Show DIED IN THE GUTTER butte miner has H s throat cut by a former policeman matt tick bon a miner of butte mont had his throat cut by victor north an ex policeman on friday fell into a gutter and died there before he could be rescued from his position apparently there was no provola tion tor for the attack on north went up to and slapped him on the tace face several times apparently in a spirit of rough fun backed away and evidently did not want tant to have any trouble with the drunken man north however kept on with hia his hand slapping tactics and finally tho the men came together and began fling around the room many ot of the bystanders thought it was nothing more than a good natured scrap until north suddenly drew his knife and slashed it across a throat |