The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-08-04
HOW 1T ALL HAPPENED
Jack Bray Says Hs Cut Hayes and
Knapp In Self Defense. .
Knapp VIII Probably Pull Through.
But Hayes Case 10 More
Serious-Bray Badly
Hurt Himself.

J. p. Hayes and George Knapp who
were so badly cut Mt the race track Sat
urday at midnight, rested comparatively
easy Mt the hospital yesterday. A report
noised about last evening that Hayes was
In q dying condition was found to be In.
correct by q STANDARD reporter who
visited the hospital and found the two
men doing as well Ms could be expected
under the circumstances. Neither il In
immediate danger. Fears are enter
tanned by the physicians, however, that
Hayes will not ecover. He will he laid
up for 10 days or more ms will also Knapp.
Knapp Is one Of the men who ooh after
the Denver stable horses. He Is said to
be a most pleasant and inoifensive sort
Of q fellow. seldom getting into n quarrel.
Bray, who did the cutting, has an ugly
head O n his shoulders. II is cut i'm a hor-
rible ann and swollen almost out of
all semblance TO n human head. His
arms, hands, and breast are also bitten
most brutally. The principals are some
rcticent as to the cause Of the scrap.
They had all been drinking beer from one
or more kegs in the stall where they were
gathered, u the fight was broughtabout
by some trivial Misunderstanding.
Bray was interviewed i'm the Jail
by n STANDARD reporter yesterday n
his story was to the effect that he was
about TO retire for the night when Hayes
asked him over to the stall to take a drink.
He went owe there, had a few drinks and
chatted with the boys awhile. Then, he
claims, Hayes started to abuse him aud
told him that he, Hayes, could whip him
in five minutes. Bray says he told Hayes
he could not do II in five hours and then
went outside, where he says he was
jumped on by two men, and to defend
himself he used the knife. Bray said he
had just came to town a day or two age
and had expected to go away to-day. He
said he was looking for no trouble
with anybody and that he had no
reason to fight with Hayes and Knapp for
he was indebted to them i'm several small
ways and had always admired them very
much. He expressed himself as being
sorry the two men were SO badly hurt,
and hoped they would recover. Bray said
he had no idea the knife would do such
effective work and, pointing to his head,
said:
Look at this and you will readily see
that i had cause to use something. |
would never have used a knife if / had
not been double teamed"
The other side of the story is somewhat
different. The stablemen claim that
one. This disposition brought about
the fight between hin and Hayes. They
also claim hat Bray used the knife at the
first opportunity and that after Hayes had
peer cut he asked for help to take away
the knife. Knapp joined in to get the
knife away from Bray and was also badly
cut. Whether Bray got his pounding be-
fore or after using the knife II will be as
hard a matter to say as just what started
the fight and who was really at fault.
Bray IL said to be a heeler for the race men
and his reputation is that of n tough char
acter. The other men are more favorably
known and have a fair reputation as being
steady workingnen.