The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1913-11-28

William Mo Ooneghy. lum ber.
jack working for Bracken a contrao-
tor for Coz Bros near Santa was
badly stabbed early Sunday morning
Very little Is known about the stab
bling, Mo Ooneghy himself could
not give any of the particulars and
the other members either do not
know or II they do know will not tell
anything about 1t The stRbblnR
occurred In the bunk house some time
between twelve and one O'Clock just
how it occurred no one seems able to
tell Some of the men had been out
to Santa and had brought In several
bottles OF liquor A number of the
men including Mo Ooneghy were
drinking and having a general good
tlne, they we're carrying on and hav-
ing a scufflinR and having a general
rough house when one of the men
bit No Coneghy At this point the
stories are pretty hazy, one report
was that there was a general hght
during which Mo OoneRhy was
stabbed, another has It that while
they we're wrestling some one reached
10 and stabbed No ConeRhy neither
be himself or any one elae seems to
know who did It
After being stabbed be sank
down on his bunk along side of
which the stabblnR took place Bis
partner who was in the bunk reached
out and helped MIN to lay down Nc
ConeRhy said nothing about being
stabbed aud bis partner knew moth
ing about It until be came to xet up
Ia the morning when he found the
stnIued with blood and upon exami-
nation found that bis bunk mate had
been badly cut In two places "a the
chest and In the abdomen, His intes-
tines we're nrotruding through the
latter wound DR. Platt Of this city
was lnfol med by telephone OF the
staLbIng and the mans condition and
be started at once for the camp He
found the Injured man in a very Ser
ious condition
lie had lost 30 much blood that
there was very little chanoa Of saw
ing him even Il neither Of the two
wounds should prove fatal The
QUITTING bad evidently been done witt
q sharp knife with a keen point, and
an examination showed that not only
had the intestines been let out bui
that the point OF the knife had pene'
trated the bowles through the wound
in the abdomen He also found the
wound In the chest very deep and
that one of the lungs had been pene
arated In order TO take advantage oi
the very slight chance to save the
mnn It was necessary that he D'
brought TO this city where an opera
tion coSla be performed and aftei
HtaunchP IN the flow of blood and
binding up the wound the Docto
had him placed upon the train ans
he was brought to this city
He was very low when be Rrrive
and It WAS thought very doubtful
be could stand the operation bot th
chance had TO be taken The woun
in the bowels was sewed up, Ihe In
testInes forUed back Ia place aud th'
inoisIon 10 the abdomen Dressed g
we'll as the Injury to the lung It did
not seem possible that he could liv
until morning but the next day
was conscious aud although he coul
speak with difficulty he was able
give some account of himself as we
as aomething Of the cutting althoue
he could not tell who did 1t He gaV
his ags "a % said heis unmarried an
that bis folks live in Ontario Oanad
The officials at Occur d'Alene vel
notined of the stsbbing aud Depnl
Sheriff Sawyer came up and made q
Investigation The knife With whic
the cutting was done was found.
WAS stag handled lor
bladed knife with a dagger point
Sawyer could fud out very lItt
Of the particulars OF the case. eith
no one knew anything about It
else they we're shielding the perpet
tors He arrested two men in comm
tion with the case One Is the mi
who is said to have been fighting vii
Nc 90 ueghy but he is not believI
=, have done the stabbing There seen
TO be no positive proof that the 9th
did the cutting and be denies haviI
any connection with the matt
However Sawyer took the two men
Occur d'Alene yesterday mornil
and they will be held to answer
the charge Neither OF them SEEM
TO be at all worried over the matt
when they we're put aboard of {
boat Either they do not realize {
seriousness of the matter or else th
are Innocent aud realize when I
truth being found out aud exonerI
them from all blame
As We go to press Mo Oonoeg