Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-27
STREET FIGHT ON
MAIN THIS MORNING
Dr. Mayo and Alma Katz Come to
Blows Over Alleged Broken
Political Promises
WAS BRIEF BUT LIVELY SET-TO.
Neither Man Much Hurt Incident the
Occasion of No Little Excitement
Both Men Tell Their Stories.

There was lively ilstlc encounter
at the corner OF East and South Tenn
Pile streets this forenoon The princl-
pals were DR.. Mayo, county physician
and Alma Katz Their troubles We're
the result Of alleged broken convention
promises II appears that KATE ac-
cused Mayo Of voting for Cutler for
governor when It was claimed he had
given his word that ne would support
Wells The charge was first made In
the convention Then IL was published
In the Herald yesterday morning.
Mayo said It was not true, and this
morning met Mr.. KATE at the corner OF
Second South and Fast Temple streets
shortly after 10 o'clock. The men tell
quite different stories of the fight. This
is what they say.
MR., KATz's VERSION,
Mr.. Katz when seen by a representa-
tive of the News" said: Il want TO
give you the facts In the case Here
they are. / had just been into the bank
with $500 IN my pocket TO give to my
mother, who leaves for Europe in the
morning My hands were In my pocket
70 protect ii. AS ! came out saw DR..
Mayo get out Of his buggy Then he
came towards me ana | expected trou-
BILE for | had heard that he was going
TO smash me- Accordingly | took Oft
my glasses and put them in my pocket
and got into condition in which I
could defend myself II necessary The
doctor talked quietly for a moment and
was not as bellIgerent as | anticipated
In little he became apparently quite
reasonable and concluded that he did
not mean fight | put my hand In my
pocket and replaced my glasses on my
nose. Then took out a cigar and was
proceeding to light II when without a
word OF warning the doctor did smash
me. ] was not much hurt, however
and closed with him I'm a twinking but
did not land on his face though / will
warrant that he has quite as many
bruises as | have This encounter on
the sidewalk lasted for couple OF
minutes when we rolled down the steps
together AS We went down we were
both hurt some and my money rolled
out right and left, fact that quickly
discovered. crowd commenced to
kffli'A 'ih NltiltHth NY tll lDbHt
and commenced TO pick up my cash.
which wanted more at that particular
moment than ! did Mayo though | am
perfectly willing to meet at any time
and place and win do 80 as soon as |
can And him for | expect to HEX him
good and plenty when | do find him.
He made the promise before the pri-
mary to support Wells He made II
to me afterward and he made II In the
convention He probably knows why
he didn't keep his word. That Is about
all there Is TO the story beyond the fact
that you see ] am not badly hurt.
DIR. MAYo's VERSION
Or. Mayo when seen gave his version
OF the trouble as follows;
II have been Cutler man right
along, but | did not feel disposed to
tell Mr.. Kats just where | stood be-
cause | did not take kindly to his bull
doing tactics. | went down to the
convention and cast two votes for Mr..
Cutler, not that had anything against
Governor Wells, whom / consider a
perfect gentleman, but simply owing to
political reasons After the nomination
Mr.. katz came over to me ana sheer
ingly referred to me ms the honorable
DR. Mayo, ! did not take any notice OF
him even when he called me a breaker
OF pledges; because put II down to his
feeling bad over the result Then he
went around among my personal
friends saying all sorts OF scurrilous
things about me, and calling me A..
49, ---, which Of course all came back
TO me, That evening l made up my
mind that | would see him and ask for
an explanation, but he left the conyen-
ton early. The next morning the Her
aid came out with an interview which
have reason to know Katz wrote him
self
This morning ! made It a point 20
see hm--in fact / waited on Second
South to meet him, asked him to ex-
plain his conduct lie said that he was
not responsible for the Herald inter
view | told him that he was one
word led 10 another and then | knocked
him down. lie came at me again and
knocked him down once more Then
we both rolled down the steps under
the Walker bank and both OF us kept
going until he begged me TO stop. |
then went TO the telephone and called
up the chief and told him what had
happened and where he could find me
IN case / was wanted, That is all there
Is to &C..
81 don't propose that any ward heller
and bulldozer like Mr.. KATE is shall
speak Of me and to me In the fashion
that he did, and | did the only thing
possible to let him know my position"
This mornings fight was the second
physical encounter Of Mr. KATE within
the past "a hours, as he had a mix-up
with Walter Price a Cutler supporter,
ut Saltalr last evening Friends pre-
vented serious damage being done,