MURDER CHARGE
SENSATIONAL STABBING
AFFRAY
QUARREL OVER BETS. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT LONDON, Sept. 23. A sensational stabbing affray occurred at the Eden Social Club, situated. in the Tottenham Court Road district, and resulted in a fruit salesman named Alfred Solomon, aged 31 years, being charged with murdering Buck Enden, a bookmaker, and with attempting to murder Michael Abelson, the club’s doorkeeper. Enden was playing cards at the club, when, two brothers, reported to be members of a notorious Sabini gang, demanded the ' payment of racing bets. A dispute over the amount followed,- and. a free fight began. Abelson intervened and was stabbed in the thigh. » The gang followed Enden into the street, where he was stabbed, and he died before he reached hospital.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 25 September 1924, Page 5
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124MURDER CHARGE Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 25 September 1924, Page 5
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