The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-03-30
COMMUNICATIONS FROM j. F. CHASE
AND GEO. PERRIGO.


lin the Telegraph last week. In these com
munications each writer not only speaks
for himself and gives his version of the
fight. which he had right to do, but mis-
represents the article in the Telegraph
which he had no right to do.
Mr.. Chase commences his communication
thus 81 notice in your paper Of March
%. an account Of q Female Fight ab the
village of Bristol, and from the falsehoods
therein contained, I do not wonder the
writer withholds his name" From this the
reader would naturally infer that there was
/ bat little in the article but falsehoods. But
when Mr.. Chase particularizes the false
hoods he mentions but one, that one OF the
promenaders made some remark about the
Young woman which was not very compll-
mentary. This he says is pronounced by
the two women assailed as false. Mr..
! Chase's statements differ in two other res
respects from the article in the Telegraph,
The weapon used by the young woman was
club and not a soap-stick, and Mrs. Fer
rigo was knocked down with club and not
thrown down to the ground with the WEIGH
hip lock.
Mr., Perrigo says; 81 see in your issue OF
this date comm unication headed Female
Fsqht. Now sir | take the responsibility
and hold myself responsible for what say !:
That the communication above stated is ut
terly false, and no truth in it," Well, it 1T
is utterly false, and no truth in it, the ladies
were not passing neighbours house, the
young woman was not on the steps, AID did
not belabor one of the ladies with Goap
stick or any other stick or club, and did not
throw the other lady to the groInds and
neither of the ladies were struck or thrown
or hurt.
| And now for Mr.. Perrigo's responsibility.
Unfortunately for his responsibility MS state
ments confirms nearly all the statements IN
the Telegraph article, He denies that the
ladies wore pinbacks denies that one OF
them made a remark not very compliment
airy to the Dung woman; denies that she
was scrubbing the steps and says she used
club about two feet long and one and
half inches in diameter instead of soap
stick that she used it over Mrs. Chase's
head and shoulders, telling her to the ground;
and that she knocked his wife down to the
frozen ground, returning to her while lying
on the ground and striking her again. Els
denials are mostly of non-essentialss and
most of the essentials of the article in the
Telegraph are confirmed by his statements
Mr.. Chase denies one statement in the
Tel egraph, and Mr.. Perrigo may intend to
deny it. upon which it is essential the truth
should be known. That is the remark at
tributed to one of the ladies in relation to
the Young woman as they were passing
where she was. The remark would not
Justify the assault and battery but IL might
right, but if he is, unfortunately for bis side,
the other side got the start of his side. We
never heard or saw his side IN this respect
| It'll we read it in his communication.
| The Female Fight article in the Telegl aph
NAV have had some inaccuracies OF DETAIL
but there was nothing in it intended TO be
false On the contrary, it was intended to
be truthful. as near as the truth could be OBJ
tanned Before going to press the week
before last gentleman, not a resident OF
Bristol and not allied with either the Chase
or anti Chase party, who was il our office on
other business, gave us the first Information
we had of the Bristol Female Fight. 1t was
as follows Mrs. Chase and MRS. Perrigo
were passing house where Miss Stevens
was to work in the stoop, and Mrs. Chase
made the remark, ''There is the -
using word not only not very compliment
tary to Miss Stevens, but very uncomplimen-
ltary and approbious. Miss Stevens started
Immediately with stick or club for Mrs.
Chase and struck her over the head ahd
shoulders. Mrs. Perrigo interceded to stop
the striking of Mrs. Chase, upon which Miss
Stevens turned upon Mrs. Perrigo and with
the hip lock threw her upon the ground
hurting her very badly.
! Upon the Telegraph reporter coming in
we INQUIRED if he had heard of the woman
fight in Bristol and upon being informed that
he had not we related what we had been
told. Knowing that the fight would have
, two sides and believing that our informant
might have heard more of it from one side
thar the other, we said nothing about it in
that issue of the Telegraph. Subsequently,
we asked the reporter to obtain the facts al
! near as he could in time for our next issue
and the Female Fight article in the Tee
graph last week appeared as the.substance O.
the information obtained.
At first we thought and our readers may
think it strange that Messrs. Chase and
Perrigo shouldwrise such communications
: But upon reflection we can see some reasons
: not seen at first, and we shall give them thu
: benefit of them. Neither of them is accus