, 1884-07-19
A MURDER0US ASSAULT.
One Colored Man FierCely Attacks
Another in a Saloon
And Makes a Deadly Attempt to
Carve Him.
The Victim Narrowly Escapes With
His Life.

One of the most desperate and deter
mined attempts ever made in Cheyenne
by one man to take the life of another, oc-
CURED yesterday forenoon at Graham's
saloon, on Seventeenth street, which re-
suited in Lou Lewis, (colored), getting
stabbed twice by Burt Bradshaw, another
of the same race. The affair grew out of
a game of craps, whatever that it, and
it seems that they got to accusing each
other of cheating. The game is PLAYED
with dice, and upon one of the tables in
the saloon, but after they had begun to
disagree they both left the table and pro
ceeded to near the centre of the room.
where they stopped. Some significant
language was used by both parties, but it
was not apprehended that anything very
serious would come of it, but in this the
parties who were present, mostly colored
men, were very much mistaken. They
had not disputed in the centre ofthc room
more than a moment or two, when Brad
shaw exclaimed to Lewis, ''Well, C.
d you, if you want anything of me,
you can have it right here and at the
same time displayed a large, sharp gleam-
ing knife, which it would seem he had in
readiness for use, in one of his pockets,
and before anyone had time TO
interfere, he dashed at Lewis and struck
a murderous blow, cutting him across the
back from the left shoulder down toward
the right hip, inficting a wound more
than sixteen inches long. Lewis broke
wildly for the door for the purpose of
making an attempt to escape from his
murderous assailant. Awed by the fierce
attitude of Bradshaw and inundated by
the bloody knife, which he swung in the
air, the b~ystanders made no effort what
ever 10 come to the rescue of Lewis and
before he had gotten six feet from his as
%sailant; Bradshaw was upon him again
and aimed another murderous blow at the
bleeding Lewis. This second blow, which
was aimed at his head or neck, Lewis sue
ceeded in evading and again made another
break for the door. The b~ystanders,
though overawed and paralyzed by this
exhibition OF a hendlsh and murderous
purpose, still comprehended the situation
sufficiently to break away and give Lewis
a chance to escape. As he reached the
door and with an evident intention OF at
10 defend himself, Bradshaw
made another lunge at him with the knife
Out m'sseu MIN, ana as lie aid 30 Lewis
stumpled toward the center OF the side
walk n thereby missed the fourth
dow winch was aimed at nm with
desperate earhestneSs Dy ms aSsalant, VINO
with terrible CLEAN IN MS eye and with
suppressed curses on MS lips, seemed de-
ermihe 10 nave tne heart S piood oil ms
victim OF lie III u atoeinpt- by TINS
'iine lewis reached anu staggered against
one OF 'ne awning posts when he
eiu'cneu wlluiy anu ciung 10 win
.on. But TINS was oil no aVaii TO hlm'
ior BRADSHAW was there as soon as the
wounded man ana struck AT MN tor the
ni'h tune ana nhictea quite an ugly gash
across the risht mp. FOR the hrst time
SINCE MS assaiiaht bounced upon MIN
Lewis theh seemed 10 comprehend the
SITUATION anu tha' unless ne MADE a most
desperate break 10 escape from his assall-
ant ne was a doomed man, and broke
away from inc inadequate shieio 10 when
ne ior a moment chung ana ran wildly
across ana down the street 10 near the
olty fian' imagining probably that ne
was oemg pursued Df BRADSHAW ne hau'
uhcohsciously 10 hlnlSelt' turned ana was
running right back to the saloon when he
was met by Judge Lee, VINO stopped MIN
In the meantime Bradshaw, VINO ut hrst
nad started TO follow Lewis discover
ing that Others not oil the pystanders at
the saloon were coming to the assistance
OF Lewis, turned ana led rapidly up INTO
that portion oil the city called Chleago
and was at once pursued by otlcer Sulh-
vah' VINO was quickly joined by
Deputy oherln Smaiiey' VINO followed
closely on the trah OF the murderous as,
Sallah'' IL was a long chase ana u nara
one, ana al times the otncers were IN signt
ol DraaSr"" ana a, o'herS ne was ma
from view, ne hhally III ms via n'gh',
got d n''ie lhe start OF tue onicers anu
turned IN MS course, maQe MS way 10 the
south side Of the railroad track where he
took refuge i'll an old deserted building.