The record-union., 1895-12-31
DEPUTIES CAPTURED THE SALOON,
But They Had Very Lively Time
Doing 1t.
SRloonkeeper Louis Koch and Law
CLERK w. J. McCurdy Were
Placed Under Arrest.

There was a lively scrimmage inside
the Yosemite Saloon, Captain Stevens
old place, on J street near Third, about
noon yesterday. The principal actors
in the affair were Louis Koch, the os-
tensible proprietor of the saloon, and
w. J. McCurdy, Lawyer Harlow's clerk,
on the one side, and Deputy Sheriffs j.
J. Hunters and C. N. Thompson on the
other
At one time it looked as if blood
might be spilled, but the only injuries
sustained were by McCurdy and Dep
uty Thompson. Hunters belted Nc
Curdy behind the ear, and some one
stepped on Thompson's fingers during
q scuffle on the floor to get possession
of the key to the door.
An attachment had been levied on the
stock of liquors in the saloon by Hall,
Luhrs & Co, purchased by one L. J.
Wells, and Sheriff Johnson had his dep
uties watching an opportunity for sew
eTal days and nights to get inside and
take possession of the property under
the attachment. The saloon had been
closed in the meantime, and Wells was
out of the city. Koch had been run
ming the saloon, however, after Wells
left, and claimed to have bill Of sale
of the goods on hand.
Yesterday Hunters and Thompson
were near the entrance to the saloon
when Koch and McCurdy came along
and opened the door. Koch had been
there some time before, and when
Hunters suggested that he might as well
let him go inside, Koch said he would
see about it. He went away and re-
turned an hour or so later with Lawyer
McCurdy They had been "bracing up
considerably, and apparently went into
the saloon more through spirit Of
bravado than for any other purpose.
However, when the door was opened
Pinters and Thompson also squeezed
through, and when once inside Hunters
declared his authority and read the at
tachment Koch said he had a bill of
sale of the place, and Hunters replied
that if SO he had nothing to fear. II
he could show a straight purchase Of
the stuff in the saloon his interests were
safe enough, even under the attach
ment
McCurdy volunteered some legal adj
vice to Hunters, but the latter told him
to give any advice he had to spare to
his client, that he CHinters) understood
his duty and wanted no interference
from the lawyer. McCurdy and Hunters
had more wrangling, and finally the
Deputy Sheriff gave the lawyer-clerk a
crack behind the ear. Then Koch and
McCurdy made an effort to get outside
and lock the door on the Sheriff's dep
uties, but Thompson made grab for
the key and got it.
Another scuffie then ensued during
which the deputies say, Koch tried to
draw his pistol, but Hunters stood him
off by getting out his gun" In the
meantime the police had been sent for,
and mob of people were gathering
about the place When the patrol
wagon arrived with Officer Talbot, Hin
tiers and Thompson had clapped a
pair of handouts on McCurdy's wrists,
but Koch had become alarmed, left the
saloon and started off toward Fourth
street
Hunters wanted him, however, so he
and Talbot started after him. Koch
turned into Fourth street and ran to-
ward K, but Talbot overhauled and
grabbed him. Koch managed to get his
pistol partly out of his pocket and
made a desperate resistance, but Hin
ters soon came up, and finally the fran
tic saloon keeper was conquered and
disarmed.
Koch and McCurdy were both taken
TO the City Jail, where the former was
charged with resisting officers in the
discharge of their duty and Of carrying
a concealed weapon. McCurdy was
charged with resisting the officers.