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WITH A CASE KNIFE.
0m Woman Almost Murders Anoth¬
. * er Womau.
From Constitution.
•‘Will I die, doetorl” asked Joseph¬
ine Hamilton anxiously ;pf Dr. Dan
Howel j>*sterdMy afternoon, as he was
stooping over*the woman’s side, trying
to stop ihe flow of blood.
“I hope not,” was the doctors re¬
sponse, as he took from his pocket
case an instrument used in taking up a
severed artery.
The womau was bleeding copiously
from au ugly wound located near the
left shoulder. She was lying on a bed
Miura ed with bio >u, and the pliysiciafl
practiced eye told him that she Would
noon
Bleed to death
unless the ends of the artery could be
closed. Already she was growing
weak and no time was to be lost.
The wound was loug and deep. It
had been made with a sharp instrument
Rad was indicted duang^ a . tight, i»
which the ^tvomaii was engaged \vit.i
liattic Walker. Josephine Hamilton is
a colored woman; about niucteeu vrs.
of age. For some time past she ha 8
beeu working for a pnvaae family on
Ivy street near its junction with Peach¬
tree. ilattie Ifaiker is also crloieu—
•She too has been
WOKING FOR A FAMILY.
whose residence is near the family for
wiiuin Josephine Hamilton was working,
Tne two wouuu have known each otli
cr tor years, but wit urn Ihe past few
mouths a bad leering has existed be
iweeu them, The prime cause of the
enmity is not kuoww, as each woman
when questioned^ presents a story en¬
tirely unlike the story given by the
other. It seems, however that Jose¬
phine Hamilton.
HAS BEEN TALKING
to irorne of Hattie Waiker a irienus and
that iu these conversations ahe has u*.t
urea the moat complimentary language
tonceining the woman who came so
koai* kiiliug hfr. At'eterilay atterueon
late Haitie Walker went io the geu*
tieUian’s home where Joseplieue Jtlam
lUou was working, fche cute red th«
premise {* by a stue gateanu sought the
scrv uut’a house iu the rear yard.
I hete she eneouutnred Josepu.ue tlum
ii/on with whome sue quarreled, brom
what transpired durmg that quarrel
and suLseqneut to it appear# thaw //at—
tie Walker
eOL'UHr JOSEPHINE HAMILTON
for the purpose of settling and adjust
ilig ali psst present auiI future diticr-
cnees. Their qucrrel, unlike nuvt ne*,
gro quarrels, was conducted for some
time quite a subdued tone and eonse-,
quensly attracted no attention. ** hen j
the quarrel was about over the two wd
men having speut their fury in talk;
Hattie Walker’s husband entered the
yard. The sight of her husband seems
to have aroused the woman fully, and
with single bound
SIIE CLEARED THE SPACE
intervening betweeu her and her ene¬
my. The other woman, however was
ready for the onslaught, and gave her
assa ilant a warn* reception. A fight,
interesting and determined ensnod. It
had been in progress but a short while
when //attie; ^Walker stepped back
from her foo and thrusting her hand
in her bosom drew forth a long bright
blade This she raised aloft mid ex
claimed:
“Now die and let mo have what is
my own.”
,?s the words fell from the woman’s
lips, the knife came down like a flash
and entered
JOSEPH IN J£ HAMILTON’S L**T
DER. 4
and severed the arteiy. The wou/d
be assaein raised the knife to strike
aga n, but just at that instant her
husband, who had been * silent and
spell-bound witness to the entire tight,
sprang forward, and, grabbing his wife’
hand, wrenched the knife from her
grasp before she could deal the second
blow As tne knife camo from the
wound the biOod spurted out fully a
toot. The aight ot the b/ood scared
the wounded woman terribly. She su*Ji
to the ground and moaned.
“She has killed ui»t! She has ki led
me! Go for a doctor.”
THE DOCTOR feENT FOR.
The latter end of the difficulty was
aoeom; % ned by n »se enough ta attra*?t
some parties. A messenger Was hur
ndly sent for a physician, and the «vi>
man who had done the cutting was de
tained by those present until an officer
could be secured. Mounted ; Officer
Green responded to the call, and in
a short time i/attie Walker was behind
the bars, charged with assault with in
tent to umrder. Her husband, who
snatched the knife from her hand as
she was about to
gTRIKE THE SECOND RLOW.
refused to give up*tlie k«»ife. Morig
t-at he had unver seen it.
rested too arid iucurccrated, but u jM
no charge has beeu preferred
h<m
tfffien D». Z/owe.l, nsapaudiu g> tkc
call, reached the wouded woman’s «He
b ? found that she hai bird a gre -l-.cii
she was quile weak tin it leas
f blood Ht , uiok | y that the
W0|UaD ,, .1,penned
uw)n a A 81ippI . C9 ,; on of ,) le g uw „f
the blood. The wound wa* a difd ‘tilt
one to get at. Dr. //oweHinuly succeed
ed in stopping the flow of blood. Late
last night he said he could «t»t foretell
the result, but be hoped that his
patient would get wel/»
The wounded woman said last night
that. Uio tifficulty mm red because
Josephine Hamilton wanted t»* drive
her away from the gentleman’s home
yesterday. She wttnt there to sac tiie
la iy of the house. She Bays that
Josephine assaulted her with q stick,
and that sin out her assailant iu self
defense. She declares that the wound
was made with a easy knife.
The officers who have the east? in
hand say that joalousy was the prime
cause of the difficulty. Both women are
in love with //attic Halker's husband
A Bojf KilLs ana Robs His
Bcdleiluw,
Fort Smith, Ark., March .4
Gcorgjc//ughs about 18 yeai
oi'a^e hatun^ Crom (’levolani,
started on a tramp through tii
Cherokee nation. On Frida*
night last ho stopped at ('am;
creek, nine miles troin t!)is city
II3 was assigned to a room with
a man named Pugh, and in th
night got up, knocked his bed
lellow iu theheau with a billet
of Woo l and robbed him of $ y>
Pugh died yesterday. Hughs
was arrested at a t’arm Uoum
four miles from town, just attei
crdwlingi.ut ol a corn* rib wher
lie «i )t *llt. lh3 night
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