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Post by jon on May 10, 2010 18:39:33 GMT -5
All was quiet for some time, but later through some inexplicable means, the row started again. This time friend "Paddy" had cleared the deck for action, and he didn't do a single thing to that coon. After mopping the deck with him he was about to cast him into the raging Erie, when another son of Ham came up and interfered. With a well directed blow Paddy sent the "Claret" streaming from his nose. But in the meantime the other man had got the bulge on Paddy and was giving him the worst of it. All hands then joined in and to make matters worse one coon drew a knife. He made a slash at one of the boatmen, who put up his arm to ward off the blow and the knife gave him a slight wound, Then Post Avenue, the denizens of which had been summoned to the rescue, arrived in full force and the white helmets of the officers appeared just in time around the corner. One fellow ran over Jay street with a revolver in his hand and the fight stopped as if by magic.
When the officers arrived Paddy was seated on the cabin whistling "Sweet Rosy O'Grady." At 6 o'clock, when the negroes quit work, a lusty baritone on the boat, with an Irish brogue, was heard singing that beautiful refrain, "All Coons Look Alike to Me." It is the general opinion of all who saw the "scrap" that all Post Avenue was needed to down the brawny Pat.
UTICA JOURNAL - AUGUST 1, 1897
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Post by jon on May 10, 2010 20:35:45 GMT -5
HIS LEG TORN IN STRIPS!
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Samuel Lacey of 16 Burnet Street Has a Bad Accident[/size]
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RIDING A STEAM ROLLER[/size]
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From Genesee Street Pavement To Third Avenue, When Caught Between Cylinder and Side Bar - Was Employed by Utica Paving Company[/size]
"Boys, you don't know how this thing hurts." moaned stalwart Samuel Lacey, a colored man of 16 Burnet street, to those who crowded around him as he lay on the sidewalk on Rutger street, between First and Second streets, yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock, while awaiting the ambulance which had been summoned by Captain David Jones, who lived near by. The flesh on his right leg had been torn off from the knee cap down to the ankle and hung in big strips from the injured member.
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Post by jon on May 10, 2010 20:37:26 GMT -5
The unfortunate man had been caught between the big cylinder and the side bar of the large steam roller of the Utica Paving company, in whose employ he had been working all day laying the tar and stone binding coat on Genesee street. He had finished the work with a companion started for the Third street pavement to work there. On Rutger street, near Brinkerhoff avenue, the small steam roller passed and was followed by the big one going at a fair rate of speed. It is customary with the pavers to ride on the roller from one job to another and the two men left the sidewalk and jumped on the iron beam which runs around the rear cylinder of the roller. On the right side of the big cylinder is a hole opening into the inside of the drum and the opening is closed by a plate fastened on with heavy bolts. Lacey jumped on this side, placed the toes of his right foot against the cylinder. The plate turned with the drum and the bolts, catching the shoe, drew it down between the side beam and cylinder and held it firmly there. For several feet the huge roller kept moving and each successive bolt, hitting Lacey's leg, tore chunks of flesh from it. The unfortunate man's lower groan was not heard by the engineer, sitting on the other side of the roller, and in front of it, and it was not until Lacey's companion yelled "Stop!" that the terrible torture ceased. The leg was wedged firmly in its position and some effort was needed to extricate the sufferer.
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Post by jon on May 10, 2010 20:38:19 GMT -5
His companions stood about him offering what consolation they could, while a large crowd surrounded them, all horrified at the shocking occurrence. The big drum of the roller, covered with blood, added to the horror of the scene. But the injured man, a strong, healthy looking man of about 30 years of age, bore his sufferings with a grit and calmness. A woman, residing nearby, had fetched him some whiskey in the hope of alleviating his sufferings. He gently waved it away. "No." murmered he; "I never touched whiskey or brandy before, and I won't take it now."
The ambulance soon arrived and bore him to the City Hospital, where Drs. Broome and Davies did the best they could for the sufferer. They found no bones broken, hence it was determined to save the leg if possible, unless blood poisoning sets in, and then amputation will be necessary.
Lacey is spoken of by his fellow workmen and companions as an industrious, sober man, and there is general sympathy for his wife and two children among all who knew them.
The injured man was resting quietly at midnight, and the doctors thought it best not to disturb him. They have hopes of pulling him through without taking his leg off, as the skin may heal over, without blood poisoning setting in.
UTICA SUNDAY JOURNAL - AUGUST 1, 1897
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Post by Dave on May 10, 2010 20:57:10 GMT -5
Hahahaha! "... the raging Erie!" Now there's a reporter with an imagination! A four foot deep "drainage ditch" becomes the Raging Erie!
It would be interesting to know when (rough date) Utica newspapers (or newspapers in general) began to accord respect to black men and woman as they did so well with the city's "betters." Come to think of it, ditto for the Irish. For blacks, it might have been after WW I.
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Post by fiona on May 11, 2010 18:40:13 GMT -5
These stories are amazing. Keep up the good work. This is a living history that has most likley never been compiled and would be lost to us were it not for Jon and Daves industry. This is the subject of a whole other book: ie: "On The Avenue."
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Post by jon on May 11, 2010 22:43:22 GMT -5
In case you didn't notice the connection between these two articles they are both very interesting stories in my opinion about Samuel Lacey. The story on page 7 happened first.
On Page 4
MR. BROWN AND MR. LACEY
Each Believed Himself to Be "Best" - How They Settled the Point
On Page 7
HIS LEG TORN IN STRIPS!
Samuel Lacey of 16 Burnet Street Has a Bad Accident
RIDING A STEAM ROLLER
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Post by jon on May 11, 2010 23:49:53 GMT -5
CITY COURT CASES
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A Man's Finger Chewed and Amputated - Prtit Larceny[/size]
In the City Court this morning William Ressiter, a laborer, was charged by Patrick H. Carney with petit larceny, in stealing a quantity of old rubbers valued at $13. The accused is well known in police circles and has been out of the penitentiary but a few months. He pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for four months.
Wayman Presser a lawyer, was given 30 days for being drunk and disorderly. He is addicted to the use of intoxicants and when under their influence generally attends the meetings of the Rescue Mission. While there he has but one object in view, that of drowning out the voices of congregation by his drunken songs. This happened last evening, and when an attempt was made to ostracize him, trouble followed.
The case of Perry White, colored, against Joseph Thomas another negro, for assault in the third degree, was adjourned to January 23. It will be remembered that some case against men engaged in one of the notorious Post Avenue fights. During the fracas Thomas badly chewed Whites finger.
The wound was not thought to be serious at the time, but subsequently the finger became badly swollen and is very painful. Yesterday the man was taken to the City Hospital where the injured member was amputated. The physicians say that nothing serious is expected to follow and that White will be out as usual in a week.
The excise case against Frank Pell was adjourned to January 28.
UTICA DAILY UNION - JANUARY 16, 1896
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Post by jon on May 12, 2010 1:51:18 GMT -5
THE EXCISE BOARD
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An Application For Licenses On Post Avenue Denied - Some Applications Granted and Many Denied[/size]
A meeting of the board of excise was held last evening in the city Clerk's office. All commissioners were present. The following applications for storekeepers licenses was granted.
M. J. Dulan, No 30 Albany street; Fritz Harrer, No. 1 Hickory street; Donnie Hughes 139 Bleecker street; Henry Daprix, 11 Schuyler street; J. A. Vanderpool, 46 Liberty street; George F. Foster, 37 Fayette street; W. C. Edwards, 291 Bleecker street; C. L. Durghan, 427 Bleecker street; George P. Skalton, 24 Nichols street; F. A. Sedgwick, 59 Genesee; William Paine, 119 Liberty street; J. F. Colgan, 16 Pearl street.
The following applicants for ale and beer licenses were rejected - Winslow & Belloss, 165 South street; Charles A. Pell, 21 Post Avenue; S. Crickie & Company, 90 Catherine street; and also the application of John Diniag Loren in-keeper's license for No. 18 Post Avenue.
The application of Charles Gorray for an ale and beer license at 214 South street was held over and will be discussed at the next meeting.
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Post by jon on May 12, 2010 1:52:45 GMT -5
Attorney Q. J. Kernan was instructed to inform Thomas Flyon, who keeps a saloon at the corner of Buffalo and Center streets, that unless he immediately discontinue the sale of ale and beer, he will be prosecuted.
Concerning the license of the saloon on post Avenue, Commissioner Kohler moved that all applications for licenses for resorts on that street be rejected. He said that the applications of the Silverman's and other persons on Elizabeth street near Charlotte street had been rejected on the same ground on which he moved the denial of the applications of the keepers of the Post Avenue resorts, that is, they are too near the advanced school. He thought that they must be rooted out in time and that the present was a good time to commence.
Commissioner Miller said that while he was not at present, ready to sole against licensing places on Post avenue,still be understood that there was a strong desire on the part of the people of Utica to root out those places. But we must understand and consider, he said, that is how constituted these people are a colony by themselves and herd together, and there is no question but what they will get their alcoholic stimulants somewhere. They can never be cleaned out in this way.
Commissioners McIntosh and Kohler alone voted to reject the applications for licensing saloons in Post Avenue.
The annual report of the report of the attorney for the board was read and accepted. A copy of the report was recently printed in full in the Herald.
The board adjourned to meet next Monday evening.
UTICA MORNING HERALD - JULY 22, 1890
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Post by jon on May 12, 2010 13:34:53 GMT -5
Hope Chapel Celebrating 134 Years
Old newspaper clippings indicate that a mission for blacks was started in 1862 by a Methodist minister, the late Rev. J. W. Loguen. The mission had no building, its members met in homes and storefronts. The mission got a boost in 1863 when live prominent whites - Supreme Court Justice Williams J. Beacon. Theodore Faxton, Ellis H. Roberts. Dr. John A, Paine and Presbyterian minister Philemon H. Fowler - formed the Hope Chapel Association "for the improvement and elevation, mental, moral physical, of colored people in the city."
Soon after its formation, the association collected more than $2,000 and erected a church called Hope Chapel in 1863 at Post Avenue and 25 Elizabeth St.. When the chapel became dilapidated on 1916, the association built a church at 425 Catherine St. in 1965. Hope Chapel moved from there to its present location at 751 South St. formerly Trinity Moravian Church.
Throughout the years, the association has provided important financial backing. However, in 1967 Hope Chapel received a bequest of $75,000 trust from the estate of the late Dr. William Hall. "That bequest together with other bequests has placed the church on a solid financial footing." Winfield said, "We've come a long way since the time I came here in 1957 and we had only $11.31 in the treasury."
He said membership has steadily increased from the mid-50s despite the growth of other black congregations. Today the church has a membership of 400.
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Post by jon on May 12, 2010 13:34:59 GMT -5
Whitfield said the birth of other black congregations in Utica has changed the role in the church. The church has moved from serving the entire black community to serving only a segment of the community. And the church is no longer only a neighborhood church, but one which attracts people from the suburbs. "Despite these changes we have not given up the leadership role in encouraging all blacks to work together for the advancement of all." he said.
He added that the church has not departed from its original mission - the fight for the freedom and advancement of blacks in the community "We have fought for better education, better jobs, better housing for blacks and we have tried to develop leadership in the black community."
The church was a staunch supporter of the Cosmopolitan Center, a social education center for blacks and that close relation still exists.
The church also has strongly supported voter registration drives in cooperation with the Utica chapter of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Earlier in the week, speakers included the Rev. Franklin Upthegrove paster of St. Paul's Baptist Church and the Rev. Donald Robinson of Mt.Calvary Baptist Church, Rome. Missionary representatives of area churches participated in a candlelight service last night.
UTICA OBSERVER DISPATCH - OCTOBER 22, 1982
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Post by jon on May 12, 2010 15:46:47 GMT -5
POLICE RECORDS
REPRESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS LOCALITIES[/size]
There was a peculiar delegation at the Station House last night. The prisoners had all been drunk, but by a singular coincidence they sobered up about midnight and all wanted to go home.
Utica[/size]
was represented by a wayward, yellow sister named MARY CONWAY, in cell No. 2. - She is one of a party frequently complained of for disturbing the peace in the neighborhood of Charlotte street and Post Avenue. She will probably go to Albany.
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delegate was RICHARD FRANCIS, colored, familiarly known as "teetering Dick, and his wife. They got a little rum into them and were disposed to quarrel, so they were locked up to prevent them from annoying other people. Sentence suspended.
RICHFIELD SPRINGS[/size]
had a sorrowful representative in PETER BICK, who was very lonesome when he woke up. He said he would never come to Utica again if some one would point his nose towards Clinton and let him go. His nose points away from Utica to-day.
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Post by jon on May 12, 2010 15:47:42 GMT -5
LITTLE FALLS[/size]
sent a very respectable looking young man to Utica but he had too much forgetfulness inside of his vest. He was sober and ashamed of himself about midnight, and we let him off without publishing his name this time.
SYRACUSE[/size]
sent the funniest one armed lad to our quiet city that has been entertained at the Station House for many a day. An OBSERVER reporter saw him trying to stand on his head near the corner of Genesee and Liberty streets, but he made such a bad job of it, that Chief McELWAINE took him to the lock-up. His name was WILLIAM ROACH and he was surprised at being in Utica and didn't know how he got here. If PAT CORBETT got hold of him he feared he would go up for three months. Recorder CLARK sent him home in good spirits to-day, but he must keep away from Utica when he is drunk or he will go to Albany for a season.
WATER STREET[/size]
We hear that a squad of police will invade Water street, west of Washington, to-morrow, and compel every male inhabitant on the street to shoulder the shovel and the hoe and give their street a thorough cleaning. A wagon load of lime would be a good disinfectant.
UTICA DAILY OBSERVER - JUNE 27, 1872
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Post by jon on May 12, 2010 16:59:45 GMT -5
COLORED WOMAN
DROWNED IN ERIE
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MRS. RICHARD E. WORMWORTH AGED 29[/size]
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FOUND NEAR PIPE FOUNDRY[/size]
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It Is Supposed That the Woman Committed Suicide While Despondent by Jumping Into the Water Near John Street Saturday Night[/size]
A boatman on the canal this morning discovered the body of a woman in the water near the Utica Pipe Foundry in East Utica and called the attention of a man on the bank to the corpse. A rope was thrown over the body and Coroner Dodd was notified. About noon the body was removed from the canal and taken ro Lankton's undertaking rooms, where it was identified as that of Mrs. E. Pauline Wormworth, colored of 14 Post Avenue.
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