James Wilds allegedly stabs Eddie L. Evans
- Title of event
- James Wilds allegedly stabs Eddie L. Evans
- Type of event
- Stabbing
- Address of event
- James Wilds allegedly stabs Eddie L. Evans Happened Primarily at 55, W 132nd St
- Report on event
- James Wilds allegedly stabs Eddie L. Evans Main report referencing event Eddie L. Evans against James Wilds
- Start date / time
- May 25, 1935
- Start (general time of day)
- Day (Afternoon)
- Description
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While “lying down with his eyes closed” in the basement of 55 West 132nd Street, the deponent [Evans] “felt somebody’s hand in his trousers.” Upon opening his eyes, he saw the defendant [Wilds] removing his hand from his pocket. A fight then ensued, “during which defendant struck deponent on the head with a bottle and cut him in the right leg with a knife.”