The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-11
A KNIFE IN HIS NECK
William Reese Prishtfully Stabbed by
William Cannon In a Saloon.
The Injured Man Lies in Hi> Own GlOssd
for More Than an Hour-A t;hastly
scene and Possibly -
Fatal wound.

IN n fl~t tftcrt..tSiug pool oi MS OWL
blood on the floor of sam L~aun,lry's sa-
loon at 10 o'clock last night lay William
Reese. a. workman at Mckeevcrs rail-
road camp near the round house. The
blood g,Isiicsi i'm n small torrent from "a
wound about au inch wide ON thc right
side of the neck. The man was apI'ar-
emily dying.
0s . Sc, who is perhaps - years old,
came into the saloon "a few minutes before
with Thomas McNulty, "a young man in
tn, twcnti"s. They went mp Ia the bar
for "a drink. William Cannon a. stout,
rugged old man, in the fftic>,
was in the saloon. He had been drinking
heavily during tho evening", and was in "a
quirrrlsomc state of mind. Al least that
was his condition according to eyc-wit-
nesscs. He had been inviting all hands
up to- drink. and when Rc,.s" and Me
Nulty came in lac tried to engage them in
conversation. They resented his in
trusion into their affairs and this
led to "a quarrel. Ii is always
difficult tn arrive ut the exact
causes Of such u bar-rooin quarrel,
the participants being intiamcd with
liquor at the time and incapable of recall
ing at u subsequent time their exact Ian
guagc. Ii seems, however. that the usual
.~.pitlicts used on such occasions wer, ban
died. and that Reese and McNulty threat
tned to put the old man out of the saloon.
In the melee I.annon was knocked down.
and itappsstrs that il was Reese who fcllcd
him. While Ia. was down hc drew his knife,
olcned the big b!a'i., and getting up
ilttt I"T IAttSs'. VI vi "a VIZ stTtNs WIlo.
was present in the saloon at the time, AL
though "a frictid To neither of the conflicting
parties, strpi"., up AMI trir'i I" separate
But after they wcr. parted and while Nc
Car y was still b'twccn them. Cannon
struck at Reese across McCarty's arm.
Mctarty lays lie did not see a knife in
Gannon,s hand but immediately
fell to the ii""r of the s"lan,, blood
streaming from his neck. lie exclaimed:
.,,i..r \ -, as, ,.,.,v,., Al. ..,,.ps
OF the row at the time. and hearing "A dis
t%urbancc in Lauuiry's saloon. entered il,
Sinr ,nsk sI nInra: il N Sa,'' Enow n,,"r h sm% S!a.
non was armed. the officer pr mptly COW
cred him with his revolver and told him
he wa- under arrest, He dis
aud for other m"mhcrs of the police
To the jail. At first Cannon refused to
give his name or say anything at all about
the afiray. He seemed :" sober up instant
he a~cc"npan,ed the officer to the Jail.
had arrived Reese had nearly blc;l
t. death. The knife had escaped
inch. As il was. however. the
wound was very dangerous. and
such that the physicians did not stop To
make IL thorough diagnosis. il * certain
: that th. BLADE. severed one ar more of til.
= smaller veins ar arteries of the neck.
+: Rccsc's pulse was So feeble tn At the ply
siciaus dcsiair,.d of saving his life. hu,
nevertheless they set Ia work with ~ will,
Under the circumstances they concluded
to us.. the compress method of staunchiur
the flow of blood. and they labor,i as
, long and earnestly to save the poor fellow
:, as il he had been the president of the
y United States.
I Officers Pickri and Buchanan were. or
the scene within a few minutes. and i
b.ing "a county ease Deputy sheriff Stcb
bins was sent for. Officer Laird. il shout,
Ia lie. said. had found the knife under "A tn
bi" where Cannon had thrown II at tn,
moment the officer had opened the door
a. The saloon now presented "a CHASTITY ap
y pcaraIIcc. The blood had been trarkct
i all over the floor. and in the irnm".iiat,
was fairly sloppy with blood. A nuInhc,
l of prostitutes from the ncighborinl
: With quite a craMI of men The bar IL.
gan to do II SURPRISINGLY good bisincss
Both men and women drank, smoked am,
l chatt'd about the occurrence as If il wa
4 on the whole an incident which pleasant.
relieved ia" niono'nny of "A dull night.
Reese complained of the cold and il wa
" not tn la wondered al since the front ,oo
was open much of the time to
= tli" customers. His clothes, too. Were
- thoroughly saturated with blood from hi,
Il collar Ia his socks. door at the end of tn
bar leading into Dix" RayInond's house a
n ill-faulc was also open. and !, cold drstugh
sweeping along the. floor made the unfor
tuuatc man silu,ldrrud with chills. Th'
physirians requested that the door h'
closed. and the request was conveyed 4
3, Laundry. the proprietor at the saloon.
II guess Ia" amt suffering much from
the odd. said Laundry. ''rhcrc il ~,
> draft aud I've. got nothing tn do with tina
y door anyway. Ii belongs to the womcI
who live in there. | guess they can kccI
their own door open il they want to-"
ne Nevertheless. some men wen
and shut the door. Mr.. Toohy procured
heavy quilt with which the unfortunat
a man was covered.
The inhuuianity of leaving the man 4
die On the floor WAS finally recognized H.
all the spectators who had any heart lcf
al m them. Dixie Raymond was asked
she would not allow him to be place
upon one of her beds. She replied il
Al effect that the man was nothing tai hei
4 aud she could not afford to sacrifice hc
* business for anybosiy's comfort.
"Sou bet" she said. 'if il was one of n
girls who was lying cut there. an
m that man was one Of the on-look, rs. IA
wouldn't he breaking his neck Ia titd !,
"a bed. Let them take him to the hoSpita
=. That's the place for the sick an
a, wounded"
"Ihc TIP tn the hospital might Xii
him. suggested one of the men.
l. "D-u li,tle Odds" replied the woman
"Ivc no place for him in my house."
Several times during the process a
binding his Wounds. Reese mutterch: