Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-02
MEN IN DESPERATE
land BLOODY BATTLE
Lewis and Clarence Dellmon
in Hospital Suffering
From Wounds.
ONE MAN MAY DIE
Luther Mcintyre, Now in Jail. Yields
Knife Vici0usly in a Crowd.
ed Saloon.
ONE MAN MAY DIE

In free-for-all fight, in which a
pistol and knife were used. the latter
most effectively, in the crowded Board
of Trade saloon, last night, Lewis and
Clarence Dellmon were stabbed sever
al times, John H. Dellmon was struck
over the head with a blunt instrument
and Luther Mcintyre was slashed
across the wrist and hand. Mcintyre
is in the Jefferson county Jail, held
without bond, charged with assault to
kill, being committed by Magistrate
Gabe Meyer Clarence and Lewis
DellmSn are in the Davis Hospital
and because of the seriousness 81
Clarence Dellmons wounds, Coroner
H. e. Williams advised the authori-
ties to hold Mcintyre without bond.
In the fight VIM. Belzner, the pro-
prietor Of the Board of Trade, was
cut across the right wrist in trying to
separate the combatants and restore
order. Although no arrests have been
made with the exception of Mcintyre,
the officers say that Cap" Corder
and Ira Quinn were also in the mix
up. No warrants have been issued
for anyone but Mcintyre.
fight volunteered statement last
night, and it was difficult matter for
some hours to get any -definite~frfor-
nation as to the cause of the trouble.
Clarence Dellmon was stabbed in
the head and it is thought in the left
lung His condition was not consid-
cred favorable at midnight.
Lewis Dellmon was stabbed twice in
the head and he sustained several
knife wounds in the breast and Shout
ders.
Luther Mcintyre, who is employed
by the American Excelsior Laundry
Company and who welded the knife
so effectively, was stabbed in the hand
and slashed across the left wrist. 1t
is thought that his knife closed on
him, inflicting the wounds, as eye wit
ness say they saw no knives in the
hands of the Dellmons. He was ar
rested Immediately after the battle by
Assistant Chief Fiveash and Special
Officer Higinbotham, of the Cotton
Belt service.
One eyewitness to the affair told
the following story to Graphic. rep
resentative.
"John, Lewis and Clarence Dellmon
walked into the saloon. Mcintyre and
Quinn, who is also an employe OF the
laundry company, and Corder were al
ready at the bar. John Dellmon, in
walking to the bar, acoidently rubbed
against Corder. The latter demanded
to know what he meant by it. John
Eellmon jokingly replied that he had
come in to buy drink, or something
to that effect. One word followed an
other and before those around could
look up, John Dellmon and Corder
were together on the floor. At the
same time Quinn and Lewis Dellmon
and Luther Mcintyre, were in the mix
up, either trying to separate the 9TH
ers or fighting. Mcintyre, who CLANS
that he was trying to separate them,
finally pulled his knife and began
carving in the crowd. VIM. Belzner
says that he was pushing the men
from behind his bar, when he received
slight knife wound in the arm.
When the combatants were finally
separated they were all covered in
blood and were hurriedly rushed to Of
fices of physicians nearby and given
surgical treatment. Clarence and
Lewis Dellmon were taken to the Da-
Wis Hospital in a carriage.
The eyewitness says that somebody
pulled a pistol, but it was quickly ia
ken away.