St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-18
WILD WAR IN ANOKA.
Sheriff Lenfest and His Brave
Little Band Win a Signal
Victory.
Armed Onslaught on a Dog
Fight and One Man DAN
gerously Wounded.
Prisoners Break Out OF the
South Station Lookup and
Defy Arrest.
Drowned Among the Logs
Other News OF the
Day.

The Anokans came down Ike a wolf On the
fold,
Their Grelocks covered with hnyseed and
mold
But they won The battle just the same,
and over 100 disgusted sports trailed
back to Minneapolis. leaving bitter
memories and beautiful $40 bills behind
them in the str0ngholds Of Anoka coan-
~. One man left several quarts OF his
most precious blood and his maledlction
on the head OF the sheriff of Anoka
county.
1t all came about through dog fight
a Minneapolis dog called Sport, and
Penny. st. Paul brute, were matched
10 battle at the usual place just over the
border Of AuOka county for 800 a side.
The dogs are In Anolsa this morning,
and the 80 sports who went out in
hacks and buggies to see the fight have
disappeared from the race OF the earth.
Not one Of them can be found, with the
exception of few who are enjoying The
hospitality Of Sheriff Lenfest, Of Anoka
county. The fight began all right, but
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rank outsiders The result was an in
surrectOn in Anoka county. The battle
between the Insurgents and the regu-
lars was short. sharp and decisive. The
regulars won after a running night and
carried of few prisoners, good deal
of money and two dogs. The opposing
party were allowed 70 remove their
wounded.
The dogs and the men who wanted TO
see them chew each other arrived at the
rendezvous a little after 3 o'clock yes
terday afternoon. About 100 men paid
81 each for the privilege OF standing
about the pit in little building about
thirty feet long by twenty-five wide.
The canine contest was progressing
splendidly. The dogs had chewed each
other for about half an hour, and time
had been called. There jaws were
locked in close embrace. and the handlers
were endeavOring to pull them apart,
when a few Of those spectators who
stood nearest the door broke for the out
side. The first thought OF those farther
back from the door was that there was
man fight in progress outside. The
meHacing CLEAN Of double barr eled shot
guns In front of the door and the win
dOWs, guns that, in the excitement
looked as big as the long range guns of
man-of-war, undeceiyed everybody
Then began scene wilder, prob
ably, than those VINO participated
ever saw before. Men made for
the door regardless OF consequences.
The seats broke down, and the eniahg-
ling of legs In the splintered boards
added 10 the witness OF the rush.
Others dashed through the windows IN
spite of the commands to halt They
had no time for such slow work as halt
lDg. Three or four men were tranpled
under foot, but not badly hurt. One
man cut himself badly breaking the
glass in a window. But little hurts like
that were nothing TO the menace Of
those long guns and the terrors OF a
cold prison cell.
Outside the scene was actually funny.
owing in all directions were men who
lad never runbefore. They cut tor the
tall timber like herd of jack rabbits.
Had there been a few stop watches in
the crowd it is possible that time could
have been taken thatIwOuld demon
strate the ease with which ten seconds
for 100 yards can be beaten. The at
lacking party was never in the race in
the open fields. Others did not trust
themselves TO the woods, as they knew
that they would have TO come back to
the scene of action or walk into the city.
These ran for the horses. Then there
was mounting in hot haste" Horses
were united, blankets thrown off and
hacks loaded IN eeOrd:bIeaking time.
Within an inhniteSlmal period the road
toward Minneapolis was filled with We
hicles rolling away under clouds OF dust
that Obscured from view horses that must
have 0utdOne even the great Allerton-
Outside the little red building where
nil tins occurred man lay on the turf
grooming With pain and begging for
some water. His lett leg below the
knee was red with his own blood where
the load from gun hau lodged. lie
was permitted TO lie there for several
minutes before any one paid any atten
ton to him. His friends were too busy
looking for cover, and those OF the OPP
pOsite party knew not what they were
doing. The wounded man was Pat
Stanley, st. Paul saloonkeeper.
He was allowed to be moved to
Minneapolis and DR.. KilvingtOn took
100 pieces of shot out of his leg. The
flesh was lacerated as if by sausage
grinder. The bones had not been
broken, but had been struck several
times. DIR. Kilvington says Stanley
may have to lose the leg. lie secured
no medical attendance for above an
hour after he was shot, and the wounds,
when he did get to a surgeon, were
filled with bits OF cloth. Several shots
were fired, but no one else was hit,
though few hats were perforated, and
couple of men found shot in their
hair.
The sheriff Of AnOka county, named
Lenfest. led the party that had the
guns. w. w. Tatro, the agent of the
Minneapolis Humane society, gave him
notice of the coming fight between
dogs. Where TatrO secured his infor-
nation is only matter of conjecture.
LenfeSt had under his command fully a
dozen deputies. Whether all of them
had been sworn in as deputies is not
known, but it is said that the man who
shot Stanley, man named Norman
Mclean. had not been so sworn.
Sheriff Lenfest had his deputies am
pushed in the woods above the point
where the fight occurred as early
as 6 O'clock yesterday morning waiting
for the appearance of the law breakers.
Later he was reinforced by the arrival
OF TatrO with four or five men from
Minneapolis. All these men were
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