The Cedar Mountain Saloon Stabbing

As a result of a saloon row at Cedar Mountain on Sunday night, a coal miner named A. N. Obel was stabbed three times and dangerously wounded by Antonio Bojar, an Italian. The wounded man was brought to Seattle last evening and is now at Providence hospital under a physician's care. His assailant was captured within an hour after the assault was committed, and is now behind the bars of the county jail. Obel and Bojar were playing pool in a saloon, and through some slight difference of opinion regarding the game, got into a dispute. Bojar became angry and struck Obel on the head with a cue. This aroused the ire of Obel, and he attacked the Italian in earnest. Grabbing his antagonist around the body, he threw him to the floor, and then a terrible struggle ensued. The men thrashed around on the floor in such a confused mass that the bystanders could not discover what was being done for the time being, or who was getting the worst of it. The Italian had not been idle, and although his opponent was larger and more powerful, he evened things by the use of the knife. When he was thrown to the floor, Bojar drew two knives from some portion of his clothing and commenced to work for Obel's heart. The first thrust he made with the knife in the right hand entered above the sixth rib and pierced the lung. His left hand was busy stabbing at random and produced a deep cut in the right thigh. The second stab with the right entered the lower point of the left shoulder-blade, but glanced off. The third and probably most dangerous was at the heart and entered at the lower point of the sternum. Dr. Koons operated upon Obel at Providence hospital yesterday afternoon and says he has hopes for his recovery if pneumonia can be avoided.