrence. Proceeding
to the washroom the detectives rec
ognized a man present as one OF
those who had helped to place the
wounded man in the automobile az
the curb downstairs. He was Dom
CARA, and was Immediately placed
under arrest.
Officer Paul Layden had entered
the dance hall and observing a knot
of people gathered in one corner.
of the room, discovered Charles Nc
Grath standing with jack knife IN
his hand. Questioned. by Laydeni
McGrath said he had picked up tbs
knife after the stabbing. He also
was taken into custody.
Further probing by the detectives
resulting in the arrest of two othei
witnesses of the stabbing. All -four
men were taken to the police station
and lodged in Jail, while the police
then went to the office of DIR. j. VI,
Smith, in State street, where the in
jured man had been taken for
treatment. A fourth witness report
ed at police headquarters and was
held also.
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