The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-12

cuffs upon both men instantly. Ac- l cording to the sheriff, Reilly. was not ] sober and was quite free in his yer 1 biage. He would cry out, ''I finished I hira,'' T can lick the whole Warren
 canap,'' 1T can lick the Warren broth
 CTS themselves, ''a2s' He'll put pork in the
 beans hereafter,'' etc. Speaking to
 Jones he said, You started the do-
 tngs, but I finished them I guess I'll
 have to hang"
 The sheriff took a razor wrapped in
 an envelope. from Reilly. The. latter
 stated Lucas had attacked him with it
 and that after hitting him in the head
 with the pick handle had knocked it
 from his hands. Among other ram
 blings Reilly said in the. presence of
 the sheriff was Self preservation is
 the first law of nature.' D
 The testimony of William Jones
 was: ftI was resting in the camp af-
 ter completing my roundst when
 heard Reilly call out, Willie Jones'
 Reilly with Lucas and Elmer Ander-
 son came into the tool house. They
 began. singing, The Old Mill Stream
 All had been drinking but not enough
 to be staggering. It was I who start
 ed the argument about the grub we
 had at supper time. I told the chef
 I. hadn't received any meat, that I
 expected more than beans for $4 a
 week. The chef then said Here's a
 bill for $65 for meat for just this
 week. He began getting: quite angry and said that he. wouIdn,t letzany man
 fool with him.. He pulled out razor and said, tI'I cut your heads off if you fool with me. You're all the time kicking. Reilly all ths=-ttme was lean ing against, the door but never ut 1, tered a word. All of a. sudden, the | chef began talking to Reilly and said, l You're the one that's doing most of the kicking. I'm going to take this 1 razor and write my name all over your body Anderson then spoke up
 and said that he ought not to say :, anythin g ito ReiI1p as he had not made
 any kick. T don't care said the chef, | I've got. in it for him anyway Reilly l then stepped outside and the chef fol- | lowed. I sheafd "a blow and going out IT saw the chef on his knees crawling towards Reilly at the same time whip
 ping at him with the razor. I saw
 Reilly hit him across the arms and l knock the razor from his hands. I l told Reilly to quit which he did. I 1 took Lucas into the house and sat 1 him upon a chair. I then went after
 his son. Reilly and the. boy and An 1 derson came back to the tool house l Reilly washed the blood from the
 mans, face. Reilly said to the boy, l That's what he gets for calling a man out of his name When we got Lucas 1 back into the camp we went looking for the razor. I found it and placed 1 it in an envelope handing It to Re1l- 1 fIy told him if anything should come l up he might need it for evidence. The razor belongs to mel think he-must | have taken it from under my bunk Elmer Anderson the next witness, resides at 83 Webster street. He re turned. from Bridgeport with Reilly and Lucas on the last ear to south 1 port Saturday evening. Anderson ad- mftted that he was pretty drunk All went to the tool house where they met Jones'. The latter asked the chef what the trouble was at the evening meal
 as he had only beans. and no meat. The
 chef took up the argument with Jones and also began picking on me and
 Reilly. I told him I had done no kick, ing that I was satisfied as I had re- ceived meat that evening. He started on Reilly who later went out. I@Went out and went up to the camp. can't remember just what was said, was too sleepy. and had taken too much to realize anything Anderaon f-stat9ed
 that he did not see Lucas take out a
 razor. The first he saw of that in strurnent being when after the assault ing Jones and Reilly came into the camp and showed. others the razor An
 derson went back to the tool house and with the assistance of. others took