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Show who was afterwards assisted by Dr. Ries. Holmes Is now at the General hospital hos-pital but it Ir not thought possible that he can survive bis Injuries, Ho v ns able, to state his name and the fact that he had no home or parents and that be was on his way from Aspen, Colorado to Butte, Montana. It Is said that the man who did the cutting l..st his hat in the struggle and returning for it later went Into r' of the cribs In the neighborhood and trRded it for a black slouch hat which he wore, when last seen. Th? police are making every effort to crpture him, believing that a bad cut which he received on the side f his faro will aid them in identifying him. It Is reported from the hospital to-I to-I dav that Holmes Is much improved I and that there 's no Immediate djnger I of his djlng. CilTTl SCRAPE IT PROVE 1RBER A serious cutting affray took -place snortly before mldplght in Electiic alley near the rear of the Central bar. in which a stranger giving the name of Harry D. Holmes, had bis throat cut lu a frightful manner. His as?ailent is still at large. Holmes j r.iay die The trouble started among the mem-.r? mem-.r? of a gang of toughs who had been .carousing in tho alley for several hours A light finally took place be- tween Holmes and several others in which the former displayed considerable consider-able ability at fist-cuffs, knocking hh assailants out In short order despite his inebriated condition. Hardly had tho fight stopped when one of the comb-dtants picked up a broken bottle, made a furious onslaught upon Holmes cutting his throat in a horrible hor-rible JataniH-r, and then made his escape. Ilolinos was taken at once to tho stntlou and bis wounds attended to 1 by Dr. Gordon who chanced lo be entering en-tering tho building at the time and |