, 1885-02-14
A BLOODY BATTLE.
Posts Bank the Scene of a Terri
BILE Strife.
The Cause Of the Fight and Its
Results.
A Fortunate interference Prevents
Shocking Mortality.

afraid amt
The towering frame of Il. A. SLACK
seemed 10 swell "a aver grsatsr nronor.
tons. and he looked unuttenble things vt
the fragile form Of a delicate little fellow
who had seized his coat tails. But the
little man lung On and SLACK was reduced
10 the perplexine alternative Of putiing
the little fellow in his pocket or Of Welding
to the homeopathic and purely imaginary
restraint
A few feet distant stood. John w OIL
Inns. cashier Of the banking house of NJ.
4. Post & Co. Mr.. Collins was evidently
angry. He was also on the war patb in
an Incidental WAY. He seemed rather
anxious TO have the casual restraint ne
moved from Mr.. Stacks impetuosity and
was evidently ready to engage in saneuin-
ary strife.
It all came about in this wise:
Several days ago an alleged news item
was uublished in the Sim. tho astonnd-
ing information was Haunted to the breeze
that MI. N. Robertson had found several
hundred dollars which had been deposited
in the bank Of M. Il. Post & Co., several
years ago. From the fantastic array of
nouns, the unique massing of adiectives
and the eccentric grouping Of deformed
verbs, a reader of the article would natur-
ally infer that after the money had been
deposited in this bank. il somehow disap-
peared from mortal ken.
The statements made were strictly cor
rect with one or minor exceptions.
The money was not deposited in the bank
and il WIS not money at all; otherwise the
article was perfectly accurate. Mr.. N.
Robertson had rented a compartment in
the safety deposit vault. In this private
receptacle he kept his personal papers
and among them was collateral represent
ing the amount stated. He had over
looked it for some time, but Of course the
bank did not know anything about the
matter.
Slack went into the bank yesterday and
was spoken to about the article that had
appeared in the SIM. Those present say
he took a lofty and cavalier attitude.
which gradually, but steadily merged into
the vulgar and abusive. Mr.. Collins.
whose disposition is Of a nature not cal
culated to be restrained by extraordinary
avoirdupois, became angry and directly
the battle began.
Slack struck Collins a powerful blow
about two feet to the left Of his head;
Collins returned the compliment BY hit
ting Slack on the breast; and Slack coun-
tered with a terrible leff-hander which
landed squarely where he hit Collins be-
fore. Then he delivered an awful over
handed blow that threatened to drive
Collins through the floor. This over
handed blow Is a peculiar D and is a
favorite with heayyweights. Il il de-
ilivered by raising the right arm about the
way a woman does when she throws a
stone, and then bringing it down with a
swinging motion, which usually results in
the landing Of the other fellows fist
squarely on ones nose. Collins replied
to this desperate blow by an under cut
that would have been very destructive
had il hit Slack under the chin, and the
latter came back with a short arm blow
that would have sent Collins to grass, or
to carpet. rather-had il hit him.
During this desperate and bloody
melee Collins lost a pen from over his
right ear and Stacks hat was Knocked off
by the awful shock Of his own blows.
This ended round No. !. Round No. 2
was about to begin when a small. dried
up consumptiye looking little cuss threw
his arms around Stacks waist. Strictly
speaking he did not throw his arms
entirely around Slack body, but he did
the best he could under the circumstances.
Those in front Of Slack failed to detect
the presence Of anyone behind him, and
their attention was first called to that
fact by the exclamation with which this
article begins.
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however, anu ere inc compa'an's couau re
nc" 'neis p'vouy "ofA o'neis in'efiefsu'
SlacA was 'nen eoa1eo away nom tne
Dank' ne appeared reluctant 10 20 ana,