The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-22
'rSIFE As A WEAPON.
/. superiority Over the Pistol
in a Fight
.srRr kErTuckIAns CARRY IT.
rsn wns . knife il = Terror--
1srry Feared because known 10
Garry One

-. hetwsen knife and PISTOL rs an
\ .<.~.:vs Or defensive weapon, give me
/ Z. rnste every time, remarked Congress
- g,slsgats Marcus A. Gmfth.of Arizo-
]. Hs other day 1t the Palmer h0use,
. $3.50. sIsye seen both used good deal
s. tine. ard | never knew the man
- sss pistol 10 get away with the man
- .hs knife. The latter IL terror"
&. Saith was discussing the suope-
c..ziss tragedy IN Kentucky and remarked
q. 1olenel EHepe was a fool 20 draw
sssyer on q man who be knsw habitnally
~.,.ea knife. You see, and here Dele
- SMITH crossed his legs and lighted .
90 rigas, "a mar, unless he II dead
~ srA quick Al f1aah. has no business
/ ! nrry gun, anyhow. Many q good
= Las been killed because, having 4
- Il didn't know how 70 use il;
.seszs. II he bad had no gun at all he
,a,sp't have been burt. Down IN my
..snsry peopls don't shoot & man who il
"A sfrasd. Hence, unless q man knows
- % ne a pistol win prompt effect, he'd
s~,<s not carry ene. Now, Colonel swope
erred t.sstol, didn't know how TO use II.
20 Il his man, missed him. and then.
.sssre hs could fire again, the man with
/ y knlls was at work ON his person with
Il lury Of tiger.
4 eli sou" continued Mr.. Smith. as be
rzhsa TIE beli-button. I'm not afraid of
nan With gun, bat I'm In mortal dread
Esn that carries knife. A good
rssv people think knife Is towards
ssspon, and 30 II II when used 70 stab .
"a n the back, but IL is the most con-
tece hegslting arm that man ever car
"a Isisn't bowie, II IL dirk or iag-
sa Nest kentuckians carry q knife OF
me Kind The favorite knife among
Tsizckians--or was when / was a boy
"a lived IL that state--4s the double
sled dagger. II IL carried ina sheath
lat he sheath Is attached 70 the left sus-
pndsf. lis the fashion. you know. IN
hxsoutA. 70 wear loU~lt vests, and the
kris, thsfesore, can b. reached Ia the
tsrton Of second and, rs Il requires no
fxparation, sim or anything, It's possessor
a. rnsh upon IN opponent with a quick
50 ard force that are irresistible. and
Iszsisno escape. ! have seen number
aeasis bstwsen men armed with knife and
SOL and / never knew the pistol
E<n 10 escape but once. and he shot
u nan with the knife before the latter
l1sd reach him. II table or any other
kzfyeads can be interposed. why the man
s5.Athe pistol has great advantage, but in
ss&1 ground. unless he IL quick and dead
tbut. the man with the knife Is going to
Ill him provided. Of course. he has the
serve have seen in Martin Joyce's ea-
hoa. N Tombstone, Arz. one slender fell
kssith aSinch blade holda doxeE desper-
- isIlowsatbay. ofthem we're armed
MA guns, most Of themdead shots, bat the
kshs Of that Offering steel In the hands
q man who they knew would use Il
H<ned % parslyse every nerve. No one
tsssd 10 shoot lest before the smoke
usAfed that awful knife would be IN his
WAS. Ugh, and Delegate Smith shud.
t<rsd 81 the mere thought.
The knife. however. Il not popular with
eaf hat ksnfuekszns. The late Judge
Terry q California vas more feared be-
Gauss hs wss known 70 carry o knife than
fsom any othsr cause. There was once
Craftsman, lawyer In Nevada Cen
nh I. II. Williams his name was
who always carried a blade in sheath
hs'sned % = suspender. The general was
askiy and feeble, ard ill-sempered az times,
~ you can bet nobody in Nevada ever
cared 70 tackle him In court or out OF it.
e ran fer tie United States Senate In 1874
Wlnsf hll Sharon AID made hot can.
W., bat nobody ever insulted the general.
e vas Asntnckian, and his knife never
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