Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-10-10
No ALARMING SYMPTOMS.
The Victim of Thur sday's sta B.
u b,ng Afffay ID Ding as Well
3' s as Expect ed.
TOO EARLY TO PREDICT RESULT.

His Assailant Charged With
Assault With a Deadly
~ Weapon.
1 Abraham Anderson, the boy vic
tim Of Thursday afternoons stab
bing ARRAY, is said by his physician
to be doing as well as could be ex-
pected, no alarming symptoms
having developed as yet. While to
all appearance he is doing well, the
doctor states that it Is yet too early
to predict any definite results. There
are no Indications at present that
his lung was penetrated, but it may
develop later that it was. 4. 5..z 6, .&
The nurses at the. hospital, an
swering questions in regard to this
patients progress. stated that he
appeared very bright this morning.
and while they OF course know moth
ing about the ultimate result of the
boys injuries, his condition,now is 8.
good sign in his favor.
All sorts OF runors concerning the
| injured lad were afioat last evening.
One to the effect that he was dead,
was quite widely circulated, and an
other claiming that he could not live
till morning was passed around even
more freely than the former, and
neither had any foundation in fact
further tina II it was known the boy
was injured. r.. - ~ $z$sssz Il
All sorts of .rumors could also. be
heard about the affair between the
two boys. 1t was asserted that a
clerk in Johnson's J; store named
Hjalmer was willing to testify, that
he saw the Anderson boy chase the
Dargis boy with a knife, and al
though a diligent search was made
for the man named Hjelmer by "a
representative.of this paper he could
not be found, nor could any man be
found who could give any definite
idea as to who began the quarrel.
One man, named Peter Nelson,
clerking in Philips store, near where
the ARRAY took place, says. lie saw
the boys quar- Jig, and saw OAR
eis strike the other boy, as he
thought with his fist. He thought
it. an ordinary boys quarrel and
paid little heed to IT until he was'in-*
formed that one of the. boys was
stabbed. His recollection is that the
Anderson boy was standing with
his hands down to This sides
when he was struck, and was MAX
ing no demonstration toward as
saul ting the other @ ~ IL !, - . s4-t
Hjefner Anderson, q Brother ~
the injured hoy, states that his
brother had a knife in his pocket but
did not pull it out wien the row
was on. A few minutes before, how
ever, Dargis, he claims, was. stand
ing on O'Shea's dray with the two
O'Shea boys, and Dargis drews,a
knife with the blade open and point:
ing it threateningly at " them
remarked that he had "a dandy; pig
stabber.'' Young Anderson then,
his brother says, pulled his knife out
of his pocket, displayed. it to the
boys on the wagon, and told them
that he also was provided with a
| weapon. 49,: &.- -, =
The knife used by. Dargis belonged
to one OF the O'Shea boys, and was
handed to Dargis either by his re-
quest or voluntarily a short time be-
fore the alteration. -.
1t seems there has been a row on
between the Anderson and Dargis
boys for some time, and the O'Shea
boys, according to stories, We're also
mixed in it, taking the part of the
Dargis boys. s.g. ... ..->... T.. =.
Alarge number ofyoung boys, and
older persons =, as well, acquainted
with all the boys have been inter
viewed, and the blame in this affair
is attributed largely to the Dargis
boys. OF course both sets of boys
tell different stories, and it Is difficult
| to tell which is. the true one, but if
the opinions expressed by those who
claim to know are, unbiased, and
there is any truth in the statements
OF others, that weapons have been
carried and flashed" before by the
Dargis boys, itewould seem quitecon-
elusive that they were to blame in
this affair. 1t also looks as il the
O'Shea boys were not tirely blame
less III bringing about this quarrel.
However, they are not made parties
! to the crime .sssg&. y
John Anderson, father OF the in
iured boy, made g complaint before
Justice Shaw Thursd lay evening, and
the warrant for Dargis' arrest
charges him with an assault with a
deadly weapon. ii. ~.