The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-01-27
THE CUTTING AEERAY.
One of the Parties Receives
Fourteen Wounds.

The principals in the cutting ARRAY al
luded to in our issue Of yesterday were
Fred Rowland, conductor ON the
Houston and Texas Central raj rOad,and
Ben Doyle, also u rHilru ID man. 1t ap-
pea that on Thursday night Rowland,
Doyle a. d others were engage in a
game Of pool at saloon on Austin
avenue and some dispute arose be cen
the players, IN Nh ch DOYLE and Row
land took part; the trouble, however, was
soon settled aud the parties separated,
Rowland and his party going on way
aud ID vie another. Later in the evening
Rowland was standing at the corner
Of Austin and Third streets in company
with james Cockrili and Joseph SHudI.
fer, when they were Approached by
Doyle and his patty one II whom in
quircd, ~ that the man." The reply
was, yes, that IL the fellow who wanted
to whip me awhile ago" whcrcupon
Doyl and his party advAn ced, md u
struggle took place between Shndifcr
and one Morris, uf Doylc's party. Row.
land undertook to stop this and prevent
difficulty, when Doyle made Tor him
and cut at him with h- knife. We are
told that others Of Doy = party held
Ruwlauds friends ia check under the
lltINuh W. llllAfl't W u NlA-HlliNlltlt
while the fight between him and Row.
land was IN progress. Upon Doyle Gu
ting at Il wlanl the latter knocked him
down and then 81 nched. When they
were separated, and DOYLE and hiH
part let, 1t was found that
Rowland was bleeding prufuscly At
tins time officers arrived and were in
conversation with Row and when Doyle
came in sight and Row land told them
that there was the man who had cut
him Upon hearing this Doyle ran rap-
idly OIL mp Austin street. followed closely
by TIN officers, who ovcrhauled him and
lodged him in he calaboose. Rowland
was carried to the drug store ct Tucker
n Willis, where his wounds, which were
found to be fourteen IN number, were
dressed 10y DIR. Curtis. After attending
to Rowland, d.. Curtis went to the C J.
nbUO8e to see Doyle, and found that his
shoulder had been knocked oui Of joint,
winch injury he speedily repaired. Row
lind is a conductor on the lluus ON and
Texas Central road and bears the rcpu-
Triton Of a sober aud industrious man
HIS wounds ARE serious, thong not nee
cssurIly dangerous. one uf them cX-
tends from back Of his enr to his chm
und reaches 10 the bone. Most Of them
are on his face and neck The mos
painful is IN hi hand which was pene-
tratcd by Doylc's knife. At late hour
yesterday evening the wounded man
wa resting easily. Doyle was fined in
the recorders court for carrying the
knife with which he did the bloody
work, and then, upon warrant issued
by Justice Davis, he was committed to
jail upon II charge Of assault with intent
to murder. His examination IL set for
Tuesday next. The knife used IL u muir
dcrous looking iu1trum' Mt in itself, hay
ing blade about sX or scv inches
long and TX very SHARP. When the police
appeared upon the scene Rowland, who
was under the Iuil fence of drink, Was
| searching for hs hat, apparently uncon-
sciuus Of his wounds. The pavement
was covered with b God from t corner
to the drug store to whi Ia ne WAS carried
Tor attention.