Fell Dead Upon the Floor

New York, 1895

While preparing supper Tuesday night, Mrs. Henry Combs of Bay Shore suddenly fell forward to the floor. She died before the arrival of a physician.


Union and Non-union Men Fight

Martin Kelly, a non-union conductor on the Grand street line to Newtown, was assaulted Tuesday night by Patrick Stein, a carpenter. Stein came up behind Kelly and struck him on the head, inflicting two scalp wounds. A fight followed and Kelly shot Stein in the head. Both men were arrested by Capt. Methven. Judge Monteverde held Kelly in $1,500, and Stein in $750 bonds.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, Feb. 22, 1895, p. 1.