Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1914 — CUTTING AFFRAY AT WATER VALLEY [ARTICLE]

CUTTING AFFRAY AT WATER VALLEY

Ro.v Grayson of Rensselaer, Badly Slashed by a Knife User Tuesday Afternoon. Roy Grayson, one of the trio of Grayson boys of Rensselaer, was slashed to pieces Tuesday afternoon at Water Valley by “Bobbie” Jones, a “bad man” of Shelby. Grayson had been working for Jim Doty of Shelby, and Tuesday with Jones (visited the Folgli saloon on the south side of the river at Water Valley. It is presumed that both also partook freely of booze there, although Grayson is said to not have been intoxicated, and when they finally started back home Doty overtook them on the bridge, in a wagon, and both got in to ride with him. They soon became involved in a quarrel and Grayson is said to have knocked Jones down. The latter drew a pocket knife and lunged at Grayson, cutting a frightful gash in his chest, and kept up the slashing until it took nearly 100 stiches to close the wounds. Doty finally wrenched the knife from Jones’ hand or he no doubt would have killed Grayson right then and there. Jones was pretty well "jagged,” it 4s said, and had a; supply of booze with him at the time.

Grayson was removed to the home of Jake Warner, and later taken lo IJoty’s home, after the doctors had sewn up his wounds. While fright*, fully cut about the chest, arms and neck, it is thought that he will probably recover* Jones was landed In jail at Crown Point and will no doubt spend a few years in prison as a result of his handiness with the knite. Grayson is about 29 years of age and is unmarried. He has been in North Dakota considerable of the time for the past few years and had been working for Doty only about two weeks, it is said. His brothers, Will and Jesse* who have been working about Morocco, are at his bedside.

Jones is 2G years old. In speaking ot the affair the Crown Point Star says; “The prisoner has talked but little on the subject to the oft Hers, but has said he supposed everybody had a fight to protect their own life. Sheriff Friedley didn’t hear enough of the altercation to form an opinion on whose shoulders the blame rests.”