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IKSTERy INSTABBING OF•v v -.lt;• ; •”• 1 a'A.Charles Jef(ers9ii a Victim of I Unknown Aasai'ant in family j erawi;i . —- 1 •' ■:.?'■ Hindu of liiil/u lliirelv •Missed VIHil; —I Nil iii* Are Holdingj JviW'i'Hou an iHsonlerly ,Conduct Charge Charles Jefferson, a colored mau, ! is at the police station with two • stub wounds in his back as the Jfr-1 suit uf u brawl whlcli occurred late ! Iasi night at the home uf William Wright, a colored barber, who lives 1 on Irving street. .Terreraon. wlio is being held on a charge of disorderly conduct, declares he does not know who wielded the knife, He told Uic police that lie lias heeu endeavoring ' fur sevcrn 1 weeks to persuade his wire to return to Kune, Pa., their former home, mid when he renewed the requost last night a quarrel fol* lowed, and Mr. and Mrs. Wright! took a hand in the affair.Wright was questioned by the pp-I lire Hi is morning and he admits ■ striking Jefferson twice with a chib but declares that lie did not know ' tho man had been stabbed until the police were called and were ready to remove him. 11 was then discov-. orod that Jefferson was bleeding . freely and n hu rled examination re-! vealed two wounds in the back, i Jefferson's wounds were dressed by Dr. Thomas Longhlin, who stated this morning that the man had lost a large quantity of blood, but that no vital organs had been affected by the knife. The weapon, wTiich the police are in possession of, is of theordinary kitchen paring knife vnri-jety and has a broken point. Thai Jefferson was not fatally wounded iy attributed to this fact. The presence of the knife in the parlor waa explained by one of the women who said slie had sharpened n pencilwith it.No action will be taken in. the matter until Jefferson’s father, win? is said to be a. wealthy resident or Kane, Pa., reaches 01 Gan. According to n message to the local policei from that place, he will arrive late Uii:» .teir.oon. |Wright, who admitted striking .Jefferson with, ji club, has not heei-.i arrested and il. is believed Unit un-j less further developments occur, hi*, will not he brought into llio ensc-except as a witness.The wounded man gained some notoriety a few weeks ago as the fim motorcyclist to he caught In the police net, which was recently established for violators of the traffic laws and speed ordinance. . \
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Olean Times
Olean, New York, US
Wed, Aug 27, 1913
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