The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-02-13
HAD HIS THROAT CUT.
1 Wandering Negro Nearly Murdered
In q Caldwell Saloon.
THE NIGHTWATCH'S STORY.
John LOgue Arrested for the Crime
But Discharged by Judge Beatty.
The Injured Man Will Live.

A stabbing ARRAY occurred in town
Tuesday night. A colored man while
in Crockett's saloon was stabbed in tho
neck under the left ear and the occu-
pants of the room thought for awhile
that murder had been committed-and
the sight of man running through the
rooms with hole in his neck spouting
blood like force pump-was occasion
enough for such belief. From the en-
trance of the room, along the bar, into
the clubroom, around the billiard table,
into the back room and on the back
door where the man fell, the sanguinary
fluid was spattered, leading to the be-
lief that dozen Threats had been cut
instead of one.
The scene in the saloon that greeted
the, eyes of sightseers next morning
was hardly calculated as a settler to
ones breakfast. Blood, blood, every
where, and on the floor wrapped in
some dirty blankets was the man who
had contributed it.
DR.. Ed. Maxey had the wounded
man in charge and had succeeded in
stopping the flow of blood and made
examination enough to know that the
jugular had not been tapped. AS soon
as possible the wounded man was re-
moved to more agreeable quarters and
everything possible was done for him.
AS there was no examination into
the cause of the stabbing, or
who did it, The TRIBUNE pub
fishes report of the affray as given by
ightwatchman Martin, who made an
arrest:
"About one o'clock Tuesday morning
as was on my beat on Front street,
the lights in Browns saloon were put
out, and Judge Beatty came out of the
saloon, came over where was stand
ing. and told me to keep a good look
out as there was liable to be some
trouble. He then told me of difficulty
that had just occurred few minutes
before in the the saloon between a
colored man and John Logue; that the
two had been playing cards and that
LOgue had thrown the deck in the
'nigger's' face aud had slapped him,
and had also said, you ---
will kill your that the proprietor of the
place then interfered and the men had
gone out, but that he beatty thought
that the trouble would be renewed in
some other saloon, and if it was, for him
(Martin) to make arrests. At that the
Judge went into his shop and got a gun
and accompanied me up the street. We
went into the Exchange and not seeing
either of the parties went up to Crock
ett's. Just as we reached the next
door to the saloon IA distance of about
12 feeD Johnny Logue stepped out
from the saloon door and made mo-
ton of his hand as though tossing
something across the street. We heard
something fall on the walk opposite.
AS we went into the saloon Logue
stepped out, and just then the bartender
exclaimed: THE coon's throat is cut;
Logue did ity Judge Beatty then told
me to arrest Logue whilo he would go
for doctor. Immediately followed
LOSuO NIiSSVVu ulul anu DltCvu
him in charge of guard until morn
ing when Constable johnson took
charge of the prisoner. made two or
three unsuccessful searches for the
knife during the night; found 1t on
Gwinn's side walk about daylight and
turned It over to the constable II was
II four bladed pearl handled pen knife
The wound in the Negroes neck Is
abobut ~ inches deep by 3 inches long
At this writing he Is doing nicely.
TIE TRIAL (Y.
Judge Beatty discharged the prisoner
without examination.
Logue took the first train out OF
tOwn--about 10 minutes after his dis
charge.
L. Z. Morten, over from the Payette
reports an unusual amount of sickness.
in the valley. Mr.. NJ. Is Just recover
ing from an attack of the prevailing
malady-grip-and says his family il
Frustrated. There Is a heavy loss O.
stock there also-the results of thu
hard winter.