Show LABORERS ON CUTOFF CUT OFF ARE THE principals mike doran anc of the men now at the police station in a dan berous condition from fridays standard without warning or any intimation of trouble mike doran a laborer employed on tho band ridge cutoff cut off was stabbed in the back in the diamond saloon this noon by william gill a supposed friend doran is lying at the city jail in a dangerous condition while gill Is being held pending the outcome of dorans injuries the men who have been working on the cutoff cut off came in to the city this morning and spent the day drinking in various saloons although at the time of the stabbing neither was under the influence of liquor about noon according to what can be learned from doran who can talk but little he and gill entered the diamond saloon and after having a drink went to the rear and stood talking suddenly gill drew a knife and made a lunge cutting doran in the back just above the kidneys after the stabbing doran walked to the cutoff cut off where the man he was working tor seeing his condition refused to let him stay and told him to see a doctor doran walked back to the city and managed to the police station and tell of the cutting doctor gordon was hastily summoned and worked tor a long time over the man who was weak from loss of blood the cut is about an inch and three quarters in depth close to the kidneys and is such as would be made by a pocket knife an alarm was sent out to all the officers giving a description of tho man suspected of doing the cutting and in a short while officer morrissey returned to the station with gill to chief browning and a reporter gill admitted that he had cut doran but claimed that he acted in self de bense he said 1 I was in the saloon with doran and we were talking about his brother who has just got out of a hospital in salt lake he having had the delirium kremens and being dangerous I 1 told doran that his brother should be put away so that he could not harm anyone or himself doran got mad and hit me and then I 1 stabbed him gill who Is a little man claims that he would not have used a knife it doran had been anywhere near his size but he was afraid that doran would injure him the police do not take much stock in the stories of either of the men and believe that gill who Is known to have a grudge against dorans brother thought that Doran was the brother |