Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 214, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1914 — It Was Roy Grayson and Not Will Who Was Slashed. [ARTICLE]

It Was Roy Grayson and Not Will Who Was Slashed.

The writer went to Shelby Wednesday afternoon to learn the particulars about the cutting affray that occurred the day before. It was Roy Grayson and not Willikm Grayson, who was injured. Whether his injuries are as bad as reported or not we were unable to tell. Ten cuts were inflicted, much as described in the previous article, except that he was not cut across the face and that the wound on his breast was on the left side instead of the right Not only was his lung exposed but the heart also. The cut across the abdomen was several inches long, but the lining of the stomach was cut only in a place or two. Jim Doty, who was driving a mule team hitched to the wagon the men were riding in, states that when he was attracted by their fuss Grayson was on his back and Jones was slashing him. Grayson succeeded in kicking Jones back and as he fell against the wagon seat Doty grabbed his arm and wrenched it and he dropped the knife. Grayson clambored out of the wagon and Jones picked up a device that was in the wagon and threw it, striking Grayson on the arm. Grayson dragged himself into a yard at the side of the road and sat down in a chair oh the lawn. He thought he was going to die, as he was bleeding from all of his wounds. ' After being taken to the Dotyhome he was treated by Dr. Tate, of Thayer, and Dr. Iddings, of Lowell. He had been at Shelby only about two weeks. He was not intoxicated, so several say, although .Jones was half drunk and had With him two bottles of whiskey and a bottle or two of beer. Jones is a bad man and two years ago severely beat up two men, one named “Joe Van Sickle and the othet “Doc” Kinney. He uses a knife whenever he gets into trouble. Dity has his knife, which has a small but very sharp blade, being ground half away. Jesse and Will Grayson are both with their brother. They have been working near Morocco and both are deporting themselves very well, it is said. Roy has been a good deal of a roustabout and had trouble here only last spring. Whiskey is his trouble. Two years ago at Minot, N. Dak., he suffered severe injury, having his right leg broken in three places, his left in two places, his right foot smashed and a big bolt forced through the thigh of his right leg. He was in a hospital five months. Recovery from that accident seemed miraculous and leads to the belief that he will get well this time. He is a powerful man, being 6 feet tall and weighing 215 pounds.