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Show TWO STABBED AT HIGHLAND BOH A gang fight at a dance at Highland boy last Friday night resulted in two men recieving ser ious stab wounds and many otliert sustained wounds and bruises of a a less serious nature. Lewis Craig, timekeeper for the ; Utah Deleware waas the most seriously ser-iously wounded, receiving a deep cut in his abdomen. He was rushed to a hospital in an exhausted con-, dition from loss of blood. Latest reports from the hospital are to the effect that he will most likely recover. ' Oswald Coombs recieved a painful pain-ful cut across the hips but forftun-atly forftun-atly it was not very deep. The gash was presumably made with a razor raz-or and is 14 inches long. The trouble started, according to reports, when some of the American Amer-ican boys took offense at remarks made by a Mexican in the dance hall. .The Mexican invited the American Am-erican boy outside where ten or twelve other Mexicans joined in and the" fight was on. After the fray the officers picked pick-ed up a razor, knife and dagger which had been dropped at the scene. Eight Mexicans were arrested and five of them entered pleas of puilty to disturbing the peace and paid fines of $25.00 each in Judge Kenners Court on Monday. Pete Montano, one of the Mexicans Mex-icans arrested, was identified by Craig at the hospital Monday as the man who stabbed him. Montano Monta-no is being held in lieu of $ 2000 bail pending the outcome of the in vestigation.. Chief Deputy Ewing, Deputy Young and Officer Mayne rounded up the gang and made the arrests. On Sadurday night another fight occured near the Miners Pool hall when Reyes Gallegos encountered two other Mexicans, A. G. Modino nd Manual Eoydal. In the melee that followed Gallegoes was thrown over a cement wall and down a steep x embankment. His skull was fractured and he is in the hospital in a pre carious condition. Modino and Roydal re being held on an open charge pending the outcome of the jCqjounj, uajo 83o3ojii?j) oj ;CmCm made the arrests. |