Yesterday afternoon, a little after five o'clock, a woman named Margaret Slavin was taken into custody by officer Gildersleeve, of the 45th precinct, for committing an assault of Ann McCormack with a saucepan, which resulted almost fatally for the latter. It appears that Ann boarded with her assailant, in North 7th street, near Seventh, E.D., and at the aforesaid time, the two had some angry words between each other, concerning some money matters, and Margaret, becoming enraged, seized an iron saucepan which she was about to place on the stove and beat her boarder over the head with it, inflicting a dangerous wound. The blood flowed profusely and the injured woman was conveyed to the station house in an almost senseless condition, where she was attended by police surgeon North. Margaret was sent to the Penitentiary this morning, by Justice Daily, for 60 days, and Ann was sufficiently recovered to seek for other quarters.
Brooklyn (New York) Daily Eagle, August 31, 1865.
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