Show CONFLICT IN RESTAURANT S CAUSED BY A REFUSAL TO GIVE CREDIT a Frank Irvine Said He Was Struck With a Cleaver but His Antagonist Declared Ho Merely Used a Poker He hit me with a cleaver and followed fol-lowed that up by using a knife on mea me-a butchers knife Its a wonder that he did not kill me and I have 20 lo pay for the privilege oC licking him These were the words uttered in front of the Royal restaurant antI bakery bak-ery last evening at 1030 by a man who had a gash on his forehead from which blood was lloving and falling to the sidewalk The man who said he was assaulted stated that he was a former employee of the Royal and gave his name as Frank Irvine He claimed that he had merely gone into the kitchen and asked for something to eat when he was assaulted as-saulted by the cook with the cleaver and a knife Night Manager Hugo however said that Irvine on going Into the kitchen had demanded an oyster loaf which he wanted on credit This being refused re-fused him ne showed fight said Atr Hugo but I was lucky enough to land first with a poker 1 1 did not hit him with a cleaver neither did I use a knife as he claims There were ladies and gentlemen present in the dining room at the time who were annoyed by his foul and boisterous language and I think I did nothing but what others oth-ers would have done under the circumstances circum-stances as Irvine was badly under the influence oC liquor Irvines wounds which were not at all serious were dressed at a drugstore drug-store He says ho will swear out a warrant for the arrest of Hugo today At an eaily hour tills morning Irvine returned to the bakery and stood outside out-side daring Hugo to come out Officer Johnson arrested himami charged him with being drunk Irvine gave his name af the police station as Ralph Coffin S S < |