Show SCRIP IS FIVE NEGROES TAKE OFFENSE AT A REMARK PASSED BY A WHITE MAN As a result they viciously attack the offenders innocent companion there ame hear being a bloody scrap on twenty fourth street about 1030 saturday night and as it was frank wahlen came very near to receiving a dangerous wound from a wicked looking knafo in the hands of an enraged negro wahlen and a companion were standing on the corner ot twenty fourth street and hudson avenue at the time mentioned when five negroes passed along twenty fourth street did you natco the dark cloud asked ns companion jocularly before wahlen could answer the ne gerocs had turned on the two white men in a whirl of indignant clamor ns companion sought safety in flight but wahlen who was innocent of any affront put on the colored men held his ground one bt the struck at him and wahlen countered on his assailants chin and the darkey went down and out another dusky assailant met the same fate then the belligerent negroes continued their progress down twenty fourth street by this time passions biad gained the best of his judgment and he followed the negroes down the street at the corner of grant they turned on him again and some rather sulphurous language was used while the quarrel was in progress one of the negroes suddenly pulled a knife from his pocket and made a vicious lunge at wahlen an obituary would probably have been the next thing in order for tho latter it it had not been for the fact that be was wearing a heavy over coat this article of attire saved his life for the knife was caught in its heavy folds and the point barely touched the flesh it cut a clean gash in the garment some ten inches long the sudden attack frightened the negroes and they fled before could recover from the sudden assault no complaint was made to the police and no arrests were made |