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'Assault in the The daily morning journal and courier (New Haven), 1880-1900'

arrested for Assault

Item

Title
arrested for Assault
Date
26-Feb-00
page
3
Identifier
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84020358/1900-02-26/ed-1/?sp=3&q=assault&r=0.385,0.5,0.231,0.255,0
Crime
Assault
Subject
friends; boiling water
Gender of alleged offender
male alleged offender
Gender of alleged victim
male alleged victim
Law enforcement involved
police
Stage of the Legal System
arrested
Location
In State
Length of story
154
Description
Raphael Varino 'Threw Hot Water at
David George.
Raphael Varlno of 13 St. John street
was arrested yesterday afternoon for
assaulting David George, an Italian
living at 243 Wallace street, last Mon
day night. George was sitting in the
barber shop of John Golla, 140 Wallace
street, when Varino entered and began
to pick a quarrel with him. The men
had always been on good terms, and
George at first thought his friend was
joking. Varino kept it up, however,
and finally threw a, kettle of boiling
water on George! scolding him severely
He was obliged to stay in bed all last
week as a result of the assault, Vari
no managed to elude the police until
yesterday, when he was met in the
street by an officer of the Grand ave
nue station and was Arrested. He- at
first denied the charge against him, but
finally said he did It in self defense,
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