Weekly Phoenix herald., 1883-12-06

second Attorney General Churchill and District Attorney Rush grap- pied, and while they were strng~ gling J. C. Herndon, Rush's partner, who was assisting in the defence, threw an ink sand at the Attorney General. striking him in the face. During the occurrence of the events leading to the affraY, the defendant, P. McAteer, became almost wild from excitement, and springing to his feet,
 HE DREW A LARGE SIZED DIRK l KNIFE
 and approaching to where the struggling attorneys were, endeavor' ed to stab the counsel tor plaintiff. Before he could accomplish his purpose, however, he was caught by several of the bystanders; among whom were c. ". Beach, the son : in-law of the plaintiff; James More, 6 witness for the plaintiff; George Tinker, the Attorney Generals PrI- vate Secretary; and Wm. O. O'Neil Court Reporter Endowed with the irresistible strength that demonia> cal rage Slone cAn give, McAteer threw aside those Hho endeavored l to hold him, and a scene, which would rival the horrors of nell, en- sued. Drawing aloft the cruel knife he rushed at James More, an 0sd man over D years of age, and 6rove it to the hilt in the left side of his victim, who, while endeavoring to escape the terrible blow, piteously exclaimed;
 MAC, FOR GODS SAKE DON'T CUT ME
 W ithdrawing the knife from the gaping wound, he left his victim to stagger around the room, his blood bespattering the furniture and walls as he vainlY implored for help, and then singling out c. W. Beach made for him and. before any one could interfere, stabbed him in the left side uf the neck near the caroted artery, with sufficient force to knock him over the railing dividing the auditorium from the bar. Wheel> | ing arOnud, he then ran at Court Reporter O'Neil, who, while acting as peace>maker, had excited his cnmity by endeavoring to obtain possession of his knife, and who had already received a severe cut in the left hand.
 O'Neil backed up against the wall Tn his endeavor to escApe from the infuriated man, but just as McAteer had nearly arrived within striking length of the reporter, c. W. Beach, who had partly recovered from the stunning effect of the wound in the neck, drew a revolver, a 3S-calbre Colts, and
 FIRED AT MCATEEB
 who, with a half muttered curse, Sell st he feet of O'Nein, his in tended victim, who lost no time in scuring the knife with which had done such terrible execution.
 With the report of the revolver reason seemed % assume it's way among the struggling men, and the fierce fie hting that had been ragin Q among the attorneys and their clients ceased, and all present turned thelr attention to the wounded men. P. EscATEER,
 The man who, by drawing his knife And joining the fray, started the ase of more deadly weapons than fists and inkstands, came here from Al> buquerque, New Mexico, we under stand, some 16 years ago, and has owned this ranch for a long period :. Previous 10 coming here he had been q party to cutting affray, in which he cut very seriously or killed his opponent, anG his reputation here has been that of man with an ungovernable temper when aroused who always went for blood, and al, ways used q knife. But e short time ago at Convention here, if we recall alright, he cut man, or cut at him, and from the general opinion of those who knew the man, every one expected bloody work when he took hand in the quarrel. He was struck under the left shoulder blade the ball taking slightly downward direction and lodging against one of the ribs, from where it was extracted by Dr. McCandless. As it passed fully two inches under She outside skin, there IS every reason to believe that the ball passed through or bad- ly shattered the spine, as he is total> ly cold below the hips, complains of intense pain in the abdomen, and is undoubtedly mortally wounded.
 J. M. MORE.
 The saddest feature of the entire case is the dangerous wounding of this old and respected citizen of Kirkland Valley, honest, straight forward, law abiding and industri- ous. He was man who was credit to any community and would