The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-29
KNIVES USED TO KILL.
n HARDWARB DRUMMER's HARN
OF TWO EXCITING FIGHTS.

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sonuo pn"opn'ea, e"A,p may nnSo written
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80
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pvos " s''o' 800 ,nU. H"soouy haa
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w
s'o, ueSioe VI .iSNA.'o" 70 Whion
-" inaiN"'ua' - "'.N'heu may 10 Uoiu WIN
'oiei"o'e accuracy W VIZ weapon he carries
Su'po',nk ~ uoea nv carry any eAi" one
v tn' p"tS' he"i'uR 0"ukh-
Iookins iuA poiee court Trying QUO
iouu '",se IN sneIk. " ukn'inE' u ne
s"o,e oie".' 'nsS n"u "o'ht.s IA III manu-
~ hss III u nkhs oeeurroo'
~ ms hst WAS rea,iy the oniy weapon ne car
rieu h"oituahs' SSH Ia hAru"aro man QUICK
H' h' u 'si' " ~ - e'A'o. u e'se no
maS p'e''' - n'o hiknis CIV
n'"eu '',n"' fo'uitot o'''.
'N"''on'oi 'oaiso'ie '"e uo,hk away WIN al
"eapons oAoep.'ht tno'o Wh'on ne'uto proNioos'
U "hieh ~ III ID 'ho vee'. it"hi % some
'''ho' 'nous", ''' "e ieeen suas s'~eo' anu
uh'i we uo oApeo1 % 80 On soAihk = Rooo
many AniVe' "hu p'e'oiS' -.
h,o NV "se e'' senefNAy - "espons'
hskea shother.
more eehera.y IMAM people tnink' even In
'he Rrea' 'i'es' WINS Il Fep'y. Du' hotReh.
eFaiy w hA'i'e A"efieahe ~ our prihe'paA
CITIES EVERYBODY knows that the Italians carry
'heh' "nu o .nen' 'oo' men ana women on
"nat seenis sNshe proNoeatioh. Americans al
mus. away prefer piS'o's' anu the ps.oi ID I'M
ques.'on"oiS II we"pono II must advances"
ci'''.eu 'spe' ner III e'"huh't'es' now
over III 'ho "ou'h u southwest where IL ID
s',ii common U men 70 carry Ah''es' anu
whore 'hey arc very sA'iiui using them.
~ 'ninS' ! y, .ee 'ee"e W uo'elaii
III WIZ rS 'neoFS'" 'uoos ho1 20 prove IT,
"a me- - W MI u seh W
. ""y anu 20 weapon 'e ees "ii1nu Oh 'ha'
@n' ","po" III "'' AN No" @ .
VI" uuef weapon a Italian Paarone hrst
I"',o VI .en''o " 'n"', no enIu' IL An
t"''. wv y ~ q An'o AZ
,o"pt w "et'"u 'ou'"si VIII u Ah'io' He
Ano"' az "oo"' An''es' " useu ~ tneh'
"ru . y ~ II a "ttN'u Vi mem osea
'uo II '"''e WIZ run ITO" "ciuo.
ever ",'er NC haS utawn MS kn'ie' Ana De-
~. NV '" 'ous"e'' 'naiaeters III the
""N1 - " u { eApei'a '
- - Va" III" p'''o,' "'u'" INV ia.e"
NV - 80" ~
II mn " '"'n te's . { .na" ~ wa"
kone'"'''" aso' very "uon ess 'H"n seFenty
.".' = nc y o"' uee's"e" Il III
.Hat Se"'a nS an' AN y " "'pu"'uo
'""e y n's All Il n
nu' .u'' touEh' " u 'heS lear
"a ~ - "o, "n' uou' "eS carry
e ST. u man.
nn. u : Bay 'o"e u .ne" no
"'1 u '"' ''' Nv i"'o'i'e'
p'"tN'Hs az '"eoi', l " JIM e'~t'"s II. put
mus VIM ."tS Ah''e' "Fo u'u"'iS t"o "os'
ignorant as wei as the most desperate"
ibid you ever see any fighting with knives ~
was d Aura, ques''oh.
The first time | ever saw l. man Killed WAS in a
LIZ. 6nb, s,ana,,n =, 49, ,....
of a Mississippi IN about thirty years
ago. on my first trip South. The boat had
.,o,n.I n, u.l.,. A. % ,,t. =, $3.50,
s'oppou :. ie,Ina' hfA, " .AAo oh 're'Hh''
and was watching the roustabouts bringing it
Ia,a snrnm.r and r s,andinn in ,ha Ia.
ia's summer auo l. stanoihs IN the shaae OF an
awning on the upper deck. looked down over
80. ho. ~. noo. Ill .o,l, 800
10 soc NO" INC poor ae'!s couiu WORK Ms they
did. for they ran to and fro like ants, while tho
mate of the boat stood shouting his orders and
n",SInn ,h.m sor thsIr ,azinass rnan .,sn
curs'"s theh ior 'he'r 'h%ihess' lheS aidn
seem to me to be lazy. but 1t is the fashion to
call a rou,tabout 40 and to ourse at him nre,tv
-" 49, p-.N'
s'eauiiy wh!ie ne WORKS. Just as a mule driver
swears at his train on general principles.
Most of the 'rousters' were black, or par,
PD''
negro though there were a lew who looked Ike
white men. and probably were, and there was
ons fsllow that I Thought had both Indian o,d
= o' 49, ~ ~. u" oota i"u'aa Anu
negro oIooa In MS veins. lie was q strappIng
big man. and l noticed that while he carried Us
hesvv a load saoh ,imsas n, ,ba o,b.rs bo
Az
carried It without any perceptiolo effort and
without the strain OF muscle that the others
shaved. Tnrv wer, all strinp.d IN m, xais,
~ Az W. 80 ,f'pPSa """'
Tor me WORK, as rouststs, usually are, or were
then In Tie hottest weather, ana ] noticed his
physlIue Win admiration. lie looked the most
powerful man IN the gang.
suddenly he bumped against another man
who was going on ne ooat for q fresh load as hs
was coming on with bis. i could not see whose
tanlt IL was, or whether u was a pure accident.
put IN an instant ne hAd thrown his load to The
deck ana struck at 1.-THE other with his list. The
othef man WAS q very plack negro ana con
slderaoly smaller than the half-6reed, but bo
Was rs quick as q cal, AND Jumping backward he
aroided the blow anu STOOD on the defensive.
nc was very much on the defensive, too, Tor
hS ne jumped ne puI MS mana TO ms Oelt. ana AS
no slTuCh, MS httltuue ne helu out q murutrouS