The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-14
RECORD Of ONE PAY DAY
Two Men Carved While En-
gagged in Saloon Fights.
NEITHER BADLY HURT
Wounds Are Bloody but Not Deep-One
Assailant Used a Razor and An
other Knife - Results of
Pay Day Rows.

j Two cutting ARRAYS is the record of one
5pay day in Anaconda. The second of the
two occurred last evening between and
70 o'clock at the Resort saloon, on East
Commercial avenue.
NJ. P. McCarty was standing in the sa-
Eloon, when p Y. Murphy entered. Muir
ply was under the influence of liquor.
! Without saying a word, Murphy walked
up to McCarty and began slashing at him
Z with an open pocketknife. The first cut
made a gaping wound in McCarty's neck
!; on the right side. The others fell short.
! Bystanders interfered and dragged Muir
ply away. McCarty began to bleed pro-
fusely. He took his stand over a cuspi-
dor to allow the blood to drip into it,
when Murphy broke away and made
: slash at the left side of McCarty's neck.
: Again the knife wielder was seized and
dragged away.
Word was sent to the sheriff's Office
and Deputy Sheriff Daily responded and
arrested Murphy. Later it was learned
McCarty did not intend to prosecute, so
! he, too, was arrested to be held as a wit
ness.
< 1t is the opinion of the men who saw
( the cutting that Murphy did not know
what he was doing when he assaulted
McCarty. There had been no trouble be-
tween the men. but a short time before
Murphy had had a quarrel with another
man outside the saloon.
4 1t was about o'clock yesterday morn
ing when the first fight in which blade
! was used occurred. From J. o'clock to 8
large crowd of payday celebrants had
been making things lively in the bad
lands. There were two factions of the cell
ob,,. &c and fiy,f' 5,af tln,,
was narrowly averted several times Fl
( nally at about 2:30, while crowd of
about 40 or so men was congregated on
the street, one young man called another
\ vile name. The latter responded by
. striking his assailant. In a second every
I man in the crowd was fighting.
This disturbance was uuelled in short
j: order by the police. Then a portion of the
4 same crowd gathered in the Germania sa-
4 loon. had a little trouble there and then
\ went to Matt LAWNS saloon, where it
Z found another crowd. In a very short
n time Tim Sullivan, member of the
4 crowd, became engaged in an alteration
Z with Nora Smith and Mollie Rogers, alias
/! Mollie Jackson, colored women. The two
\, resented an attack he is alleged to have
z made on them and one of them knocked
i him down.
Z: On arising he charged at them, when
Mollie Rogers drew a razor and began
: SldSHlnS at MIN NlclouSlNt one dow IN
flicted a cut on his face extending from
the brow down the entire length of his
left check, Several cuts about the neck
a, damaged his clothing. but did not reach
VI the skin. The woman also cut his cloth
ing about the body. The man was bleed
ing fearfully when the police arrived and
arrested the women. A physician sewed
y up Sullivan's wounds.
: At o'clock yesterday afternoon the
: women appeared before Judge Kennedy
y in the police court
Nora Smith pleaded not guilty to the
+ charge of disturbing the peace. This man
jumped on me in the Germania saloon -
said she. II left there to avoid trouble
and went to Matt LAWNS place. He fol.
lowed and jumped on me again.
Her bail. which she did not give was
fixed at 800 and her trial set for D, m
I to-day.
Z The other woman entered A plea of moi
guilty to the charge of assault in the sec.
ond degree, a felony. She declared hel
true name was Molie Rogers In view
of the gravity of the offense charged bal
was fixed at $500, which she was unable t.
give. Her hearing was set for D. m. to
day.
Joe Rossiter, who raised a disturbanc
in the All Nations saloon on Tuesda,
evening. was fined $40 for disturbing tn
n peace. In default of payment he went t
p Jail.
Judge Kennedy also dealt with Jacl
Roberts, who had disturbed the peace
, He was fined $40 and costs, which he paid