The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-01-03
ATTEMPTED FRATRICIDE.
Bloody Fray With Slunsshot and Knife
Between Half Brothers.
JEFF. HAhGUS STABBED IN The SIDE
10 Further Com mis-
sion of Crime Stiil Goes on, for
Not Even n Preliminary Exami-
nation Is Held.

About half past two O'Clock Wednes-
day afternoon man rushed out of Hills
Monogram cigar store store yelling "Mur-
der" repeatedly at tie top of his voice,
and holding his hand to his left side,
from which blood WAS squirting. Several
women passing along Yakima avenue, in
in the vicinity, picked up their skirts and
quickly made themselves scarce.
1t was nothing; only one OF those trag.
edies which have been so frequent Of late
and OF which nothing ever comes in the
way of criminal punishment. Two men
have armed themselves for fray--one
beats the other over the head with a
slungshot and is stabbed in return with a
ready knife. The one who suffers the
greatest injury is taken home; the other
gives himself up to the police authorities
and is turned loose the next day, not
withstandng that he had caseknife-
ground down to dagger point-espec-
tally for the man who became his victim.
and forced the fight which terminated in
blood.
The combatants were half brothers
Jefferson Hargus, aged 80, and John Pel
aged 20. In October last Hargus mar
ried widow from The Dales with five
children. Pell became enamored with
the oldest child, Il girl OF sixteen years,
and wanted to take her to his bosom ~
wife. The girl was willing, the mother gave
her consent, but Hargus objected and
here the trouble started. Several rows
resulted and each was looking for con-
flict, il not seeking it. Wednesday Har-
gus was seated at a table in the card
room of the Monogram when Pell enter
ed. They greeted each other and Pel
said "let's settle that matter" "What
natter" asked Hargus. "Ohl you
know was the response, and quickly
they were going for each other in true
pugilistic style. This was too tame, and
the courts bad shown that there was no
penalty attached to bloodshed, SO Har-
gus pulled a rock wrapped in a bandana
handkerchief from his pocket and COM
menced beating Pell over the head, and
the latter drew case battle-ground
to point-and plunged it into the left
side of his hall brother. The fracas ter
minated here for Hargus ran screaming
into the street, while Pell handed his
knife over to an onlooker named Luther
Elliot. Elliott says he didn't want to be
mixed up in the affair, SO he dropped
the knife behind the coal scuttle, but the
weapon could not be found afterwards
although close search WAS made.
Hargus was taken to DR.. Wintermute's
Office where his wound was dressed by
Drs. Wintermute and HILL The blade
entered the left side, in the vicinity OF
the kidneys, but owing to contact with q
rib it only penetrated to depth OF about
four inches, and the wounded man was
soon in condition to be taken home, no
fears being felt for his safety, but THE
HERALD learns as it is about ready for
press that there is turn foi the worse
and that the state OF Hargus is some
what critical.
Pell gave himself up to Officer John j.
Backer and was taken to the county Jail.
from which he was liberated without ex.
animation, after remaining over one night.
Hargus is brother of Mrs. George Will
son and Pell half brother. Mrs. Har-
gus, it is ssid, is dissatisfied with her Sec
ond matrimonial venture and will take
her children and return to The Dalles.