The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-03-10
GRIMM Al VARIETIES.
CuIisd Here ana There from the Rig DaI
lies.
\ Terrific Encounter.

\ Terrific Encounter.
James Elliott, noted prize fighter, was
killed by Jerry Dunn, well.kn0wn CHI
Csgo sport, in Billy Langdon's saloon, on
the corner OK Dearborn street and Calhoun
Place, Chicago, on Thursday night Of last
which one seldom reads of except in dime
novels. Both were large, muscular, pow
erful men, and knew that the encounter
meant death Dunn had been hunting FL.
liot, al! afternoon, drinking freely, and IN
the evening tracked him 10 the above.
named saloon, just as Elliott, IN company
with Fred Plaisted, had seated himself at
y table in the rear dining room and order.
cd some supper,
Dunn entered the dining room hastily
ana u moment altcrward pistol shot was
fired, and confusion followed. There were
AZ ldast dozen persons at supper in the
room, three or four Of them women. Attcr
The first SHOT, which was undoubtedly fired
by Dunn, Elliot jumped up, and, selling
u chair, struck al his Antagonist In de
scendiug the chair caught the glass globes
over The gas fixtures, shattering them to
pieces. The crash was immediately iol.
lowed by another shot, and Elliott Chnched.
Dunn, who backed INTO the front room.
The men caught each other. and went 10
The floor. They rose again, Dunn backing
toward the barroOm entrance into the res
taurant, with Elliott grasping HIM. plais-
tee ran up and caught the two, but was
thrust aside by the giants, who were in y
death struggle. Once more they went
down, this time within about eight feet OF
the barrOom door. Elliott was on top, and
bang bang went the pistol shots. The
women were screaming and men sccteted
themselves behind tables, boxes, and any
thing that offered the slightest protection.
a second time the combatanta regaincd
their feet, and Tough! down toward the
centre of the room, away from the saloon.
Both were frnc then, but Elliott seemed
TO be sinking II was horrible sight,
these two powerful men armed with deadly
weapons, with murder IN their hearts,
seeking by all means in Their power to
slay each other. Not a word WAS said.
The scattering Of chairs, the hoarse breath.
ing and occasional muttered curse Of Dunn
and Elliott, or the frightened whispers OF
the spectators and suppressed screams OF
the women, and above all, the quick sue
cession OF pistol shots, combined to make
Il fearful scene. The death struggle WAS
soon over. Elliott had received two NOR.
tai wounds, and, exhausted from the inter.
nal flow Of his lfe's blood, he fell to the
floor between HE second and third tables
In the front room.
He was fighting even il death sud drag
Eed Dunn down with him.
There the men lay, Dunn on top Of Lis
fast dying antagonist, until the policeman
came, lie was taken up and mGTched
over ct his ogn request TO Claytons.
Elliot remained on the floor, the death
damp on his brow. Fred Plais,rd hurried
TO his side and asked HIM If he were hurt
YES, ! think I'm killed"
Some one asked If he was . Catholic
lie answered yes, and begged them to 60
for priest.
A grl was sent Tor a priest, and during
her absence he again whispered request
tor minister.
Then he asked Plaisted To put hi. over.
coat under bis head. He SAID no more,
but turned on his side, and in twenty min
utes was a dead man. r..,
Dunn received an ugly pistol wound in
tho head and was otherwise so badly
bruised tina, he has been taken to the
Alexis Hospital, where he IL said to lie in
a dangerous condition.
Each of the men has a history. Elliott,
manly for prize fighting, bu. also for a
daring highway robbery, tor which he
served 10 years in the Philadelphia peni-
Tertiary.
Dunn Is II professional sporting mali
that is, cumberland owns some race hor
ses at Chicago. He also has seen the in
side of a penitentiary, having served two
years al Sing Sing on conviction. for
granddaughter.