Andrew Hammond Arrested For Pulling Knife on Usher at Lincoln Theatre
- Title of event
- Andrew Hammond Arrested For Pulling Knife on Usher at Lincoln Theatre
- Type of event
- Stabbing
- Address of event
- Andrew Hammond Arrested For Pulling Knife on Usher at Lincoln Theatre Happened Entirely at 58-66, W 135th St
- Report on event
- Andrew Hammond Arrested For Pulling Knife on Usher at Lincoln Theatre Sole event referenced by Arrested For Assaulting Lincoln Theatre Usher
- Start date / time
- November 24, 1935
- Start (general time of day)
- Day (Evening)
- Description
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"Charged with felonious assault with a knife... Andrew Hammond, 23... was arrested... Sunday evening, November 4, at the Lincoln Theatre, 58 West 135th Street. According to police, Hammond, who said he was a WPA worker, was in the theatre when William Harris, an usher, asked him to refrain from smoking. An argument ensued and Hammond, who was said to be about 6 feet 3 inches tall, is alleged to have drawn the knife on the usher."