Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-24
RAY GILL IS
 SHOT IN NECK Secretary State F'air Asso- citation Wounded by Hot
 Springs Detective.
QUARRELED WITH HIM
Potts Was Taking Him Hom. Early in the Morning, When Gill Used
 His Knife.

Hot Springs, July 23S-RaE Gill secretary of tha g~>4te Fair Associa- tion, is lying at the Napor City Sani- tarium, dangerouSly wounded as the result Of an encounter with City De- tective Potts about i: go o'clock this morning
 He was shot through the neck, and not through the head, as has been reported and it is belieyd at this time that he will recover. unless compli- cations arise The bullet entered the back of the neck and passed out in front missing the vertebrae and the jugular vein about an eighth of an inch. and striking no vital organ. A fractional defection would have caused instant death
 From the best information obtain able, it appears that Gill had been out with the boys" during the night and had become intoxicated Detec- tive Potts. a personal friend of his, was trying to take him home in cab against his wishes, and a quarrel ensued.
 II is said that finally Gill drew a | knife and began slashine at the of ! ficer. and succeeded in infIicting sev- eral slight cuts on his left arm and his right wrist while he was attempt ing to ward off the blows. Finally, Potts says he got ont of the cab, locking Gill inside. and mounted beside the driver Gill man. aged to unlock the door and got out, renewing the quarrel. Upon the re- newal of the attack. and claiming to have acted in self-defense Potts fired. and Gill fell At first it was feared a mortal wound had been in flicted, but he was hurried to the sanitarium, whore surgeons ascer- tained the character of the wound and this morning announced that t is not necessarily fatal. Potts went immediately to the city jail and surrendered to the officers. The weapon used was an automatic pistol, and the bullet was steel-point- ed, making clean hole Gill also has slight abrasion on his nose. be- lieved to have been made by himself with his knife.
 Ray Gill is we'll known throughout 1 the state. Several years ago he was in the newspaper business here and later was on the city detective force for time. Then he became secre- | tary of the State Fair Association, and has been one of the most active in pushing the interests of that en- terprse. Last spring he entered the office of State Superintendent Geo. l B. Cook al Little Rock, as an assist ant in the Department of Education. | Early in June he was granted a leave of absence until November, to devote his attention to the state fair He is very popular here. in Little Rock, and wherever known in tne state, and is not naturally of a ] auarrelsoem disposition He is B years old and has a wife and daugh- ter.
 Mrs. Gill arrived on the morning train from Little Rock, having been called to her husbands bedside,
 The sincerest regret is expressed by all on account of the unfortunate affair.
 We'll Known Here.
 Ray Gill is well and fayorably known in this city, where he fre- quently visited in the interest of the Arkansas State Fair. He was in this city during the recent Arkansaw Travellers convention and made a speech at the convention hall, invit- ing the Travellers to the Fair He Is a good platform speaker and mas many acquaintances throughout 'n''