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Show BARTENDER FINED $50 FOR ASSAULT Special to The Tribune OGDEN. July 23. For beating up John Atkinson In such a manner that his features fea-tures are almost unrecognizable, F. J. Parker, a bartender at the St. Louis saloon sa-loon on Twenty-fifth street, was fined 550 by Judge Murphy in the police court Thursday morning, after a red hot lecture lec-ture on tho duties of a bartender had been given him by the court, Atkinson pleaded guilty, and a fine of .5 was imposed. im-posed. The witnesses usserled that the' two men engaged In a few high words over the refusal of the bartender to take a "night cap" with his" customer. Afterwards After-wards Atkinson returned to tliu place, when other words passed, followed by a vicious assault by Parker, who Is a much larger man. Atkinson Is a firelighter employed em-ployed at tho Southern Pacific shops. His face was terribly lacerated, and both eyes almost closed as the result of the beating beat-ing given him by the angered saloon man. |