Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-07-25
KNOCKED oUr - EVERY BOUND.
riara L.4ck of Three f01ng Nee mo
Visited the axe o. S4n0ag

f-lsE .ll,ilg sF--lllg lnree go1lZ ulsn ~
lnls etg Ed Aag.ls~s, traak slsh All
Charles hgan. s-su CUT q hsec'- LaAs ~
sse lae a4l1. Welsh lad besa there oaee
80 ezice before and szs @eu glease'd
silb rle tap. thal he si-hsd lls frisnas "
rs IL Il sas the 6rst uslt Tor kyan AID
81 sltoss alla llleas lisg cilaa1-ss their lnlI11s
.s .lll erohaoly oe their last ihs t1ree a.
-iFel 81 taa laAs zL.-t 5 y ci1cks secared a
rt,sf ana sslt icngs- - the Plgleer Land
LIZ. alefe tlsE @eIL ashore. la taxing
s4A ID me see~ls lneI to1Dd 8 erosd
salcnlll a sort ~ tnlMble ~ game
s1lel sa. ll pr3zre-s "a a. i1prOslsed
l4l.- = ths sE.lllo ~ q tree. The game Eas
gla.et sltl three nat -8slL- and little ball
kla ulager ulzllLllAles TIE shells and Ua-l
4nt tnea aiLox- any one mo THINKS be Knows
sllca shell cogers the bail - pag =, ~
much ulore or less al ne wishes, ~ nnd out
tn4L he s.. mistaken ti8r friends watched
tne game a fe1 minutes aud Welsh got On
e. rI- -lap. ~ seeing the 0lsfator remove
th aal from Lle table 80 mat 70 "a .de 40 dlf-
fsre1ee which she'll Eas selected the DetLof
sas slre to ll-e elsh sas ssked - Try lis
llck he repllea tlaL ~ be 10 bet he
xolid zaaf the ball on the table part Of the
time. 9r lsasa tie manipulation Nhy
fe lid lot leave the ball under one
chance Ia three 90 Nln- Welsh renaFk
giving tle game away irritated the prolre-
tar aud tl-y proposed 10 slug hlm he
talked back and finally one OF thsm kicked
BAN iu the stomach with such force a. 10
double him up aud leave him helpless on the
ground. A. the man va about % kick him
again hFau luIrrfered aud told him "a stop
ana for his trouble received a blow IN the
fsrs &hlcn sent ham to grass. That ended
the lr0ubls Aith che faklrs and Matthew
tha 0ulg oue 81 the trio Who Was not dis
abied gol the sounded back "a the
boat and f0'Eed back 10 landing
saere they had hired the boat.
Ryan : nose bled freely aud, although he
meant CD all0E the blood 10 drop into the
3ater. a few drops Of It fell into the boat.
TIA an Sloten had charge OF the boat, and
Rhlle settling Tor the use of the boat, DC and
Matthews got into dispute over the blood
n the boat, when an slotted grabbed a club
aud struck Matthews on the side OF the
head knocking him senseless. tie would
have dropped into the lake had not Ryan
caught han As be fell. All three had now
been disabled but Ryan and Welsh had 80
Tar recOs cred as TO bo able 10 carry their
companion 20 the cars, which they took for
home. Matthews vas unconscious for some
time and was barely able 20 speak when
carried 60 his room. lie has been
/ confined o. has bed until yesterday when he
was able 10 sit ap. Welsh j. collector for
+ = Chicago house and went 10 work on Tues
day Ryan l. all right with the exception of
a badly discolOred eye. All are gentleman
I Isl young men, not disposed 10 get into
trouble. They bad not been drinking They
we're simply caught IN bad company and had
hard luck. On Monday morning they de
termined 20 put the matter into the hands OF
the officers but recOnsidered the matter and
concluded 20 keep il quiet and succeeded ad-
mirably IL doing so
The men who played the nutshell game
are Charles Kelly, viii Hearts pail, Charles
Mstzler and little curly headed
German. They have been op-
Grating about the lake for some
time and played their game on the fair
ground at the June races. The German
mauipulates the shells while Kelly and
Metzler act a. cappers and look out for the
officers. They have not worked III the city
except on the Fourth. when they managed 10
pick up a few dollars near the d., q. II. & NJ
junction. 4 week ago last Sunday the son
I of we'll known business man visited the
Lake and they succeeded in robbing him oi
All the money ne had with him, and he
tried 10 borrow of his friends, Offering TO pay
two dollars for one, saying that he was SURF
10 win at the next trial.