The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-17
DETERMINED TO KILL.
A Discharged Bartender Seeks
q Bloody Revenge.
SMASHING IN 4 BILLIARD HALL.
c. II. Hardie II Marderously Assaiied
by Drunken MAJ and Narrowly
Escapes Death.

discharged bartender named Mackenzie,
known as Mac" painfully wounded and very
nearly murdered c. II. Hardie, q young man
from New York city. On Wednesday night In An
alteration ut the Cafe Royal, on Commercial
street. where Mackenzie was employed Young
Harcie is now ct room IS Arlington hotel, nurs-
ing wound in the right hip, and Mackenzie
can not be found. Circumstances indicate that
Mackenzie intended to kill Hardie, and the
story. as obtained from eyewitness Of the af-
fair, is as follows:
short time ago, after he had made the ac-
qnaintsnce of Hardie, Mackenzie was discharged
from the Cafe Royal for drunkenness The bar
tender accused young Hardie. who has been .
frequent customer at the Cafe Royal, with being
the cause of his losing his position and wednes-
day night he went to the Cafe Royal and waited
70 meet Hardie. About Il o'clock Hardle
stopped at the billiard hail. on his way to the
Arlington hotel and Mackenzie immediately
accused him Of causing him to be "fred," at the
same time applying to him the yilest Of epitheta
Hardie avoided lighting with Mackenzie and
underworld to get away from him, when the
latter Challenged him to fight and again abused
MIN. Hardie became angry and said:
You don't know what you're talking about,
man. can whip you in second. can whip
two like you. You go of and leave me alone"
Again Mackenzie called Hardie vile names,
ana made rush at him. Hardie struck him
several times and would have knocked him
down, had not the employees interfered and
kicked Mackenzie out into the street.
The deposed bartender came in again in about
fifteen minutes and 'swent for Hardie. The
men ciinched, and like flash Mackenzie drew
an open knife from his coat pocket
and thrust the blade to the handle
IN Hardie's right hip, and made another slash
across the small of Hardie's back, cutting
through the coat, vest and undertaking and
slightly wounding the flesh. The coat and vest
were cut for six inches Mackenzie raised his
arm and drew il back to stab Hardie in the neck,
when Will Raiaey, one of the proprietors,
rushed up and caught his arm just in time to
save Hardieis life. The whole affair occurred so
quickly that it was all over and Mackenzie was
once more elected before any one knew what
had happened.
Hardie was leaning up against q billiard table
staking an inventory of his wounds and the
rents in his clothing when Mackenzie, as deter
mined as ever, came in again. At the upper
end OF the bar is a heavy cigar lighter, and this
he seized and with an oath raised 1t to throw it,
when VIII Rainey took revolver from behind
the bar and said, covering the bartender:
''If you throw it you're dead man"
He did not throw it, but went out
Hardie was taken to his ROOMS Arlington
hofel-by his companion, Sidney n. Buckwister,
who accompanied him from New York city,
The two young men had intended to return
home on the morning train yesterday, but Har-
die waited in order to allow the wound in his
hip to commence healing. They will leave this
morning.
Hardie is said to be the son OF well known and
wealthy parents, and he regrets that he should
have figured in such an affair."