The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-29
NEARLY CUT ARM OFF.
Martindale Young Interfered
in Brothers. Fight.

In an unequal fight between Clarence
and Martindale Young on one side and
Fremont Campbell on the other Mar
tindale Young was severely injured and
Mr. Campbell was bruised about the
Clarence Young and Campbell We're
5olnJ partners in the drug stores at S36
and sol Kansas avenue. They dissolved
partnership and Young and Campbell
met at the store al sol and after a short
quarrel came to blows. Martindale
Young interfered and took a hand in
the fight and after striking Campbell
in the face and knocking him down was
struck by Campbell on the left hand
and forearm with the glass door of
cigarette case. which had been thrown
down and broken earlier in the fight
The sharp glass cut through the flesh,
tendOns and arteries and made wound
from which the victim viii not recover
soon Young was taken to Stormont
hospital The cut in the forearm was
bad one and it took nearly fifty
stitches 10 close it after taking up
the arteries. DR.. Mum says that ne
never saw a more prOfuse flow of blood
from any wound, and it is a wonder the
boy did not die from loss of blood be-
fore reaching the hospital
Clarence Young's version of the trou-
bic is as follows:
MY brother and were invoicing the
stock about o'clock when Monte came
in and started the trouble. He IS dls-
satisfied with the deal we made in di-
viding the business. in which got TINS
store and he the Ninth street one. lie
kicked and struck me. and l ran from
him. and we all, myself and the boy
and two clerks, begged him 10 quleI
down and behave He acted ike crazy
man. and had me cOrnered when lna
boy interfered and struck him. The
cigarette case was knocked down ana
broken. Monte got the door Of the case,
with the wood still attached to one side
of it, and raising it, made a lunge al
me I ran. and then he wheeled and
slashed at the boys face with the
sharp glass. My brother threw up ms
left arm to ward the blow. and it near
" cut his arm off. The doctors say he
will lose the use of his hand. Before
Campbell used the glass as weapon,
he tried to strike me with a castiron
cuspidore, and the clerks took 1t away
from him. intend to prosecute Camp
bell to the limit
Campbell is a cousin of the Youngs
c. r. Young and Campbell have dis
solved partnership Campbell was seen
AT the Ninth street store this morning
and said Il am sorry it occurred, ana
admit that 1 was partly to blame. At
the same time I think the blame was 40
more mine than theirs. They were both
on me and / had TO fight. If Rome
had stayed out there would have been
nothing serious Clarence kicked me N
the groin and then the boy got in and
hit me in the face "a mark on Camp
bells. nose made good this statement)
/ did not strike at the boys face with
the glass, and as remember it. his arm
was across his breast I would rather
have let them beat me uD than to hurt
that boy as / did. for we were the pest
Of friends. The trouble was ali over
when Clarence came up to me and re-
newed it by abusing me and when
went after him he ran
Campbell is of slender build and does
not look strong but he has an ungov-
ernable temper.