East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-19
3 men SERIOUSLY .JURED WHEN
UNDERWORLD GANG ATTACKS THEM
FOLLOWING QUARREL IN SALOON

home with deep cut on one side Of
his head, numerous cOntusions and
several torn ribs. Carl Churchill.
bartender, is at the hospital suffering
from a fractured jaw and Roy Stuart,
another bartender, may lose one of
his eyes as a result of deep knife
Iwounds.
From the stories told by the injured
men, it appears that the trouble which
led UP to the assault occurred earlier
in the evening in the saloon. Nelson
st. Dennis, who tends bar at the
Olympia, had laid off for the day and
his place had been taken by Stuart.
However, he dropped around at the
saloon during the evening and asked
a number of friends to have drink,
depositing $3.50 on the bar. Think
ing that this might not be enough. he
stepped over to Morrison and asked
him for another five. When he re-
turned, the cash which he had laid
on the counter had disappeared and
he inquired who took it.
With an accusing conscience, Tod
hunter, who was lined up at the bar,
Immediately demanded to know
whether he was accused of stealing
the money. This led to hot words.
made more hot by reason of the state
ment of Morrison that he had seen
Toddhunter pocket the money. No
blows were struck but Toddhunter
was ordered out of the saloon.
Are Waylaid.
Shortly after the closing hour, IL
o'clock, Morrison and the three bar
tenders went over to the noodle par
lors in the State Hotel. orner of Cot
tonwood and Webb streets and ate
midnight lunch. Toddhunter, in the
meantime, had evidently collected his
gang for when the four men stepped
out of the restaurant, five or six others
; dashed around the corner of the build
ing and attacked them.
| st. Dennis was knocked down by
fist but Immediately regainei his feet
and ran to the police station. Morri-
son was struck several times with fists
before he fell stunned by blow from
a vitrified brick. Churchill was knock
ed unconscious with a brick at the
first onslaught and declares he rem
embers nothing of the occurrence.
Stuart was cut just above and below
one of his eyes, the wounds being
made by a knife, according to the
opinion of the attending physician.
Night Officer John Russell was at
tracted to the scene by the noise but
at sight of him, the gangsters broke
and ran in all directions. He pursued
one of them but in the darkness the
fugitive eluded him. Besides Todd
hunter, only one of the gang was rec
ognized, he being shorty Saunders,
a we'll known character who has been
much in the company of the under
world gang.
All of the attacking party evidently
left the city for the search conducted
by the officers has so far been una
vailing. Warrants have been issued
for their arrest upon complaint OF
District Attorney Steiwer and II is be-
lieved the men will be captured, for
messages have been sent to all neigh
boring cities and towns.
DIR. ]. A. Best, who attended Chur-
chill and Stuart, stated this afternoon
that the former had suffered a COM
plete fracture of the left lower jaw
bone besides numerous bruises and
abrasions, and that the latter would
probably not lose the sight of his eye
though a knife had cut through the
lower lid. leaving the ball exposed.
while a three cornered missile had
struck him above the eye. Stuart Is
also a mass OF bruises. he declares.
Churchill's injury will not permit him
to talk.
DIR. o. f. Parker attended Morrison
and declares he found him suffering
from a great many bruises and contu-
sions on the head. face, body and
legs. He does not believe the in
jured ribs were torn or broken.
Tdddhunter. the leader OF the gang.
is VIII known to the local criminal
world, having been implicated in any
number of crimes from "bootlegging"
to larceny and white slavery.