The morning call., 1893-10-29

The couple hastened to Barnard's uffice
and there met son of MIR. Barnard, who
however. saw through the Joke. lie pu
the party off, although he offered to make
| affidavit for So 25 Finally, Mr.. Barnard
said:
''We are a little particular about thl'
| thing and require that man must have
! been twenty-one years hereabouts anc
have a knowledge of the locality in ques
ton for that length of time"
oh" the man spoke up. quickly, mi;
man is all right. He just gets in. He's 2:
years old"
The fellow whom be wanted to swear
did not look to be much over 20 years OF
age.
| MIR. Barnard told the man that he guessed
his people would not need any more affl
! davits at that time.
| A reporter called to see the documents
! certified TO, with the attached signatures
but Mr.. Dusinbury hesitated about giving
them to the public. Finally it was sug-
gested that he might consult the attorney
| in the case. This be concluded to do, and
| posted off toward the office OF A. a
| Moore, and has not since shown up and, i,
Is said, has gone to Stockton to be gone
until Tuesday next.
| Mr.. Dusnb bury said that another party
was also taking affidavlts of similar char
acter to be used in the case.
A Bloody Battle.
AT an early hour on Saturday ing
George III. Rogers, an ex-convlct, while
drunk went to the Weber House on
Twelfth street, near Franklin, to call upon
| female acquaintance who is roomine
there. The woman, whose name could
not be learned, was quite sick and did nol
| want to see Rogers and he started row
He awakened the landlady, who sent hel
son, John Young, TO put the noisy man
out. Young gathered up club and started
| after Rogers who drew knife and regu-
lar battle ensued, in which Young re-
| ceived some ugly slashes from Rogers
while the latter was banged terribly with
the club in Young's hands aad his scalp
laid open in half dozen places.
| The noise of the battle aroused all the
inmates of the house and brought Officer
Curtiss to the scene of the trouble. When
| the officer arrived both men were literally
bat ned in blood from head to foot.
| Both men had fought until exhausted,
and Rodgers was taken to the Receiving
| Hospital, where his damaged head was
stitched. 1t appears that Curtiss had also
captured man wanted by the police wher
| he gathered in Rodgers, for after having
his wounds attended to he was locked uI
at the City Prison. The police have been
| looking Tor hin since January last He i.
said to be hard man.
The wounds of Young, made by the
| knife, are quite serious and the man is
| lying at the Weber House In a precarious
condition. A statement was taken from
| him Yesterday by Police Court Clerk Lam.
| bert and District Attorney Melvin.
| DR.. Dunn is attending on Young and
| saws that one knife slash just barely missed
the juguIar vein. He may pull through al
right.
The young woman whom Rodgers called
| TO see is still at the house, but refuses tC
see any one on the advice of her doctor
She had been at the house but a short
time, and it is not known just exactly what
her relations are with Rodgers. The land.
lady said that she had always been very
we'll behaved since then.
Trouble in Sho~store-
The shoe-dealing firm OF Nolan d l. ohse
on Broadway, is having trouble, and Pau
LOhse Is anxious to sever his connection
with the same and demands an account
ing from his partner, w. Il. Nolan.
In long complaint filed yesterday Mr.
Lohse brings some strong charges against
his partner, who. he SAYS, has not been
acting properly and just as partner
should
Mr.. Lohse declares that when a copart
nership was entered into each member pu,
in half of $4,000 which comprised the
stock and trade. and that while plaintiff
was to receive $3.50 per month for his ex
peDses, because OF his personal at,eDti6h
to the business, Nolan was to furnish an
| accountant and cashier. for which he Was
| to pay S12 per week. but that he would moi
| have TO give bis personal attention to af.
| fairs. The complaint states that subse
| quently Nolan tried to repudiate the latter
| part Of the agreement.
Nolan then, after considerable argument