Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-03-23
A THREE.HANDED MILL.
Some Lively KnockdoWns ON Main
street This Afternoon.

John w. Lowell returned to this cit,
last evening from Colorado, and wa
made an unwilling participant, this after
noon, in three-handed mill, from which
he emerged with some pretty severe
bruises on the face. He was passing w
Main street with friend about 2: 81
O'Clock, and when in front of DR.
Higgins drug store was accosted
by Dr. c. w. Higgins, and the encounter
began. The doctor, who saw that Mr.
Lowell was about to pass without speak,
ing, shouted "Lowell," and the latter
turned and, advancing, said: Glow are
YOU, doctor; what do you want?" DR..
Higgins said, II want that gun of mine, /"
to which MIR. Lowell replied he did not
have any gum his.
"You are damned thief and stole my
gun," cried the doctor, and as Mr.. Lowell
remonstratingly advanced towards him
he struck out with his fist and inflicted a
bad bruise on Mr.. Lowell's cheek.
The parties with this came into close
contact, and the doctor administered an
other blow, this time cutting an ugly
cash under Mr. Lowell's eye. Without
waiting for any further overtures
Mr. Lowell closed in upon his
assailant and downed him with very little
ceremony. At this juncture Mr.. James
Marshall, one of the numerous bystand-
ers, rushed forward and lifted the doctor
from the ground, but before anything
further could possibly take place between
the disputants, Mr.. 7. R. Higgins, the
doctors brother, who had heard the
crashing sound of breaking glass when
the doctor was knocked against the glass
doors, rushed down stairs and engaged
with Mr.. Lowell on the instant. He
struck the gentleman on the wound that
his brother had made, and stood appa-
rently ready to repeat the medicine
if it were required, but Mr.. Lowell
offered no further resistance, and
quietly repaired to Roberts & Nelden's
drug store, where his bruised face was
properly attended to.
The Messrs. Higgins, who were seen
Immediately after the occurrence, were
considerably excited, and made some
serious charges against Mr.. Lowell and
his assignee, who, they claimed, had stolen
from them the gun in question, and a
horse from Mr.. T. R. Higgins. They
represented the incident very much as
we have given it above, and manifested
to engage in another round or
two, if agreeable. q S.
Mr.. Lowell insists that he was held by
some of the crowd while the blows were
struck, but did not see who it was that |
handicapped him. He states that he had |
no desire to engage in the hitting, and in |
fact, did not have the opportunity if he
had felt so disposed, as his arms, he saws,
were held in a powerful grip while his
assailants pummeled him. He mad no
intention, he stated, to swear out COM !
plant against DIR. Higgins or his brother,
but would rather let the matter rest
where it is.
There has been strong feeling of
hatred entertained towards Lowell bv
DR.. Higgins for some time past, growing
put of a loss which the doctor claims to
nave sustained through Lowell's failure,
Of a good many thousand dollars. The
gun in dispute, which the doctor asserts
s his, was the property, Mr.. Lowell says,
If the company which made an assign
nent some time since to Isaac Lyon,
put appears to have been purchased at
he doctors request while he was on the
anch i'll which he himself and Mr.. Low
I'll had mutual interest.
The excitement around the spot where
he hitting took place became very gen
raj and attracted large crowd. It is
cry probable that nothing further will
'e heard of it,