Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-07-16
.HIlliard 81 DemOtt q Circus.
sA MIaHry RouaH Crowd.


Circus day has como and gone, and with IL
some exciting events. Teams and wagons
loaded with people began 10 arrive il town
early IN the morning and By noon there were,
perhaps, 800 people in town. The parade
before noon, and the menagerie and circus
swere as good as was expected, some Of the per-
formances being quite good. Previous to the
beginning Of the performances ascanvas man
attacked s. s. Glidden, Of the west side, but
gotworsted in the contest. During the con-
,tinuance Of the concert, after the close Of the
circus exhibition, two Of the circus men pot
into fight, and ]. Root, who had been APP
pointed on the pedal police force, arrested
one Of the mon engaged in raising the disturb
ance. At this number of the circus men Of
Tered resistance to the officer, who stood his
ground until oyerpowered by them. He then
procured the assistance Of John Young and
one or two others and returned to take the arr
rested man. A dozen or more OF the circus
men again pitched in, and although no blows
were struck, after q lively tussel the man who
had been arrested was enabled to make his es-
cape. Mr.. Hilliard, on the part 81: the man
,agement, appeared during the ARRAY and Of
Tered to become responsible for the appearance
Of the man before the village justice of the
peace, and very creditably tried tosallay the
difficulty, hut Us the circus men had main
tanned an insulting and menacing attitude,
and had declared that they would not submit
to or respect the authority Of the police officers
Of the village, Mr. Root determined to take
the man il possible. Heaccordingly called a
few more men to- his assurance, but was then
unable to find the man, although p diligent
search was made for him. 1.-THE circus DULLES
had been. az nxious to test the power Of the
village to enforce its ordinances as they had
pretended, they would have kept the man on
the ground and let the question Of power be
tested. All the persons engaged ii resisting
the officer should have been arrested as soon
as sufficient force could be organized, but as
not more than one Or two Of them could be
identified, being strangers, this was not done.
Unfortunately neither Mr.. Root nor the two or
three men who aided him had any weapons
with them when the ARRAY occurred. : ..
+, Afterwards, a circus man persistently made
himself obnoxious to q young + lady in
company with Charles Young; and when re-
monstrated with by Mr.. Young, he struck at
him. Mr.. Young then knocked him down,
cutting his face quite badly, and the trouble
ended. - - - n s*3sss:. =
/ At one time during the afternoon s. S:
Glidden, was struck in the face and small
cash cut BY one, of the transfers. II was ex7
pected that there would be- . big fight uring
the evening, and the police force was accord
ingly increased but the circus men then. ap-
peared TO be on their good behavior, and no
further disturbance occurred lis, perhaps,
due to Messrs. billiard L Demott to state that
they and some Of their employees acted. per-
fectly gentlemanly throughout, and werea
parently much annoyed by the disturbances
which occurred, but a large number Of the en-
ployes are DULLES and ought to be in prison.
The, next morning the managers discharged
the boss canvas man, whom they considered
the most to blame about the disturbances.