March 17, 1879 — Smith the Cuttist
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At 1 o’clock last night, while some ladles and gentlemen were sitting in the front room of the house №61 Hospital street, a man named C. W. Smith broke in the door, and running frantically into the room, drew a dirk-knife and advancing on John Fernandez, plunged it into his left arm, inflicting a severe though not dangerous wound. The accused was immediately arrested and locked up in the Third Station. It appears that the two men have had a misunderstanding for some time, and last evening Smith, hearing that Fernandez was in the room, thought it was a good time to settle the affair, regardless of the fact that thero was a number of ladles present.
Source: The New Orleans Daily Democrat, New Orleans, LA, March 17, 1879
