The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-03-26
AN OUTRAGE.
Soldiers From the Fort Beat
Prostitute, Attack Citizens
Aud Play the Deuce -
-E-f Generally, sr-1

About 1890 o'clock last night a
big row occurred between the Mil
waukee Saloon and the White House
corner, in which four or five soldiers.
couple of prostitutes and one or
two civilians participated, and, in
which one of the girls was pretty
seriously hurt. The soldiers and
the girls had gone to the saloon and
1t is said quarreled all the way to it.
In the saloon the girls and the SOL
dlers had been Sparring together.
and when they got out they talked
pretty loud, all going to Annie
Stafford's house of ill-fame. where
the girls lived. At the time the
row commenced there were four
or five soldiers with the two
prostitutes, and in an instant per
sons on the street heard screams,
saw one of the girls laid out on the
ground and a couple of the soldiers
beating and kicking her unmerci-
fully. A soldier in citizens clothes
ran up and in attempting to protect
the girl had TO fight one of the SOL
'dlers who was kicking her, and
while he gave the fellow a sound
.drubbing, came off with a bad bite
on his chin. As soon as the girl
beater could get loose, he ran off, a
thing which his companion beaten
had done before. The other girl
struck out boldly and escaped,
and the other soldiers left
when the row commenced.
A young fellow also who
interfered to save the girl was given
a blow in the face. After the
soldiers had run away, the girl was
carried into the Wasatch drug store
and physician called on. She was
bleeding and bruised from the blows
and kicks given her, and at first it
was thought one of her ribs was
broken. While this did not prove
correct, the doctor states that she is
severely injured internally, her
lungs being so much injured that
her respiration is considerably
affected. She was subsequently,
carried to her place Of abode, scream
ing with pain.
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it is declared that only two of the
soldiers assaulted the girl, one being
known as "Dutchy," belonging to
Company E.; the other is known,
though his name is not, and is said
to belong to Company +. Both are
known, and no difficulty Will, it is
stated, be experienced in identifying
them. The citizens declare that the
soldiers had rocks, a fashion quite
common with them, which they
used freely. The police were in
veStigating the affair, obtaining
assistance from the soldier
i'll citizens clothing, who first went
to the rescue of the unfortunate
girl. The whole crowd, it is said,
was drunk, the girls also.
About 10 o'clock the same night,
only two hours and a half before,
four soldiers jumped out from
the alley near Wagener's Saloon,
on Second South street, and at
tackled a citizen, whose name
could not be learned, and so far as
is known, for no cause whatever,
save innate brutality. Here again
the towards, four of whom assaulted
one man, are said to have used
rocks, but none have sbeen captured.
Our city has more serious breeches
of the peace from the few soldiers at
Fort Douglas than from all the
miners that come in from the
camps and from the whole
of nearly $4,000 people.
They know that the city cannot,
so remarkably fair is the law, touch
them, and they do just as they
please. While it is true that the
authorities at the Fort
do all in their power to
keep the peace, nevertheless their
efforts are fruitless, in view of which
fact, as well as the additional one,
that the lives of citizens and the
police are in constant jeopardy from
the assaults of mobs of these
drunken and cewardly brutes.
citizens should go prepared, and go
as far as law will allow them in de-
Tending themselves. If a few of
these peace disturbers and assailers
of quiet citizens should get thorough
beatings, or one or two of them
should be laid up permanently, it
might have a SalutatOry effect OH
the others. 1t seems to be the only
rapOurSa left oitizeUS