Arizona republican., 1909-06-30
MOTLEY AGGREGATION
 SPENT NIGHT IN JAIL FIVE OF THEM WENT TO THE COUNTY JAIL FOR SEVEN DAYS-ONE HELD
 OVER.
The Toughest Looking Bunch That Has Invaded Tempe in
 Long Time.

The Tempe jail was occupied by g
 motley aggregation of men Monday
 night, a half dozen all told, and il
 would have been difficult to have
 found a worse looking bunch. They
 were typical hoboes of the worst
 type and any one of the lot looked
 as if he would slip a knife up d
 mans back for a two-bit piece. How
 such bunch ever landed in Tempe
 is a mystery. for that class is not common here.
 What happened during the early
 part of Monday night in which this
 bunch of strangers was concerned
 would make long story if all told and if all the incidents of the even
 ing could be unraveled and straight ened out. One of the party was in deeper trouble than the rest, for he
 had turned loose of a bottle with al- most deadly effect, and an innocent bystander, also a stranger here, got the full effect of if.
 The aggregation was taken in town about II o'clock Monday even ing, in the rear of the corner saloon near the old NJ. & P station, by DtPulN ciSdio- AAt ltiA Ng had been spending the early evln- ing in that vicinity consuming booze of one kind and another, and between 10 and II had imbibed enough to start a quarrel or two. The deputy was attracted by the noise and slipped into the back yard, whure he watched proceedings. About II Mir. De Troy, proprietor of the sa loon, who was engaged in a game of cards with B. H. Woods and some others, went to the back end of the saloon and told the men to be quiet A couple of them had just then start ed in the back door Mir. Woods was standing just a little in front of De Troy when one of the party, Vim. Hays by name. let go of an empty bottle of good size. The bottle struck Woods a crushing blow on the side of the face, breaking the bottle to fragments, scattering glass over the men and laying open the whole side of Woods face. gash to the bone was cut from his hair to his neck, about eight inches long. The young man was stunned for a moment and bled profusely. A doctor was hur- riedly called by phone and the wound dressed. MT. Sigala lost no time in arresting Hayes and took him and five more of the party to jail. The other five gave their names as John Giblin, Chas Planning. T. s. Scanlan. Frank Riley and Jas. Noble.
 When arraigned before the justice yesterday morning, Hayes denied all knowledge of the affair. He admitted that like the rest of the party, he was considerably the worse off for drink. and the events of the night before were a total blank to him. Attorney Leyman, assistant district attorney, was present yesterday aft ernoon at the hearing of the man. The bottle was exhibited as evidence, or rather, the neck of it, for that was all that was left. and number of witnesses were examined. The fact that a bottle is not regarded in the eyes of the law as a deadly weapon let Hayes off comparatively easy. Just what will happen to him is not yet known, as he will not be given his sentence until some time today.
 The other members of the party were brought up later in the day and were all sent to Phoenix for seven days each. None of them had the wherewith to pay fine, so took the alternative. They got off easy. by far too easy. When men are as scarce in the farming districts of the valley as they are now and when work is as plentiful as it is. there is no excuse for d bunch of men of that kind making the night hide ous. They should be made an ex- ample of and should be taught that Tempe does not tolerate that class of strangers. They are undesirable citizens in the truest sense of the word. This particular bunch will probably not drift back this way again, light as their sentence was The only reason it was not made heavier was that none of them had a cent, and the time they spend-in jail is only an expense to the county