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Show BULLET 111 BRi j Victim of Race War Shooting Shoot-ing May Recover From Wound. The victim of a race not between Greeks and Americans at Murray early yesterday morning;, Bruce Mackay of Tay-lorsville, Tay-lorsville, 23 years of age, Is at the L. D. S. hospital with a bullet In hia brain. It Is believed he has a chance to live if complications do not occur. For the most part of the day he was conscious yesterday and ahowed Uttlo physical disturbance dis-turbance aa a result of his wound. The bullet entered the head of Mackay over the left eye. An X-ray photograph showed that it crossed diagonally through the brain and lodged at the base of the brain. Augchis Fapas, a Greek, alleged to have fired tho shut, was arrested at Murray yesterday. He was identified by Charles Anderson, who said that Papas drew a revolver after Anderson had wrenched a club from him. Mackay was standing just behind Anderson. The fight started in a resort on state street opposite the dance hall. Twenty Greeks and as many Americans are said to have been In the place when a Greek, angered by the remarks re-marks of an American, pulled the American'a nose. George Taswell. alleged to have eat atop of a partition ;ind thrown beer bottles bot-tles that were handed to him by a confederate, con-federate, was arrested yesterdav and is being held on a. charge uf assault with a deadly weapon. The room proved too close quarters for the battle and the men rushed into the street, shortly after which the shot was fired that resulted in Mackay' s wound. |