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The Wilmingtonian
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
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A boy was stabbed in the eye by a sharp instrument while peering into a building exhibiting the 'Vampire' at the corner of Oliver and Chatham streets on Monday, leading to a crowd demolishing the structure and injuring the exhibit and its keepers; the perpetrator was arrested.
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An occurrence of rather a serious nature took place on Monday, at the corner of Oliver and Chatham streets, where this great natural curiosity was deposited for exhibition. A boy, we understand, was in the act of attempting to indulge his curiosity by looking through an aperture in the building, in order to have a view of the animal, when some person on the inside, interested in the establishment, inserted the blade of an opened penknife, or some other sharp-pointed instrument in the crevice through which the boy was looking, which perforated one of his eyes, and, it is supposed, will cause the entire loss of it. A number of persons were soon collected in consequence of the occurrence, who immediately proceeded to take vengeance on the Vampire and his keepers, by quickly demolishing the building in which he was enclosed, and inflicting on him as much injury as they were capable of. The man who committed the outrage on the boy, was taken into custody.
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Primary Location
Corner Of Oliver And Chatham Streets
Event Date
Monday
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boy's eye perforated, supposed entire loss; building demolished; injury inflicted on vampire; man taken into custody
Event Details
A boy attempting to view the Vampire exhibition through an aperture was stabbed in the eye by a person inside using a penknife or sharp instrument. A crowd gathered, demolished the building, and injured the Vampire and keepers. The perpetrator was arrested.