Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1893-07-22
A CUTTING SCRAPE.
Mike Sullivan's Throat Cut by
j. Zimmerman.
Sullivan Says Zimmerman Drew the
knife First-The Con-
stable Mum.

night by Constable Jack Zimmerman.
The affair grew largely out of misun-
derstandings. 1t originated in a few
| words over writ of attachment and the
Goals of wrath were famed by talk from
the outside relative to the matter. They
met last night, words, explanations
peace, handshakings, drinks, more words
| blows and the knitting followed.
MIKE sULLIvAN's STORY.
Mike Sullivan was in bed this morn
ing, his usually ruddy face quite pale
| Bandages surrounded his face. and on
| the right side of his neck quantity OF
cotton protruded under the cloth. He
smoked cigarette prepared by his wife
He talked in low tones.
81 am pretty weak" he said, "from
the loss of blood. Why, sure; I'll tel
| you all know ABOUT the affair"
He explained that the beginning was
two weeks ago, when friend of his
named Cunningham, consulted him
l dOOuu a hiobbCA AOldtAFc W LILO dlldC1-
ment of the S. P. saloon. Sullivan ad
vised Cunningham that the papers in
the affair, made by Lawyer Murphy
should not be needed. A few days later
Sullivan and Zimmerman met 10 Judge
Culver's office. Zimmerman asked if
Sullivan was representing Cunningham
He was informed that he was. Sullivan
bad claimed the papers were not right
and had threatened to take q change OF
venue in the matter.
"Jack, in the meantime" continued
Sullivan, sit seems, had heard that /
was going to do him up. Now Jack and
l have always been the best of friends.
When he passed me on the street and
didn't recognize me lately l didn't un-
derstand 1T.
WHERE 1T BEGAN.
Last night Cunningham and were
going up Meyer street, near the Palace
hotel, where l was going, and We met
Zimmerman-we happened to meet him
said Hello, jack and made some re-
marks about sore foot had. He says:
I'm not afraid Of you, Mike Sullivan.
l heard you were looking for me to do
me up"
81 told hum l had no intention of do
ing him up. That Cunningham was
my friend and Bail was his friend, but
that was no cause for trouble between
US. | told him I'd go to any man.
woman or child in town and prove that
| never said | was going to do him up.
"Then we went up to Alex Rossi's.
made it plain to him that | was all right,
and pretty soon he said to me: Well,
10y golly! Nike, / think you are pretty
square, after all. l am pretty sure there
is nothing in it.
"'You can rest assured there is moth
ing ID it, l said. We then had three or
four drinks apiece and he suggested
that we go down town. AS we went we
met young Bob Paul. He seemed sur
prsed to see Jack and l together. He
says:
"Hello, you two together again.
Zimmerman and / were shaking hands,
ard he held my hand about ter min
utes.
"When we got in front of Davis's
house Jack brought the old trouble up
again. | was tired of it and said:
"'Jack, let that drop. We've settled
that He misunderstood me and
thought l was angry and pulled out mis-
pocket knife and made for me. He
says:
"'You, Mike Sullivan, you can't run
mer With that | knocked him down.
AS be was in the act of getting up l
kicked him in the face. His knife was
in his hand and when he fell he cut
himself on the hand with it.
Il was satisfied he had had knife
or1 70 MI
had kicked him and knocked him down.
So l saw l had no show, for l was I'M
| armed.
$50 went into Burdette's saloon, be-
hind the bar, where l knew there was a
club, and got the club. AS l came out
young Bob Paul, Cunningham and Doc
ley were standing there. Two of them
got hold of me; Bob Paul was one Of
them. / showed him aside once. Then
Bob Paul rushed in between Jack and l.
"With that Jack reached over Bob's
shoulder and cut me. | ga W I was badly
| cut and ran for the doctor-Dr. Spencer.
WONT APPEAR AGAINST ZIMMERMAN.
Sullivan says that he will not appear
| against Zimmerman in court. 81 don't
want to see him punished there at all, y
| he says. "There are whole lot of ways
of getting even," he continued.
Zimmerman would make no statement
this morning. 81 wasn't there" he said,
facetiously, "and know nothing about
it." His face shows some ugly cuts and
bruises. One hand is also in a sling.
His examination comes up before
Justice Scott Thursday morning.
Zimmerman Is out on bonds, IN the
sum of $4,000, furnished by James Fin
ley and VIM. HART.
Toothers his tale is not very dissimilar
to that by Sullivan. He says they were
drinking together and came down the
street wrangling.
DR.. Spencer dressed Sullivan's
wounds. He first set about stopping
the flow of blood. The flow was con-
siderable. This by careful handling was
soon stopped.
DIR. Spencer is Of the opinion that
Sullivan will recover.
THE CUT.
The cut was through the hat band,
opening the lobe of the right ear, ard
down rather deep into the neck, a wiuks d
cash several inches long, The blood
flow was stopped and the wound in part
sewed up. The rest was not sewed up,
to obtain better compression of the
blood vessels. Sullivan was taken heme
in a carriage this morning. in which he
got with a little assistance, smoking
cigarette the while.
Zimmerman yesterday morning in a
talk with Charles Weber, was joked
with by Weber about what Weber had
overheard others talking, that Sullivan
would ''do him." This was evidently
regarded seriously by Zimmerman.
The Approaching Dinner Hour