The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-21
BAD FOR GALLAGHER.
His Arms Are Slashed and His
Liberty in Danger.
THE RESULT OF a SALOON ROW.
4 Jealous Bartender Fells One Han
and Drives Out Two Others, who
Are Assafled with . Raxor.

An ARRAY took place IN front of the Plummer
house, al the corner of Third and Union streets,
last night about O'Clock, In which Martin Gal
lagher got cut on both arms by colo.ed man,
city jail himself for extrad lion 70 San Francis
CO. Roger Forrest Gailaghers partner. is wear
ing bandase around his head to cover scalp
wound inflicted by stroke from club
Shortly before O'Clock Gallagher, Forrest and
. third nan walked into the Plummey house So
loon and called for drinks The bartender. Sam
Rhodes. refused to give them anything, remark
ing that they had drunk enough already. They
began taking loud about the rights OF the pub
lie in q saloon ana said they could compel him
70 give them what they wa tied, IS they were
not drunk. One of them pushed some glasses
OF the counter. and they X pt on talking in an
insolent manner. Finally the barser-
DEF struck Forrest on the back of
the head { with club. knocking
him down On his face He and the porter. whose
name Is j. Forrest. thea drove Gallagher and the
third party out and when Forrest NO. res aimed
his feet, he too ran out.
A large crowd gathered around the doc. and
colored man in the crowd made some re ARK
Gallagher struck At him and the co,.red man then
thrust his hand into his pocket for razor, bus
before be could get it ont the third man struck
him. When the pair saw the razor they turned
and ran % fist as they could. but tie colClej
man overlook Gallaghsr js.st as he rra@hei the
opposite side OF the street and struck ct him
with the .azoT, emitting him across the right
arm Ascend Iass of the rezor cut . long CASH
n the left arm
The crowd inte-fered snd separated them be-
fore the colored man could make another pass.
Gallagher and Forrest both wea. to Or Farwells
ONCE on Pike street and l ad their wounds
dressed Gallagher had deep flesh wound on
each arm. bli. not of a serious nature
Officer Pea, &C, who was going ut OF night
patrol, arrived just as the ahair was over, but
the colorei man could not be found. The off,
Ger followed the two injured men to the
doctors office and after they received the neces-
sary treatment. toox them to police headouar-
tiers. The police could not find out who the man
was who did the cut, ng .ss those who witnessed
IL appeared to be ignorant Of who he was, and
up 70 late hour no arrest was made, except OF
the bartender, Rhodes. II lie probable that the
negro viii be arrested before morning, IS Gala
CHER gave good description OF him.
As soon as Chief Rogers heard the name Gal
lagher, he Immediately recalled man by that
name who is wanted in San Francisco on the
charge of making deadly assault on a man
named Cohen over two years ago, having
jumped q 5000 bond. As soon as he
saw the fellow he felt sure he had the
right man, SO he wired the San Francisco
authorities Gallagher and Forrest were boil,
held as witnesses, and Gallagher is evidently
consoling himself with the hope that nothing il
known regarding his CORNER trouble. He had
$3.50 cash in his wallet. Both men have been
working in the steward department of the
steamship City OF Topeka. which arrived from
Alaska on Sunday.