St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-15
JACK CHM AGAIN.
He Makes a Murderous Assault
With a Dagger at a Kentucky
Race Course

He Makes a Murderous Assault
With a Dagger at a Kentucky
Race Course.
A great many people in st. Paul will
remember Jack Chinn, the gambler and
well known sport. who, eight or ten
years ago had gambling rooms here in
St. Paul, and who displayed his money
freely and cut mighty swath. At
Covington, KY, about a week ago he
attacked a man with a dagger and
would have cut him in pieces had not
byStanderS interfered. The correspond
ent of the Spirit of the Times gives the
following account of the affair: After
the fourth race, when the betting quar-
tiers were crowded with people, regu-
lar panic suddenly took possession of
the crowd, and violent rush from the
ring ensued, men crowding, jostling
and trampling each other as if
a band of armed cowboys were
Strengthening those inside. The
cause of the frenzied stampede
was the fact that weapons were drawn.
and that a cleaning dagger was used
with murderous intent, but. fortunately,
with comparatively harmless effect.
When the excitement had subsidized the
following particulars were CLEANED:
j. NJ. Bowling, a bookmaker hailing
from Chicago, was examining through
his glasses odds on the various states
with a view to putting on some money.
While so engaged, Jack Chinn, the we'll
known turfman and sporting man, came
up behind him and drawing a dagger
that had been concealed somewhere
OH his person he plunged it into
DOwling'S right arm, near the shoulder.
Bowling then turned round, and while
doing so Chinn made another lunge at
him with the cleaning weapon. this
time in the direction of the heart, but
the blade only penetrated the clothing.
Downing then staggered aud fell, when
Chinn made another onslaught. AT this
iuncture X. Tucker, the trainer and
owner, friend of Bowling, grabbed
CHM by the arm and telling him he
must desist from the murderous work.
Chinn then turned on Tucker, and, as is
said. threatened to kill him also if he
interfered, when Tucker drew his pistol
and pointed it at Chinn. Just them.
before either knife or pistol could be
used, w. II. Laudeman got hold of
Chinn and dragged him away, when
order was restored. Chinn and Tucker
were shortly afterwards arrested, but
released on bond, and Bowling was
conveyed in a carriage to house close
by, where the flow of blood was stopped.
He was subsequently taken to his hotel
i'm Cincinnati, where the wound in the
arm was sewed up. He tainted from
loss of blood, but is now nearly all right
again, the wound not being of serious
nature.
A meeting of the executive committee
of the Jockey club was held that even
ing, when Chinn, Tucker and bowling
were suspended from the privileges of
the track pending an investigation. A
full investigation was held next day, all
the parties implicated, as well as others,
submitting testimony, and the result
was that Chinn was ruled off, Tucker
fined $500 and suspended for the balance
of the meeting, while Bowling was eX-
onerated and reinstated.
And now for the cause of the trOuble.
1t dates a long way back-sevea or
eight years, believe-when Chinn and
Morgan were running faro bank in
st. Paul. Bowling went up there from
Chicago and, with a partner, opened a
rival establishment. Very soon his
place was raided and closed, and he at
.ribUted the collapse as being prompted