The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-14
BIG FISTS WERE DRAWN
l. ingfisher People objected to the Smiles
of an artist.

of an artist.
A message from Kingfisher to the
! Eagle says:
! While ST Plunkett's show was per-
forming at Kingfisher Friday night a
member OF the orchestra began a flirta-
ton with one of Kingfisher's fair dam
sells (Of which Kingfisher has many
whom he had met through the day. 1t
50 happened that the wives of half
dozen or more of the wOuld-be promin-
emit men of THE city were so seated as to
come between the participants in the
t=e-a-tee, and as each husband thought
che Irritation was being carried on with
his wife, they all made d rush for the
stage at the close of the last scene, each
I bent upon am apology or gore. COnSe-
qUently the show ended in a general
fsticuff. ShOwmen are advised here
after not to smile upon Kingfisher wo-
men in the presence of their husbands"
W. D. Fossett, the well known Rock
Island special detective, who lives in
Kingfisher was in the city and being
asked about the row said: 81 wasn't
there but Doc Kelly was telling me
about it and he said it did not amount
to anything. The way l heard it was:
that there were some girls flirting with
a man in the orchestra and he smiled a
them in return. \ man sat in front OF
the girls with his wife and thinking the
coTnet player was smiling at his better
half, called him down, but as l under
stand it no gore was spilled. The fact
of the matter is that if there was any
blame anywhere it was not on the part
of the show as it was a good clean, nice
entertainment. 1 was not there my
self but my wife was and she says the
show was all right"
Mr. Ellis, a local correspondent,
writes a description of the trouble and
winds up by saying that 81 PlunkaT1
and his stars had no part in the row
and acted gentlemen all the way
through.
Mr.. Lewis, the ST Plunksrd of the
play, was seen last night before the
curtain raised at the Crawford. He
was delicate on saying anything about
the matter as he said the whole thing
was a mistake between one of the or
ohestra and a deputy sheriff named
Jim Robb who, he said. has the reputa-
ton at Kingfisher of being cross and
cranky and all the time thinking that
somebody is standing on his cOrns. He
said there was no fiiutation between
member Of the orchestra and the girls
as Norton. the young man in question,
is a modest young fellow and a perfect
gentleman. ''The fact is said Mr..
Lewis, that Robb and his wife were
Sitting in the first row near the or
cheaIa and the place was pretty well
crowded. Norton plays in the orchestra
part of the time and plays on the stage
at other times, and frequently has to
go from one place to another and in
this manner disturbed Mr.. Robb who
'cussed Norton. After the show was
over Norton asked Robb what was the
matter with him, thinking he might
have offended in playing with Robb's
little child and if so 10 apologize. but
RObb called him a still viler name and
struck at him. A young fellow named
Red, who was doing something about
the house. defended Norton and was
about to punch RObb, whom he did not
Ike. but RC5b left without getting
hurt. A big fat man who said ne was
the sheriff came down pounding his
cane and very excited. He said he
commanded the peace and I told him
that he himself was making all the
rOise and il wanted THE peace kept he
should select men for deputies who
could behave like gentlemen when they
go 10 the theatsr. Just then several
gentlemen whom l did not know. rushed
down to where the sheriff was and told
him that we were not to blame. but
that RObb acted entirely too fresh.
That IS all There IS to il. Nobody has
ever said that any man IN my COM
pany ever acted an unge utleTnanly part
and nobody ever viii. ! make Kansas
and Oklahoma every year and some
times twice a year and 1 have never Yet
had any trouble The fact is We had
no trouble at Kinghsher and Il the 1t
tie disturbance created could be called
trouble my company was not 10 blame
for Il. II any man in my company in
any shape or manner huE7t the feelings
OF any patron Of my show he could not
stay with me ten minutes