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Show ,IOY AM) SUKKliW. I'tirnrlmiale lirnilnnllon In a Nnlal llallierlng la Hie tint lTaril. Tlio trial of Dull (lil'fonl on n charge of u ula fully aUUiIng llphralni Mailien with a knife, with Intuit todo him grleioua IwJIly liarnt, at a dancu In Hie r,iat Ward on Kibruary Olh, waa fixed to lake place before Commissioner Commis-sioner I'ralt at ID o'clock this morning. At that hour all Ihe wllnents wire lu atttnlance, but owing lotlio iligayo-mctitoft'oiitily iligayo-mctitoft'oiitily Attorney Murphy and liUaMlslatl, Mr. illchnar, elsewhere ou ptihll bualncM, it was nearly 11:10 Ijcfure the case waa taki n lii. AKl.tAiit County Altnrney Klclmor rondiiiti-d the proxciitlon, and Jtitigv llurrlaaaand for the defense. (Julto a nunb.T of wHnemea had bean aubiinaiit mi ellbir shli. Tlio i-omi lalnatil sMrslouof tboallulr was In the i MVet Uiat on the night of Feb-miry Feb-miry f.t lie att-uded n ilaucnata ainall sloro bulMIng In thu First Ward. Just befote 1 o'clock next morning, at theilon. of Ihe ilame,thn tlifenlant went iiptolilmaiid atkiil litui Inilrlvu him home. Madsjii riplleil that ho iiiild not do m, aa hie (MalM.ti'a) Ife was walling tin rn furlilm. dale. fi.nl auggisted that lio might wait until un-til Ma mum; lutMal.rn would not bear of tbl. Uakford, after eome rHrthirronietaalloiiln tliesnmoatralii, said, "Viry well, then coma uiil'lde', 1 want lu talk Ui )uu." Madaeu answered that lie did not fit I like goleg outside! to which tlm ikkudant rejoined, "ion are ecurcd, )uiib of a le ," at thu samu time getting closer tu Madai n, with his "arms lu motion." MadMll MUlftly usliltl lilni away, t, 1 1 iil bark, and desired Ihu dnor nnuager to take (lilsford away. lie iiconllimly moMlthedereudaiit tuTiuc the tooni and told lilni that be wanted no "mi kit" there. Madam then motioned to hli wife that ho Mae riiuly b, uo home, but at that mo. liienl (,'al'fcrd ag'lii walked towarda lilni, liavlitg lili riht hand In hl hip lakit. Ihen driwlng his band si wly around his i-oat, lie llflid It and alriiik Madseti on tbo arm aa he ralsid It In an altllude of aalfilefenH-, with the blide uf a axki t knife, lulllcllug a terrible gali alaiut unlmli lu length an I extiudiiig to the lwue. The kulfe fell tu thu Hoar. After stand, lug perficlly still for about ten sei-oiide and atarlutr Madaeu In the lace, he stopta-il iiukkly, and ou ral.lng himself again hurried out of thu door and itlaapiind. When tlio blado entered lila arm Mal.etl culled out, "I'm alal ld! liunies-examlnatlon by Judge llur rls, the rmilaluaiit deuiud Having slniik (Isl.fird at all, and said all lie did waa In pu.h Ihe difendatil ou". Ilrfiujant uld not Mylolilm, "Vou took me to town and got me 'full;' now )ou ought to lake me home." He simply aked wltnesa to drive lilni home, au I he gave him Ills leiaou, as Ufare stated, why he could not do to. II was the defen lint, and nut another man under thu Imtuviicu of liquor, who staltied lilni. He bal bad no previous ijuatrel wilts Gals-fird. Gals-fird. Wltuiaa waa not under llio In-fluetice In-fluetice of drink, neither was Ihu de. r-ndanl, who "could stand up aa well aa anybody tliete, and wue as smart as any of tliein." One of the witnesses, named I'.vaus, suke In having heard (labford say ajitiethlng about shooting, lie saw coni laliiaul atruck by daleford, w ho waa also hit on the head liy Madsun. He, however, saw no knife, but heard auuiethlng fall on thu floor at the mo menl di ft ndatit struck Madam. Koine three minutes elapsed before he beard complainant say that lie had been Blabbed. JjouIu Matlseti, wife of tlio com plaluant, corrotoratcil lur husband's story In thu main jiartlculars. llotli )ouiigmenhsill.eeiiuuiUltu friendly lerma up lo Ihu time (lililord aided lur liu.bnud tu drive him homo. t'rviw-exiimlned, thewltuisaaald Iter husband struck (laisford threu tliuea lu atlimptlng to ward oir (lalifotd's blows, (CasoiriH-etdlng) |