The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-30
IN A STREET BRAWL
Gen. E. u. Carr and Charles
Esplin Get Together.
A DAWSON CASE SIDE ISSUE.
Many Threats Lead 20 IN Encountef
and Rich. Red Blood Flows
on the Sidewalks.

The side issues n tire Dawson cisorcs
case are becoming almost as interesting
aud sensational as the case ttsell- Nisa
It's hosts OF witnesses and its volumes OF
d@positions- A week ago q olooaf "a
clamsfior point was inserted mo ar
Kinzte's testimony By his abrupt departure
from this city with q CORY rroboscis.
which was handed 20 him as a marx OF
the esteem tn which he was seld by MIA
Dawson.s brother-in-law, Mr.. Reynosds,
who met him at the train as he was ieav-
ing for his new home in Kansas CITY.
Yesterday morning Pioneer place was
the scene OF an ensangufned encounter Do
tween two old cArnpaigners In the persons
OF Cen e If. Carr, one OF DR.. Dawson's
attorneys. ana Charlie Esplsn, who Was
named In the original complaint as one
OF the army OF CO. respondents. IL did not
need the strained relations OF the present
case TO exhibit the fact that the two sol-
diers did not Ike each other, but II did
seem that the aggressive attitude assumed
recently by each In the legal Laundry work
OF the Dawsons must bring together war
riors whose antipathy. one for the other,
has found expression In more ways than
ons ever since the Haines-o' Brten SQUAD
bic in the national guard Of Washington.
In which they occupied different sides and
expressed different views This sil-feeling
found vent during the subsequent militia
encamrments. and Mr.. Esplin's eniangie-
ment IN the divorce proceedings. In which
Gen Carr Is one OF the attorneys for the
prosecution. did not serve TO lessen the
enlightenment
So when Attorney Carr, who used TO be
assistant adjutant general on Gen.
O'Brien's STAFF. with the rank OF colonel.
and who now is brigadier general met ex-
Regimental Adjutant Charles Il. Fsplin
yesterday morning IL was only natural that
an encounter should ensue, particularly as
there had been soma long-distance threats
or the part OF each.
Cen. Carr was seen at his office shortly
after the ARRAY, and said TO Post-Intelli-
geneer reporter:
This man Esplin has been threatening
me with personal violence. and has said
that he would thrash me on the streets.
This morning when came down he was
standing In front OF the Occidental block.
and came toward me In a menacing way.
He began 10 talk about his witness fees In
the Dawson case. / explained To him how
the matter OF fees stood. and we walked
toward the Pioneer building. Esplin then
pulled copy OF the Times out OF his
pocket and asked me II I had written
certain article. said that had aot. He
then emphasized certain portion OF The
article and asked me IL had made q re-
mark In which the paper had quoted me-
All this time his dsmeanor and attitude
were threatening. and as I knew that he
was endeavoring TO provoke me | pushed
out nv hand and slapped him IN he face,
saying as I did so. This has gone far
enough He then attacked me, with the
result that we were both OF Us engaged liz
q common street brawl.
IT regret very much the occurrence"
said Gen. Carr. "and do not thiak there Is
anything more 10 say on the subject.
n -~< skA - NJ n . hc3r q
very pretty mill. in which there was some
science and considerable blood. The con-
testants were escorted 10 the police sta
ton, where charges were entered against
them for fighting. and boys on the street
began vhistiing Just tell them that You
saw me-"
Last evening Mr.. Esplin gave his side
OF the case substantially rs follows: II
was standing in front OF the Occidental
building this morning talking 10 a couple
OF friends and looking across the street
saw Gen. Carr In conversation with one
OF the fire department. men. i said. Hello.
there's Carr over there; / want to speak
10 him. ! waited until he had finished
talking 10 the fireman and then ap-
preached him and said: Carr, I would
like to see you for a moment ! would
like to get my witness fees today Carr
told me to see DR.. Dawson about them.
I told him ! had nothing TO do with Or.
DAWSON IN ltlS C3Se Gu elDpVel4t&Ea
me- Then Carr said: Didn't you get
your fees the first day-that's all you are
entitled to- said. rs that al I'm going
10 get?' Then Carr said. No. We'll pay
you
Then I asked him about that article
In the Times, and the conversation was
something like this:
Have you read this article
"T have
Are Won the authorr
"'No, ! am not
"'Did you ever make the remark
Quotedr
Then he looked at me and hesitated,
and said. This thing has gone far enough;
we'Il have this cut right now With that
he hauled OF and pasted me: he didn't
push me. and this IL the cut on my nose.
"No; this lump on my forehead Is where
I got shot. in the Horseshoe saloon. A
good many people think that Carr gave
me- that. but it's n mistake
1T was a pretty lively fight. wasn't
itT' was asked.
Have you seen CARR" asked Mr.. Es-
pin, chuckIing. you ought TO see Carr.
AS far as threats are concerned, he IL the
one who has done the threatening. Why.
one time he said. 'I1splin's a good thing
and told that he didn't want better
mark when he got AT me-"