Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1891-02-04
SouNDLY WHIPPED.
Mr.. Mackay Gives c. w. Bonynge
a Lesson.

There, you scoundrel, take that!
and that aud thatlh
Bilf! bitr! biH'l aad something
dropped heavily.
The scene was in the Presidents
room in the Nevada Bank. The time
was yesterday The striker was John
W. Maekay, the bonanza millionaire,
and the man who dropped was G. w.
Bonynge, capitalist, formerly "a
member OF the San Francisco Stock
and Exchange Board. and in lele years
a resident Of London. Clerks rushed
into the room and prevented Mr..
Maekay from wreakiug further ven
gence upon Mr.. Bonynge, Mr.. Mackay
went quietly to his office on the floor
above; Mr.. Bouynge went out INTO
the street, and the clerks in the Nevada
Bank were admonished not to speak
about the affair.
The encounter was the talk of the
'o"h '9-uoY. leslucul 1tl man OF
the bank and his employees still re-
fused to be interviewed on the subject.
A Daily Report reporter was detailed
to interview John w. Mackay and C.
w. Bonynge as to the cause of the
trouble.
Mr. Bonynge could not be seen. He
was confined to his room, 206 Grand
Hotel, nursing n black and swollen
left eye and several contusions else
where upon his face. His representa-.
tive in this city, Mr.. Hawkhurst, in
room 4, 402 Montgomery street was
seen.
L don't care TO talk about the mat
ter said he; better see Bonynge.
All | know Is that Bonynge and Presi-
dent Hellman of the Nevada Bank
were in the latter's private Office yes
terday talking over some real estate
matters, when Mackay came in and
struck Bonynge in the lett eye and
elsewhere. They clinched and were
separated. | believe the trouble was
due to some jealousy between the
Mackay and Bonynge families"
The Daily Report reporter next met
John w. Mackay in frcnt of the Ne
vada Bank. Mr.. Mackay was as serene
as if Consolidated California and Vr-
ginia wer9 selling at $400 per share,
and wore complacent smile. There
was not scratch upon his face.
=" You want to know about the little
trouble" said Mr.. Mackay. 1t hap
rened III this way: Long ago | sus-
pected that Bonynge was the instiga-
tor Of certain vile attacks upon Mrs.
Mackay, which appeared in certain
papers in New York and London.
Having had proof that this was true,
l determined to punish him the first
time met him. Yesterday, when en-.
terlng the Presidents room in the Ne
vada Bank by the back door, of which
l., as director, have a key, | saw
Bonynge sitting at desk with Mr..
Helman. AS entered Mr.. Bonynge
turned and saw me. He had malIp-
nant look anG made threatening move.
ment. | struck out with my right and
hit him Ia the left eye. Then | hit
him agaih and called upon him to put
up his fists and fight like man. But
instead OF lighting he fell and clasped
me around the knees like coward.
His blood poured all over my panta-
looms and upon the iloor. Clerks
rushed in and removed. HIM. The
sound thrashing ne received he well
deserved for circulating those stories
about Mrs. Mackay. I'm not so handy
with my fists as | used to be twenty
| five years ago, up ou the Comstock,
eut have little fight left in me yet
and will allow no man to nalign me
or mine - d ally Report, January %
have cousin who is printer, SAYS
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