The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-08
FOUR ARE IN CELLS
POLICE MAKE SEVERAL ARRESTS
FOR THE ASSAULT ON PRI-
VATE MCCARTHY
WOUNDS WILL NOT BE FATAL.
LATEST REPORTS ARE VERY
HOPEFUL FOR THE RECOVERY
OF THE PATIENT.
NO CLUE AS YET TO ESTABLISH
Stab Observation-Disclosures Will
Not Tell.

| Ouot w III IL w AS w iIO
observation-disclosures Will
| Not Tell.
| The cutting ARRAY on West Seventh
street early yesterday morning, IN
which Charles E. Mccarthy. mem
Der of Company D, Of Fort Smelling
received six knife wounds, and James
w. Mccarthy, a member of Company
F. also stationed at Fort Smelling, was
badly pummeled and kicked about the
face, promises to be less serious in
its consequences than was at first
| thought The wounded man rested
| comfortably yesterday, and the physi-
clans say that none of the knife
thrusts penetrated vital parts, being
| only superficial cuts, which will prob
ably heal within short time. The
fact that Mccarthy escaped with his
| life, however, is in no way due to the
| consideration of his assailants, as the
number of stabs and their location
shows the wielder of the knife to have
slashed about viciously with the weap-
on, and to have missed inf1icting fatal
lllJNI ISo OIlly ny CIldllCC' liC I'LL NC
cuts on McCartny's head appear to
have been made with greater force
than those about his body, and, had
either of these been inflicted about the
heart or lungs, the consequences might
have been more serious The stab in
the back between the shoulder blades
is also quite deep, nearly an inch and
half, but the muscles and thickness
of the flesh prevented the blade from
reaching the bone. James Mccarthy
went to Fort Smelling yesterday, no
serious injuries having developed in
his case, beyond painful Commissions
from the kicks he received about the
head and face.
The McCarthys say there were six
young fellows in the party which at
tackled them, four of whom are under
arrest on the charge of assault with
a dangerous weapon. They are John
Wrigley, of 220 Goodhue street, who
was stopped by several shots from Of
ficer Markets revolver when the po-
liceman responded to the cries for help;
Joseph Clinton, of 285 Walnut;
Michael lyman, of 42O Banfl street.
arrested an hour after the cutting by
Offer Murnane, and Dennis Igo, of 357
Sherman street, apprehended by Officer
William Smith and Sergeant Davis,
shortly after o'clock. The prisoners
are all young men under twenty three
years of age, Wrigley being scarcely
more than a boy. Each denies having
done the cutting, and they join in the
statement that McCarthy's wounds
must have been inflicted by one of the
two of the attacking party who es
capped arrest. Who these persons are
the prisoners refuse to say, claiming
not to have known them, but the po
lice do not credit this claim, and say
it is either an attempt on the part of
the prisoners to shield some one else,
or to cast doubt as to the identity
Of the cutter The only weapon found
on the prisoners was a broken pocket
knife taken from lyman. There were
no blood stains on the knife, and, in
it's present condition, it would appear
impossible to have inflicted the wounds
with this weapon. as the only blade
in it swings clear around in the han
die, without any back support to keep
it open. The police say, however, that
a klll6 IillSl III HAVE DSGn bLOheA III
the manner of the one in Tynan's pos
session in an encounter such as took
place On West Seventh street, though
no direct charge is made as to who
did the cutting. Each of the other
prisoners denies having carried
knife. The police say that Igo and
lyman are tough young fellows capa-
BILE of making vicious fight.
The story of the fight, as told by the
fp1IOTNc un6nr arrest is in
eral corroborative of McCarthy's state
ment, published in the g | o b of yes
terday, though from neither side can
it be aScertaned exactly how the trOu-
bic started. The prisoners say there
were six in their party.Which was COM
ing from a saloon at the foot Of James
street on the flats. They walked in
pairs, they say, and when near West
ern avenue met the soldiers. The
prisoners say there was nothing said
on either side, but that in q moment
the first pair of their party was en-
gagged in a fight with the regulars.
Those under arrest deny having any of
them been the first to become en-
broiled. but they admit that when they
saw their companions mixing things
up they all rushed to their assistance
and took a hand in the fight. The
prisoners say the Mccarthy boys
fought desperately, and bOWled several
of their numbers over but declare that
they saw nothing of any cutting, and
did not know any stabbing had been
done until their arrest. Mccarthy
claims that the other Young fellows
started the fight by pitching into him
and his brother He says he does not
know any of his assailants and that
he and his brother simply did the best
they could to defend themselves after
being set upon.
The police last evening further in
Vestigated the Stabbing affray, and are
of the opinion that the four men un-
der arrest are the only ones concerned
in the affair. It was learned at the
saloon where the prisoners say they
spent the evening that only the four
who have been arrested left the place
together, and unless they were joined
by two others on their way down town
the police say that the Mccarthy
brothers were assaulted only by
party of four instead of six. The fact
that the prisoners claim there were
two others with them is believed by
the authorities to be only a subter-
fuge to shift the responsibility for
the cutting. g.
considerable discussion among the
companions Of the McCarthys at the
fort, and it was given out cold that
any intruders on the reservation in
future who could not give a satisfac-
tory account of themselves might eX-
pect to be accorded the same kind Of
treatment given the two soldiers in the
city. -