# Butch Weldy — Spoon River Anthology character guide

> Butch Weldy in Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0027-butch-weldy

## Who they are

A violent man who dies in a fight over a woman.

## In the story

### [Minerva Jones](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/spoon_river_anthology_se/chapters/minerva-jones)

Captures Minerva after a brutal hunt and leaves her to her fate.

### [“Butch” Weldy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/spoon_river_anthology_se/chapters/butch-weldy)

Narrator and victim of the explosion; blinded and crippled, he testifies in court.

### [Justice Arnett](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/spoon_river_anthology_se/chapters/justice-arnett)

Mentioned as being burned in the gasoline tank explosion at the canning works that may have shaken the docket loose.

### [Blind Jack](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/spoon_river_anthology_se/chapters/blind-jack)

Was riding with Blind Jack and Jack McGuire, roaring drunk, when the horses ran away.

### [Roy Butler](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/spoon_river_anthology_se/chapters/roy-butler)

Served as foreman of the jury that convicted Roy Butler.

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