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Show TWO STAUBIMi AFFKAY). Slau Cut by Italiauj and Boy Wounded Ily Friend. PitoviDKNcE, 11, I., Mav D.-Two stabmuganrays oeeurred hbre vestet-day. vestet-day. one shortly oiler miduight and the oil er at 4:80 o'clock. About midnight John Murray, 50 years old, in company with John (.alhgnan and Thomas Mc-troldriek, Mc-troldriek, left a bar-room on Federal hill to go to their homes on Chalkstouo avenue, and when on Acorn street m.-t two Italians, who are, thought to be members of the colony residing on that street. Words were exchanged, ami from what can bo ascertained tho first to speak were the Italians. Murray re-jdied re-jdied with an insulting epithet and a tight at once began, in which the Italians drew knives. Mcfioldrick re-niauieil re-niauieil in tho fight long enough to have three slashes cut in his coat, but without getting a flesh wound, and then he and l.al lgnan ran away, leaving Murray with the Italians. Shortly 'afterwaril they turned back again ami found that Murray had followed them part wav, and then hud fallen by the roads'd i faint from the loss of bh'iod. which was streaming from a big wound in his thigh. They stopped the flow of blood, and by tho aid ot the police got him heme, where it was discovered that bo xvas also cut in the back. The police surgeon reports that iiojtlier of the wounds will prove fatal. There is no clew to the Italians. This afternoon a number of young men were standing on Charles street when two of them. Charles Farrell, 18 years old, and William Tracy, 1(1 years old, began to play. Tracv had an'open pocket knife in his hand, and tis Farrell came up against him the knifo point was turned so that the blade penetrated Farrcll's left breast. The young man fell to tho sidewalk and liis condition at once became be-came so picarious that the. police were sent for, and by the time he was conveyed con-veyed to the Rhode Island hospital where Police Surgeon Palmer saw him and pronounced tno wound to be a very dangerous one, as the knife had entered en-tered idose to the heart. Traeey gave himself up and is now held at the second sec-ond police station to await the result of Farrcll's injury. , |