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Show DEADLY FIGHT IN I HOTEL EXPLAINED Affidavit Found in Pocket of 1, One of Contestants Reveals i j Cause of Murderous I Attack. m ' CONFLICTING STORIES I Pistols, Knives and Dental In- S struments Used in Awful J Affray Between Four J' Furious Men. St Louis', Mo., Feb. 12. An affidavit m Found in Dr. Charles W. Kennerly's j pocket this morning explained the -jause of the fight with pistols, knives ;8j md dental Instruments in a room iu :j local hotel last night in which Dr. !gj "Cennerly of Granite City, Ills., Dr. A. ;H ?. Johnson of St Louis; Walter A. &' "Mefenbach of San Antonio and Chas. ill ,ody, St. Louis, were Injured. John- m on and Kennedy were former college 1 'lass mates, former business partners jftl nd are lodge brothers. In the alfidavit copies 'of which 1 ave "been sent to high Masonic offl- j srs here, Dr. Kennedy accused John- on of failure to pay a $2,500 debt and jj of withholding other funds which Dr. ,W Kennedy claimed were due him. Tho If1 affidavit asked that Dr. Johnson be expelled from the Masonic order be- f cause or the alleged wrongs to Dr. M Kennedy. I Dr. Johnson Near Death. 6 This morning Dr. Johnson was near ,death at the city hospital, his face and body terribly slashed and a wound through both hips and the groin made k by a single steel jacketed bullet. Dr. Kennedy, also cut about the face and arms, was a prisoner at the hospital, ji' a police charge against him aawitlng !; the outcome of Johnson's injuries. The two other participants in the fight , were also prisoners today, DIefenbach 81 1 at the hospital with a great gash in L-j his throat and Lody at police head- quarters. I'M oo r i ' SUBSTANTIAL ONES' -I Edith You must speak to papa jw j first. Surely you didn't expect him I to make the advances, do you? ji Jack Wedd, if he doesn't. I don't gJfij see how we are going to get married. wj1 ' . 1 M |