Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 27 May 1892

Fight Between White and Black

A drunken vagrant accosted a black man in high-street Mexborough, on Saturday afternoon, and usede contemptuous language.

A quarrel followed, and a regular set to was the result, which the negro came up with nothing worse than a scratch.

The negro was carrying a strong metal bell, and in the conflict brought it heavily on his combatant’s head.