A man accused of stabbing another man outside the Turf Bar last week told police he did not know he stabbed the man when they fought.

William Dean Jones, 46, turned himself in to Enid police Nov. 19, claiming the victim, Dusty McFarland, attacked him for no reason.

Jones was arraigned Wed-nesday on a felony count of assault and battery with a deadly weapon and is being held in lieu of $200,000 bond. The charge is punishable by up to life in prison.

Police responded about 7:50 p.m. Nov. 17 to the bar, located at 213 E. Maine, in reference to a stabbing. Officers found McFarland, 49, bleeding and suffering from several stab wounds.

Police got a description of the alleged attacker from McFarland, who was taken by ambulance to Integris Bass Baptist Health Center, where he underwent surgery for the life-threatening wounds.

McFarland’s doctor told police McFarland suffered four stab wounds to the chest and stomach, according to an affidavit. McFarland was in an intensive-care unit for several days and has since been released from the hospital.

A bartender told police a man and woman came into the bar with a baby stroller. She told the two babies are not allowed in the bar, and they left for a short time and returned again pushing the stroller, according to the affidavit.

The bartender said Jones pulled a blanket off the stroller and showed there was no baby inside. While sitting at the bar, Jones made a comment about leaving the baby down the block. McFarland overheard the conversation and went outside to search for the baby, the bartender said. The bartender said Jones, McFarland and the two women left the bar and when she looked outside, she saw McFarland and Jones fighting.

McFarland told police about the couple coming into the bar and said they were making a big deal out of the baby stroller. He said he thought they had left a baby outside and searched for the baby for 30 to 45 minutes before going back into the bar.

He said he saw the woman with Jones leaving and his girlfriend following her. He said Jones was following his girlfriend so he followed them outside, a scuffle started and he was blindsided by a punch from Jones, the affidavit states. McFarland said he grabbed Jones’ ponytail and dragged him to the ground while punching his face. Mc-Farland said he then felt a “warm sensation” and rem-embered telling his girlfriend he thought he’d been stabbed, according to the affidavit.

On Nov. 18, Donna Pierce, Jones’ girlfriend, spoke with police about the incident.

Pierce said she and Jones were pushing a stroller to her daughter’s house to pick up her son when they stopped at the bar for a beer and would take the stroller inside as a joke, according to the affidavit. She said most of the customers thought it was a pretty good joke, but McFarland’s girlfriend did not think so.

Pierce said she finished her beer and left pushing her stroller when McFarland’s girlfriend followed her outside, still saying the stroller was not a good joke and wanting to fight. Pierce said she told McFarland to get control of his girlfriend and about the same time McFarland jumped on Jones and started hitting him, according to the affidavit.

She said McFarland kept hitting Jones and noticed Jones had a knife. She said she tried to get the knife away from Jones but couldn’t until she bit his hand, according to the affidavit. Pierce said she tried to get McFarland off Jones but when she tried, McFarland’s girlfriend tried to pull her off McFarland. She said McFarland would not stop hitting Jones, so she bit McFarland’s left ear, according to the affidavit.

Pierce said she hid the knife used in the fight in an alley while walking to her daughter’s house and took police to where she hid the knife. Police recovered a single lock-blade knife with a total length of seven inches.

About 12:20 a.m. on Nov. 19 Jones turned himself in to police.

When Jones spoke with a detective, he immediately said McFar-land attacked him and he did not do anything, the affidavit states.

Jones said he and Pierce were walking with the stroller and decided to take it in the bar as a joke. He said there was never a child in the stroller and they showed customers there was no child in the stroller.

Jones said he and Pierce had a beer and when he went outside he saw Pierce and McFarland’s girlfriend talking, and as he went outside McFarland followed him, the affidavit states. Jones said McFarland attacked him and he did not know why. He said they were on the ground and McFarland was hitting him and pulling his hair, according to the affidavit.

Jones said he did not remember stabbing McFar-land, but said he remembered having the knife in his hand because Pierce bit him. He said he told McFarland to stop hitting him and when McFarland stopped, they both got up, according to the affidavit. He said he did not know he stabbed the man until Pierce told him she had read it in the newspaper.

When a detective told Jones McFarland had been stabbed several times Jones broke down crying and asked if he would be OK, according to the affidavit. Jones was shown the knife that was recovered, and he said the knife belonged to him and it was the one used in the fight with McFarland.