The Shasta courier., 1868-06-20
SH HASTA COURIER.
LIGHT WEIGHTS on THEIR MUscLE.-The S.
F. Call has the following.

! LIGHT WEIGHTS on THEIR MUsCLE.-The 5.
F. Call has the following.
Johnny Devine, alias " The Chicken" and
Johnny Nyland couple of slight weights"
who, when they are not preparing for some
fstic encounter in twenty-four-foot ring,
devote their time to drumming up sailors for
boarding houses on the water 'front.' becoming
disguised with the dullness of the times and
things on the Bay, agreed to start out and
have a little time, and see if they could not
raise an excitement. Accordingly they start
ed out FRIDAY night On a general " tear,
which they kept up all night. Yesterday
morning they commenced to make O RAID on
the various sailor boarding houses. and began
their operations by going into place on
Vallejo street. kept by man named Lewis
Here they started after the sailors and put
them to flight; and Nyland, plckingup
heavy butcher knife, the blade OF which Is
foot and half in length, slashed man
named William Cassele over the head, IN
ficting wound two inches in length. After
having cleared the place. they proceeded to
the boarding house of William Maitland, on
Front street, near Vallejo, and there attempt
ed to enact a scene similar to that which had
transpired at Lewis's. Here Nyland made
slash at the head of sailor who was standing
in front of the counter, but the sailor stopped
to avoid the blow, and the knife struck the
edge of the counter, knocking off a splinter
foot long. William Maitland, the proprietor
of the house, who was in bed up stairs, hear
ing disturbance below, came down, partly
dressed, and Immediately ordered the two
Johnnies out. They refused to go, and Ny
land, who still had the knife in his hand.
rushed upon the proprietor, evidently with
the intention of giving him dose of cold
steel. A struggle ensued, and Maitland,
being the strongest succeeded in getting the
weapon away frow Nyland. At this juncture
Devine came up and let fly his right on
Maitland's forehead, with sufficient force to
knock him over. Regaining his feet, Matt
land ordered the '' The Chicken" to leave
the house, but instead of obeying the order,
he put his hand behind him as if to draw a
weapon, when Maitland thought it was high
time to defend himself, so he prepared to put
Johnny and his companion out of DOORS
''The Chicken" resisted, and turning around.
made another Tass at Maitland, who struck
at Devine with the knife n Nyland had brought
in, and the blow in descending struck De-
vine on the left wrist, severing the hand
completely off. The effect of the blow eff
fectualy sobered the twain, and Nyland,
seeing his companion wounded, ran off, and
left him to get out of the lurch as well as he
could Maitland then went up stairs. dress
ed himself, and going down to the Harbor
Police Office, surrendered himself to Captain
Kentzel. He was charged with mayhem,
and released on $4,000 bail. The Chickens
wound was temporarily dressed, after which
he was conveyed to the County Hospital,
where DR.. Holman dressed the stump. A
warrant was issued for the arrest of Nyland,
on charge of assault on Cassele. He was
taken into custody in the afternoon. A
charge of assault with deadly weapon will
be entered against the two Johnnies.