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Show oo NEGROES CARVE EACH OTHER IN ROOMING HOUSE Lorinne Griffin and James Pryor, negroes, ne-groes, were badly carved up last night ty a third negro, thought to b William Wil-liam Massa, a former friend of the woman The cutting was done with a butcher knife of razor sharpness and with a blade twelve Inches long, and the victims were taken from the Ark rooming house, 2624 Wall avenue, to the Dee hospital by the police. Today, they were reported to be out of danger dan-ger and getting along as well as could be expected. The first report of the affray was telephoned to police headquarters at 7:45 o'clock and Patrolman A. B Jen sen and John Hutchins immediately went to the scene. They found the Griffin woman and Pryor in a south room of the "Ark," unconscious and bleeding profusely from numerous wounds in the face, neck, arms and upper part of the body. The ambulance ambu-lance arrived at the place shortly afterward, af-terward, with Sergeant T II. Blackburn Black-burn in charge, and the negroes were taken to the hospital and given surgical surgi-cal attention. A thorough investigation of the affair af-fair was made and the officers learned from other negroes residing in the house that they had heard sounds of a quarrel and then the screams of a woman. Following quickly upon these sounds, the falling of a body v aa hea i I and then, they said, Massa was seen to leave the room and dash out of the house. The Griffin woman was In the city jail on a charge of vagrancy, several days ago, and at that time she was visited by MasRa. The negro at first said he was her brother, but later declared de-clared he was only a friend and de-Bired de-Bired to help her gain hei freedom |