Thank you for visiting SNEWPapers!
Sign up free
The Willimantic Journal
Willimantic, Windham County, Connecticut
What is this article about?
In Colchester, a quarrel on Saturday night led to Frank L. Murray stabbing Michael Leary in the arm, ear, and eyebrow, causing likely loss of sight in one eye, and injuring Joseph Womester with stabs and a stone. Murray and Charles Walton were bound over for assault; Murray was found hiding in Hebron on Tuesday.
Clipping
OCR Quality
Full Text
There was a quarrel in Colchester on Saturday night last, which nearly terminated in a tragedy. As a result Frank L. Murray and Charles Walton were bound over in $2,000 and $500 bonds respectively for assault on Michael Leary and Joseph Womester. It is alleged that Murray stabbed Leary in the left arm, back of the left ear, and cut the upper left eyebrow nearly off. He will lose the sight of that eye. Womester ran and Murray pursued him stabbing him three times in the back and fracturing his hip and ribs with a stone. Deputy Sheriff Jackson found Murray on Tuesday concealed under several feet of hay in Tennant's barn at Hebron.
What sub-type of article is it?
What keywords are associated?
What entities or persons were involved?
Where did it happen?
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Colchester
Event Date
Saturday Night Last
Key Persons
Outcome
leary stabbed in left arm, back of left ear, upper left eyebrow nearly off; will lose sight of that eye. womester stabbed three times in back, hip and ribs fractured with stone. murray and walton bound over in $2,000 and $500 bonds for assault. murray found concealed in hay.
Event Details
Quarrel in Colchester escalated to Murray stabbing Leary multiple times and pursuing Womester, stabbing him and hitting with stone. Walton involved in assault. Murray hid in barn at Hebron until found by Deputy Sheriff Jackson.