The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-03-10
Ths copY-MaY FIGHT.
Brief Account OF a Battle That Wa Owe
In One Round-Detai Furnished by a,

f3rief Account OF a Battle That Was Over
Eye Witness.
Omaha Bee, 5: George I. Beck OF
Sheridan, Wyo., is at the Paxton. Mr..
Beck is a son of the ex-united States
senator from kentucky and vas
brought before the public n few weeks
ago when Colonel Cody and Fred May
had their fight at Chamberlain's in
Washington. Speaking of the affair
today, Mr.. Beck gave the following de-
tails of that famous tistic encounter:
THE eastern papers have not given
n correct account of the fight. l saw
the entire affair, and while do not
wish to pose for newspaper notoriety, I
wan to have Buffalo Bill set right be-
fore the public in this matter. In the
first place, there was no woman in the
case. In the second place, Cody
whipped two men that night instead of
one. and never ran away from Wash
ington on account of it. There will be
no duel. Both mcn have shaken hands
and made up. Fred May knows when
he has got enough. Here is the plain
story: Cody and May had a fight in
New York seven years ago. Cody
whipped his man. They never met
again until the other day ut Chamber
lain's in Washington. Cody and May
met in the corridor. May approached
Cody and accused him of taking an adj
vantage of him in the fight seven years
previous. Cody laughed and ~apologi=cd.
In the evening Cody gave n dinner
party at Chamberlnin's. After dinner
Cody and myself, who were behind the
rest of the guests in leaving the dining
room, met May coming down the hall.
May was not drunk, as reported. He
had a few drinks in him, it's true. but
was not intoxicated in any such man
ner as published.
May is Il six footcr and weighs 225
pounds. He stepped up to Cody and
repeated the same grievance that he
aired in the morning in the corridor
and which Cody supposed had been am
icably adjusted. Cody lost his patience.
With the remark that he was not in the
habit Of apologizing every fifteen min
utes to any one, he landed his big right
fist on Mays neck, and the club man
was knocked against the wall and fell.
He renewed the attack aud grabbed
Cody by his long hair.
This seemed to nettle the big Ne.
braskan. and lie proceeded to pulnmel
Mays face, finally knocking him down.
May held onto Bills long hair and
pulled him down with him. The fight
was finished on the floor. Mays friends
rushed to his rescue, but l stood them
off and shouted to Cody to lick his mar
good and hard this time. Cody liter.
ally wiped, the floor with May, and
the club nun squealed for mercy when
he saw that none OF his friends could
help him out.
Then Cody and May separated.
Friends of each combatant grouped
around them. ! mingled in the enemy's
camp and heard Mays friends urging
him to renew hostilities. Tapping
May on the shoulder. l told him that
his friends were advising him in the
wrong manner and that it would be TIC
his interest to shake hands with Cody
aud make up. He acquiesced. So did
Cody, and in d few minutes / had the
giants grnsping each others hands.
While they stood in this attitude,
expressing mutual regret that
the affair had occurred, n dude
friend of Mays got behind his bach,
patted him on the shoulder and urged
him to renew the fight. Cody eyed the
fellow for u moment and the next thing
! saw was the flash of a fist through
the air. heard a thud and saw May't
friend land about ten feet away in ar
attitude that resembled a crushed
doughnut. May didn't renew the fight
His friend rushed down stairs and got
a revolver, but he never pulled it. Cody
had intended departing from Washing
ton the next day at II o'clock, but re
manned ove another day, for fear tina
some gossips might start the report
that he was running away from May.