Show from dad pt 1711 FATAL stabbing ST J tt lark cita in a flolo knife y and pistol sensation we quote from yesterday morn atiga tho following particulars alexander who gained some notoriety in this city as nn ex pert with tho knife when on the evening of tho ultimo ho attempted to tako tho lifo of charley marsden at a saloon the tribune block has been extending his field of operations and now figures in a fight which very probably will cost him his life it seems that sunday night between tho hours of eleven and twelve was in tho saloon of rape fe bowman in the park city and becoming infused with just enough liquor to make him loquacious commenced a friendly banter with william malia who too was placing himself on the outside of bad whiskey malta accepted the challenge chal lengo and the two started outon a joshing expedition which ended rather disastrously accord ing to our information the repartee became decidedly spicy and epithets were cast to and fro of a character not to be mentioned in polite circles william it could uso his tongue moro fluently than his aps ops poncet and his diction was far better suited to the jovial society which filled tho room everybody in alio saloon imagined that the entire contest of words waa in merriment and foreign to any ulterior design but it appears that maxee having no more points of tho tongue to throw at his recourse to the point of his knife before anyone supposed ho was angered in the least he drew liis dagger and leaning forward made a lunge at malia the knafo catching the victim in the back of tho shoulder passed through tho flesh out and then in again leaving the appearance of two entries of the knife while in this stooping posture and not having recovered his upright position malia turned on him and fired his revolver of large calibre the ball taking and entering the throat just below the and pasing in a downward course to the back where the wound was easily probed and the bullet ex tract cd was taken to a hotel near by a gentleman giving up his room for the wounded man and medical assistance summoned while on the bed he was inclined to be free and easy making fun of the idea that he was seriously hurt and spoke of revenge frequently I dont want to die he exclaimed I want to live and am going to live because I am too G d d d mean to diet I want to live for revenge then to tho landlady be asked her how do they act when they die being uttered with ludicrous intent upon the arrival of the physician nn examination of the wound was made the bullet extracted and all done that would tend to make the position of as comfortable aa possible the wound as may be imagined is a frightful one and is painful in the extreme the doctor however wo are informed is of the that the wounded man may live but the general opinion among the people of park city is that one can recover from such a wound and that aleck is on his death bed |