Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-03-22
FIGHT TO THE DEATH.
- AND BLOODY KNIFE DUEL
FEN = MOUNTAIN TOWN.

,.tA NOUN AIN 'C''t
and was rrseipitatsd ~ =
sanguInary Results o. un-
,,,dIsd feroeity'
saturday and trading day"
Iw w mountain town was filed
ud ne - If both white and colored
yi'n Ny froro up and down the valley.
r'pls cas- considerable drinking, but
Ihas INV seemed good natured to mo.
sel, 1, moi see the slightest sign OF I'M
cou,s .. Int BY and by the captain came
saslnss SIM stood in front Of the postoffice
~ ~ noks mighty Ike thar was gwine
Il jloodshed yere"
\ aWbv. everybody seems peaceful and
..,suq. 50 far as can see,
..Yo' doan' know these folks. See that
ratberin over by the harness shopi
s Ts,s tbe Jackson crowd. See that
l a.. gatberin over by the drug store:
49, The Berry crowd. They're jist
'n \. Zach other like two bulldogs, and a
r,ls mo- whisky'll bring on u font."
~ there any feeling between the two
,rowdsy' ] asked,
AZ powerful bad | dun goes cl'ar back
,hs yah. The JacksoDs was Union
'.sthe Berrys WAS Cnnfed. Thar was
sasshurpin and robbin and shootin,
"a ,bey doan forget. It's the fust time
- Two crowds hev bin in town together
\, ,oore'n var, and ! doan like the
lol 1of things
.ra,,'t the officers of the law keep
them quiet!'
a(aicers Of the law! Why, man, il
.t.,n crowds were to break loose fifty
'mcrrs of the law couldn't prevent blood
shedr
The leaders of the respective factions
rpre men who must have been mere boys
wbsu The war broke out. Each had
.but dozen adherents. who were all
more or less closely related.
HOW THE FIGHT STARTED.
They did not seem at all anxious for a
conflict and might have gone their WAYS
without blow but for the action of Il
AS He was a mean looking cur AMI
belonged to the Jacksons. In wander
nc around he got into the Berry crowd
and one Of i..c iacn sliced about six
inches of bis tail off. The dog rushed
| hack TO his master, while the Berry
crowd Knocked his yelps of pain and
| Fright
All Ct sudden Steve jackson stepped
10 the middle of the street, flung down
bis hat and shouted:
TON Berry, eft yo' hain't coward
come out we're and fight met
The challenge was instantly accepted
and within sixty seconds ring was
furmed aud 800 people were looking on.
The men were pretty evenly matched as
| to height and weight and age. 1t was
not to be battle with fists, but with
long keen hunting knives. and Won could
tell at glance that it was to be fight
to the death At frs there was much
jostling and moving about, accompanied
| by shouts of encouragement to the men
out after a few moments it was quiet
painfully quiet. think there were at
least thirty women among the onlookers
and fully that number of bows and girls
from ten to eighteen years of age.
BOTH DuELIsTs KILLED.
twas the first and only time | evel
saw men fight with knives, and it was
horrible thing to see. As soon as theil
friends fell back they rushed upon eacl
other with the greatest fury. Eacl
grped the other with his left hand and
stabbed and thrust, and each wa,
wounded four or five times before they
broke loose Not a person in the GROVE
spoke above whisper. Every eye fol
lowed the men as they tented and
lodged like prize fighters, and men and
women shiyered and gasped for breatl
As one or the other of the knives dranl
blood.