The Springdale news., 1915-09-17


 Soon tiring of the bloody fray. the officer was allowed to get To his feet; too weak from the loss of blood and the heavy blows to hardly walk. and b show further resistance to the combatants who oatnamLefed Linn four to one. A hazy dizziness had overcome the officer in the melee, and he wabbled, and half-Valked to the front door of the shop, and on to the sidewalk; here he told a part Of what had happened The fresh air reyiYing him Avis started back in to the market, when bystanders in- terferred and would not permit Al- wis then asked the senior Nail to come out on the sidewalk. but the crowd WAS gathering and further trouble was prevented
 The above is Avis own story of the affair, just as given to the edi- tor Of Tha News. Who asked him for particulars, and who further verified the facts set out above #aftX he had partially recovered from his injuries
 Fifteen minutes after the fi~lt the editor of The New Interviewed Hunter Nall. i1 the market where the trouble occurred, aaa =he positively denied any connection with the af- fair, other than benis# #ia#the front part Of the shop when Avis walked in, and making his son.6Ghas stop fighting, after they had gotten into the front part where he was seated. He did H8t deny tHat His sn had the fight with Mi. nor did he de ny Avis ealline him =t9 tie front door, and abusing him after the fight Was over
 He stated that Will Noble was ret in the shop. to his knowledge. at the time the affair was staged, but was at the poetoffice on business. He fur ther stated that Lin Hinson lad ne connection with the affair That ae saw.ZHe did not know the eause of trouble furt her=tasaa. what his son had told him. after lad ar l red
 Ghas Nail the principal aeeresser ia t6e fight. and wlla= does not denE the szt. MS next seen He stated that Avis had been boaGafne md abusing him for sometime. and tHaz when came ffftf=tt#e 1aarkae Tuesday afternoon, and Was taking to him, that Avis Used m oath. and called him q fiaf that aa then struck Avis and tbe fight start el. He said that he was the oriy one in the affair and that the ath= CTS mentioned had aa connection with il whatever and that he f5a@Ef #it6 lis b8re= fists He stat ed further that he had beau aeeus q bg AfFfs of haviae some connection with the Sunday trouble here last April. and that he had been almost at the fighting point with Avis on other occasions, on this account.
 Lin flins5n was heNtseen, and lie yehementy denied any connection with the fight iu any way, other than stating that he saw the great CT part of it. and that Avis asked him to take Nail off. and that he re piled that he had been fined once for interfering with fight. and he didn't care about getting mixed up in another one. He said that he did not come through the east door, behind Avis and Nail. while they were fighting, but walked in the doef on the west side Of the partition. while f was going on.
 Will Noble, the meat cutter de- nies any connection in any partiea- lar, stating that he vas at the post office. and knew nothing of the eory fight until he met Marshal Avis com ing out Of the market. as he was returning
 The stories Of the fight are very conflicting, and 1t seems that there were no witnesses to the affair, ex cept those mentioned above. Up tc this time no one has been found who knows anything of the trouble, eX- cept the five alleged principals. and U give true facts, other than set out above is Impossible
 How long the fight lasted, no one seems to know, hardly longer than three minutes. The shirt was torn almost off the back of Chas. Nail bur he shows no signs of the miX-up in any way. nor do any Of the other far ties who are accused.
 Marshal Avis, however. bears evi- denee of struggle that must have been sudden. sure and certain, and one that must have been furious and bloody while it lasted.
 Young Nail was arrested late Tues day afternoon by Deputy Constable Chas Henson. on warrant charging