Ruining the lives of authors and artists, Comstock was targeted for revenge. While escorting an arrest, he was stabbed in the head. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “The blow was instantly repeated, the dirk this time cutting a fearful gash in Comstock’s face, extending from the temple to the chin, and laying the flesh completely open to the bone. Four of the facial arteries were severed. With the blood spurting from his wound, Comstock seized the prisoner … and presenting a revolver, threatened to shoot him if he resisted.”
