Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-03-25
CUT
TING ARRAY
James FenIey and Richard Hall Come
Together Over Some Land
Business.
HALL is SEVERELY INJURED
Has Halt a Dozen Serious Cuts About
Head, Neck and Faee-He Will
Probably Recover.

What came neal resulting in a IA
tai fight occurred about s o'clock Mon.
day evening on Main street in front
of Kearney's saloon between James
Fenley and Richard Hall, two ranch.
ers from the lower Musselshell coun.
try.
The two men have been partners
for some time past in the ranching
business but came to a disagreement
over a desert claim lying on Cat 'reek
in the ~unsurveyed lands in the east,
ern part of the county known as the
band lands. Their conflicting claims
finally came to a contest, which vas
begun in the land office Monday af.
ternoon, David Hilger representing
Fenley and r. Won Tobel appearing
for Hall. The case was not complet.
ed that afternoon and was continued
until yesterday morning. but when
the register and receiver opened the
land office for business yesterday
morning neither of the principals were
able to be present. one of them being
in the hospital with a punctured wind
| ripe and other cuts distributed about
his person, and the other being in
Jail,
After supper the men went in Kear.
ney's saloon and. to all who observed
them. were apparently on amicable
terms They played cards together
and no quarrel arose until they both
gpt ur and went outside. Very SCOT
they were heard indulging In a wordy
alteration, each threatening to do all
sorts of bodily harm to the other
Hall, who IL the larger of the two men
pulled of his coat and made ready tc
fight it out, but Fenley made no Wis
ible effort to prepare for a fight.
Z. +. Lindsey, who was one of the
inst to see them getting ready to
fight. got between them just as they
started to rush together, and believ
ing that they both were armed, eth
er with knives or pistols, told them t.
throw away their weapons. Hall i'm
mediately handed Lindsey his knife
saying that he had no need of a knife
Lindsey thereupon stepped aside and
the men rushed together. They were
again separated and it was then not
iced that Hall vas bleeding profuse
ly from several cuts about the neck.
face and head.
He was taken into the saloon, where
a hasty examination showed that he
was seriously injured. DR.. Treacy
was called and the injured IA taken
to his office, where the doctor proceed.
ed TO sew up his wounds. In the shoul.
der were two bad flesh wounds. which
required two stitches, one scalp
wound, two cuts in the neck. one of
which partially severed the wind pipe,
one just above the upper lip and an.
other bad cut on the hand, were also
sewed up. He was a CHASTITY looking
sight when the doctor started in on
him. but refused 10 use an anesthetic,
gritting his teeth and submitting to
the painful stitching of his wounds
with scarcely a murmur. After he
had been patched up he was taken
to the city hospital and is getting
along all right with excellent pros.
poets OF recovery.
Fcnlcy Immediately surrendered to
the officers and was taken into Gus.
tody by Sheriff Slater. He expressed
no computations for his deed. simply
saying that il was done in s~clf.defcnse.
The feeling between the two men Is
very bitter and as both are hot-hcad.
ed to a great degree. il is feared that
as soon as they get out of the present
scrapc they will meet again with yet
more serious results.