The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-03
THE BAD MEN FINED.
Trial Of Conductor MeLaugh-
iin's Two AssaiIants.
THE CHAMPION DID THEM Up.
suf Thsy Were Thrown Down SIN
Harder Mhea Thsy weEs Seat
Il JAN IN DefAnit.

Grsnt Chase and Ans0r Case. the two
rouejse who endeagoged 20 thrash Goaonei
J. Il. Mclaughlin. the worlds champion
heaxy-weix hf-c0lIa elbow wrestler On
the seattle, I.ske shore a Eastern train OF
Which he Il condnct0F. SATURDAY evening",
when requested 10 gre up their tickets,
weee I'd before Justice Miller
Yesterday afternoon. The partic-
ugars Of the honhis. al account
az which has already bees given In the
Ps,eraf xrK1xzoENczK were broughs out
when COLONEL Mclaughlin appeared
against them.
II Heefsls that the fwc toughs. who were
6ahttur-drunk all Saturday afternoon on
Jackson street liquor. went 20 the Seaffle,
Lake shore A Eastern 10 take the $50
train out OF the city. Previous to board-
ing the train they abused the ticket agent
and tried 10 yet into hts Office to give him
thrashing for fenced grievances This part
a. the affair Conductor Mclaughlin knew
nothing Of until later, or the men would
NOT have been allowed 70 60 aboard the
train.
Wh@n be approached them and asked
for their tickets. they REFUSED to give them
40 and al once showed fight The language
they used waa filthy IN the extreFB6 But
Colonel Mclaughlin kept his temper and
did nothing until attacked by Case, who
after many threats to thrash the conductor
fsnally gave up his ticket. His companion
reprUached and urged him on to get up
and hghs.
.sDon's ron do IL, said Conductor Nc
Langhiin. You might regret il. =
Cases reply was a volume Of abuse,
which he followed up with a blow, This
vas warded OH. and the next instant the
rough Was doubled up in heap on the
fIoor Of the car. incapable Of making q
move.
ssNow want your ticket. said the big
conductor % the other tough who he'd not
made q move while the colonel was polish
sng off hIs companion. as il had been done
SO quickly.
.can't have IL; I'm going to lay you
out, said the second bad man.
"AiI right. but be careful. I"
Then this second bad man jumped up
and squared off, bit Colonel Mci.aHghlin's
science aud muscle proved 10 Sc easily
superior TO mere brute strength, and the
fellow met the same fate as his companion,
only he sailed over the back Of seat and
landed on his shoulders The colonel
Jumped upon him and gave him one or two
good blows when this would-be brniser
suddenly became tame and hewled for
quarter. He was allowed TO get mp on con-
ditsen that he would take his seat quietly.
Before that time the first bad man bad
revived. He had more fight left in him
and made second dash at the colonel,
While his back was turned. lie was taken
by the collar and placed In his seat with
such violence that his spinal coluuan was
twisted and he saw stars innumerable.
Then both bad men concluded that they
did not want to iigat any more.
They became quite tame, and Chase gave
np his ticket like major. Still they both
felt ugly, and made threats freely 10 shoot
the conductor, and iiiI him 'sfali OF holes
when The train arrived al Snohomish. But
they never got that far. for when the train
arrived ct Smiths cove II was held there
until the arrival Of the officers from the
city, who had been sent for by Trninmaster
nIailton. who happened TO be on the train.
II was supposed that one OF the men car
ried a revolver, but when they were
searched no weapons of any kind were
found on them.
Justice Miller after''hearing the evidence.
which was substantially as above, fined
Chase $50. 80 he appeared to be little the
toughest Case Was given $50.
The fact that no weapons were found on
the men, lei them of on iig ater sentence
than they would have received otherwise.
They were sent to jail in default OF pay
meslt Of the fine for thirty and twenty 1--we
DAYS respectively. Colonel Mclaughlin
said afterwards that he regretted that any
trouble At all had occurred. bat under
the circumstances il was unavoidable.
and that the arrest was only made 10 avoid
further dilIieulty.