Show DETECTIVES BEGIN PRO DE Of SIA Brothers Now Held in Jail May Face Attempted Murder Charges harges' A thorough Irn investigation was launched Monday by city detectives Into the stabbing aUra affray which re resulted resulted re- re suited In a a. serious knife wound to Fay Pay Shields 2265 South street at the Bluebird dance hall hail Saturday night Dewey De and Ralph Short brothers arrested following the fight are In the city jail and may b be charged with assault with intent to commit murder police said Shields according to reports from the L. L D. D S. S hospital Is still in a a dang dangerous rous condition He was stabbed on the left side just below the heart and severely cut about the face According to Shields the stabbing was th the i of a triangular mix- mix up which began several weE weel weeks s ago ago when Ralph Short became too intimate intimate inti InU- mate with ith Shields' Shields wife Short however denied that there had been any wrongdoing On questioning by Detective B. B H. H Seager Short declared that Shields sighting him at the dance hall hail had assaulted him shouting Youve got gotto gotto to 10 fight now Short said that he was compelled to fight in self de defense defense defense de- de Jut but denied wielding the knife and de declared lared he lie does not know who did the stabbing Dewey Short who police suspect of implication in the affair de declared declared de- de dared that he was not in the fight at all but that bystanders held him down throughout the affray Dewey declared that he can prove he be was not in the battle battIe Information reached detectives from another source that Shields and Ralph Short had previously fought at another dance hall about a week ago The informant told officers that the pair pall were separated before the affair became serious Shields told police tat he was stabbed while his arms were pinioned pinioned pinioned pin pin- to his sides when bystanders interfered with the fight He directly direct dIrect- ly Ir accused Ralph Short of wielding the- the knife Shields also denies startIng startIng starting start- start Ing the affair |