Show COWARDLY ASSAULT bart mccarty dundei arrest mair in fact with alm shot the trouble ter befriending a man whom ie found it necessary to arrest inasmuch as linn walk to ll 11 0 ity jail in band cuffel at ins oa request bl erita mair waa death dealing blo in the face thursday afternoon by the man to whom h ha 1 sho GO much kindness and struck too at a moment when he was entirely unguarded the trouble starlet in at lie aik oik when a mrs ab le nent in thia resort to get her husband nhom she knew was drinking and gambling one of the boa at tt e bar turning around seeing her the room and knowing that earlier in tie day gome 0 the girls had lie i in tt e saloon dnn knit and carousing aked 1 er to calling her familiarly gis lie was at once taken up by some one near vl 0 ed to defend the louian others mixed in and a general ho ise as ll 11 greatened reat ened after things ere coni lerable quieted doun taro a b fc strong fellon started abusing alien ll 11 e sheriff male boie remark tl at so angered mccarty aliat he struck 1 im the sheriff a blow in ll 11 e face tl e sheriff struck buk they ilinca ed and others cleppe 1 in and teem the sl edff laced mccarty under arrest and with assistance halt dragged him to tie door alere lie to balk jail if handcuffs were not ul on him lie seemed so vincen mair denied to take a chance and the arit to t e city liall was beun ml went well until the rant was readied when without warn ing mccarty bt ruck a blow across the nose with a sling sh t tt e force of w inch knocked him down an 1 made tl ings turn blick to mr mair for a second afe mcalughlin hobent alo g half anticipating guch a thine immediately grabbed mccarty and got i good strangle lold on him hie st enn begaii eo his tooting acain and nith t e u e of a billy and some struggling mccarty was lo 10 igel in jail there are evidently tao sides to ll 11 e story and while mcbart vaa not en to blame it was tery in grateful of I 1 im to strike ll 11 e sl edff as he did mr mair 1 as been critic sed bv some for be ina with 1 is prisoner and by others for ll 11 e action he took while in tie oak it is claimed by some eliat the sling eliot was not beel at all and again ers am ready to that was seen to put the sling up is bleeve while in the aloon and tl at it was from him ift after tl e blow was in roat of he betau ant t any rate tie prisoner had it on hi peron and a mur looking weapon it is L charge of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to do bodily 1 arm was lodge 1 against mccarty and bounty attorney callis came up jester lav for tl e hearing alter ev dan B shields acting as tl attorney THE TRIAI lie complaint chang i g 1 mi with avault with adealle weapon was real to the prisoner at II 11 alock this n orn me and tl e trial beet to bein at noon fhe coart room was well filled nith spectators and witnesses county attorney callis C 1 mair D macai gaton G 1 mcerlaine and robert 1 oyer for state witnesses and tl e trial began tl e prisoner looked somewhat worried though was cool and collected ills throat glows llie marks left by dave Mc s finders him alter the sheriff bad been knocked down S edff mair nas the first witness and told how I 1 e had placed mccarty under arrest relating the story of 11 e trouble just about as stated above he could not sw par that I 1 e I 1 a 1 been struck with a slung ahot or am thine else but aas very suie he had been struck after re pa birg hia feet 1 e testified to mccarty on the legs and on the knuckles with similar to the one used on hm the oil er witnesses corroborated tl e aboe tol 1 ins story denying eliat I 1 e carried a sin g shot and that he 1 it 1 im only w lib his fit miss leek aracne ilon C 1 lowers a nl deaf y tl ompson apt eared for tie defense but tailed to belp tie defendant lery much after tl e waa all in ten minutes was allowed for argument mid after 1 earing betl s sides ilia I 1 loner boun 1 the over to the district court in laoo 1000 bonds |