The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1892-09-14
SLASHED WITH A KNIFE
Serious Cutting ARRAY in the Little
Town OF Basin.
WOUNDS THAT ARE FATAL
Roger McCaffrey Stabs J. r. Smith
Both Men Respected Old
Timers of the
Camp.
Special pisratch to the stand,r..

Special Dispatch TO the STANDARD.
BASIN, Sept. i3.-The little town OF
Basin was the scene of n bloody cutting
aIray this evening. Tho principals in
the affair were j. +. Smith and Roger
Mctafrcy. II seems that there was bad
blood between the two which had grown
out oi some difficulty which took place az
n mine near here. a year or more ago.
when ''Smithy," as he il better known,
knocked McCaffrcy down with an axe
handle. Smith was arrested and taken tn
Boulder and served year in the county
jail. besides paying fine Of 500. but IL
seems that the confinement did not lessen
his ardor for fighting. being continually
in some difficulty or other.
This afternoon tho two met in the street
and McCairrcy understood Smith 10 call
him bad name, and Immediately turned
and struck Smith in the stomach. knock
ing him down. After a rough-and-tumbls
fight they hotn got up and clinchcd, Me-
Cafrrey pulling dangerous looking dirk
knife and striking Smith with il in tho
right groin, and agaiu IN the ,ht leg, cut-
ting two muscles and three a. cries. The
cut In tho groin is the most serious, being
very deep and perhaps sevcring the intes-
tines IN several places. DR.. Leighton was
called from Boulder 10 attend tho injured
man. The doctor probcd in several inches
| but st,.l did not reach the bottom OF the
wound. IL was first though, that the man
would die right away. but the hardy con-
/ s;itiyiou of The rionc"r did not submit tn
I even tho awful cut OF the ncancst weapon
n man can use to punish an antagonist.
/ smith now lies In the house of Truman
/ Hopkins. While he does not nov suffer
much, the wound is such that swelling
aud inflammation may set in, and there is
| no hope at ms recovery.
After the a'rray McCaTrcy Wslkrd in,o
a saloon and said that ho was going ~
I give himself up. lie oFe-' = ,n sLuyuicr
I himor'r 20 Tou nYoloy. hprsr"rrr NJ lrrrv
/ 4 Su'llyAuH .7.'uay. hHa.HF tvfuEcu 20
,ak. him into custody and told him to get
on his horse and 20 to Boulder and hud
The proper official. lie thcrrupon started
for what the quiet citizens of BASIN
thought was the county seat. II seems,
! however. that upon further reflection
Mrrnrrcy changed his course of action
aud made preparations for ligAi TO the
mountains. Upon the arrival Of officers
from Boulder. pursuit was instituted, but
the fleeing man has not yet been caught.
McCaifrcy has a brother living in tho
Flathead country, and IL is supposed that
he will head that way. Ho is well ac-
quainied with the hills around here and he
could easily hide for days without danger
Of discovery. He took rife and tho
murderous knife he used. which will en-
able him TO easily procure the necessary
food.
Lately Smith has been a better citizen
than he had been for years and has madc
many friends, who are now making open
threats at lynching Mctanrrey should hc
he caught tonight. The excitement over
the affair Is at fever heat and nothing but
determined eilor' upon tho part ~ th1
| officers viii save LlIn iruin rough usage
should llo h" hrou"h' lcrc. Tho friends
of both parties are in town and drinking.
freely and an opcu rupture may take
place. Both the men are more than al
years of age, aud own considerable prop
er,y. mostly In mining claims. Neither
are married.