Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-07-25
STABB|NG VICTIMS
ARM REPORTED To
Be BADLY INFECTED.
J. o. WoERNER, ATTACKED AND
STABBED BY LANDLORD FOL-
LOWING QUARREL IN CoNsUM.
ERS' STORE, PUTS IN BAD
NIGHT-HEARING is DELAYED.

| With his arm badly swollen and
in almost constant need of medical
attention, j. o. Woerner, manager of
the Consumers company, yesterday
assaulted and stabbed by John Nc
Bride, his landlord. is reported IL
| serious danger of blood poisoning to-
day. His condition is such that Nc
| Brides preliminary hearing before
| Justice of the Peace George Koenig
| had to be delayed pending the out
| come of Mr. Woorner's wound
Mcbride arrested shortly after the
attack on his tenant, was released
on appearance bonds of $4,000 until
such time as his victim will be able |
to appear in court to prosecute a !
charge Of assault with a deadly wea-
pom filed against the defendant. An
attempt will be made to hold the
hearing Saturday morning
Woerner, n man of strong phys.
ique, appeared after the cutting to !
suffer but little pain from the two
lCEG slashes in his right arm. one
above the elbow and the other below !
on the forearm Last night. how
ever the arm began to swell and by 7
early morning il Is reported it had
swollen to almost double its normal
size. Doctors attending him express
ed fears of serious infection. in
which case the victim will have a
hard time Of it before recovering
from the effects of the poison in his
Ati Ia l,...1 1I,,
arm Wocrner during the night suf-
fered two hemorrhages.
DAnials that Mcbride used pock-
etknife or Woerner were heard in
several places today among them be-
ing the sherff's Office. where a re-
port reached the deputies that Nc
Bride slashed at Woerner with a
butcher knife having an eight inch
blade. Mcbride denied this allega-
ton and stoutly maintains his only
weapon was the knife he turned over
to Chief of Police Ford after his ar
rest
The C4arrel and subse uent stab
bing in which Mcbride and Woerner
figured occurred yesterday morning :
inside the Consumers store on Main t
street in the presence of several Y
Witnesses
The debate began when Mcbride, -
from whom WOerner rented a house :
III West Main street. tried to evict a
l's tenant to regain possession Of /
he house. p
Mrs. W0erner stated this morning
hat the argument was caused by the n
act that Mcbride wanted to raise !,
he rent WOerner would not stand n
or the RAISE and had decided to =,
move out the first of the month. s
This did not suit Mcbride, who want fl
I'd them to move right away. len
. Tho arPnment waxed heated and
when Wocrner told Mcbride to leave q
h" store at once the landlord is ac d
used CT having drawn the knife and a.
timed it at its intended victims fC
'ack, but a warning cry from one of II
PATRONS caused Woerner to turn vi
uickly and the result was the knife ct
instead of being plunged in his back, 10
unk in the right arm and left two
aping wounds, with combined ci
ength of about ten inches. Mcbride, III
fter the cutting, skunk from the gro ia
cry and went to his home, near that el
t Woerner, and there was taken in VI
ustody by the chief of police and IN
'atrOlman Jesse Holmes. He offered to
o resistance against arrest. III