The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-17
A FIGHT AFTER A BALL.
LIVELY SEQUEL TO A SWELL AT
FAIR AT ATLANTA.

One of the Gilded Youths in Attend
ance Takes Possession Of the Kim
ball House Elevator-He Attacks an
Oficer Sent to Eject Him-The End
Not Yet.
ATLANTA, GA, Jan. 16.-Last Friday
night, at the close Of a fashionable german
at the Kimball house, there was a scene OF
disorder out of which great deal OF trouble
has arisen, and in which decorOus Atlanta
society feels painfully interested, events
leading thereto having followed as sequel
of one of the most highly respectable social
events of the season. Fortunately, nearly
all the dancers, including the ladies. had
retired before the difficulty occurred, which
rendered it necessary to call In the police.
FINED IN POLICE COURT.
Next dav a well-known young society
man was finel IN the recorders court.
Three days later he was bound over by a
justice of the peace in the sum of 1920 for
assault and battery. And even yet the
trouble seems not to be over. as one of the
police captains is seriously threatened with
arrangement before the board Of police
commissioners for failing to march the dis
orderly party to the station house. The
grand jury, too, has summoned number
of those present to appear as witnesses,
presumably that an indictment may be
found.
TOOK POSSESSION OF THE ELEVATOR.
About the time the german was over. one
of the young men in attendance was seized
with a passion for running the elevator,
and taking possession of the machine he set
it going with rush. Hugh Porter, the
night clerk, was desperately an-
noyed, and to Waterman Burk, who is a
special police officer, and who then entered
the hotel Office, he said: "Go and stop that
elevator" And Burk did stop the elevator,
but he bad to fight to do it, Giving the
rope mighty jerk the young man who
had taken charge of the machine
announced that be was Off for
the sixth floor. But he had proceeded only
a short distance on his way thither when
the watchman gave counter pull, reversed
the motion and brought him down again.
A ROUGH AND TUMBLE.
This made the young man furious, and he
attacked Burk, who proved to be something
of a fighter himself, and was anything but
easy to handle. In and around the elevator
a rough and noisy struggle ensued, and the
police were whistled for TO put an end to
the combat Two or three rushed in,
followed by Capt Thompson, who
took charge Of the case. Instead of
marching the young man who had struck
the Waterman to the station house, as the
hotel men expected him to do, the captain,
after notifying him that case would be
made against him, allowed his friends to
take him upstairs to bed
BURK WANTS SUBTRACTION.
This was not at all satisfactory to the
hotel men, and Waterman Burk declares
that he win prefer charges against Thomp
son. The next day the young man who
had excited the disturbance appeared before
the recorder charged with being drunk,
disorderly and resisting an officer" and was
fined $l6 Still unsatisfied, the Waterman
swore Eout warrant charging
assault and battery, and, the justice having
bound over the young man, he will be called
ON to answer before higher court. Capt.
Thompson insists that he made q
proper use of the discretion allowed him,
aud feels no fear of the threatened charges