The sun., 1897-11-20
FELLED FRANK D. BEARD.
4 SHORT nut LITELY ROW IN THE
WALDoRF-AsTORI


Dentist GaEnon EHits the weil-Known BroohiSn
Horseman over tho Head with Bottle
while They Are suppinu Together In the
Caro- OF the Hotel AFTER the Horse SHOW
There were neither cuts nor bruises to mar
the robust beauty Of DR.. George >. SaBhon
last night as he drove round ana rouhu
the ring OF Madison Square Garuen De-
hind his tandem team Great Cesar and North
Light. and tho reason assigned therefor was
that he got hold of the wine bottle hrst' nc
and Mr.. Frank d. Beard, q lover OF horsos
and other good things in this life, came
together carly yesterday morning In the care
OF the Wadorf-Astoria. and in consequence
Mr.. Beard did not attend tho Horse snow iasC
night. The details OF the meeting are httio
misty, but there was q quarrel between the two
and before any one present could say JACK hoo
inson DIR. Gagnon had landed with handy DOT
tie on the left temple Of Mr.. Beard, cutting MS
scalp and all but rendering him insensible. AS
Mr.. Beard weighs $50 pounds in condition, the
bottle is therefore said to have played an I'M
portant part In preserving DR.. Gagnons beauty.
DIR. Gagnon is u dentist. Helivcs with his vile
at the Waldorf-Astoria. He Is fond OF horses
| and has four entries in the Horse Show MIR.
| Boards wife also has entries in the show. ana
| ho himself has been driving the horses entered
| by the millionaire Boston merchant, f. ID.
! Jordan. Tho common interest of the two men
| has thus thrown them together great deal.
| especially during the present week.
| On Thursday night after the show was over,
| Beard, Gagnon, and two friends went to the
| WaldorfAstoria cafe for supper. They sat lato
| at the table, and when the row started they had
| the place to themselves. There was no warning
| that trouble was brewing. for all concerned. 80
| far as the walters could judge were in the most
] amicable franc of mind.
! Suddenly there were loud and angry words
| Gagnon jumped to his feet and reached for the
bottle. At the same moment Beard arose and
| the dentist struck him. The blow was hard
one and Mr.. Beard staggered back with blood
streaming down his face. He recovered and
made rush for his assailant but he was dazed
still and half blind with blood. The men
There was a clatter of dishes and cries from
tho friends Of The men and the walters. Then
e sns dsns as out
one door and Beard was helped into the hall and
upon couch 9 bsas %as ser
which he was taken away from the hotel IN a
cab Gagnon was prevailed upon to so to his
Tho management of the hotel made great r Of,
forts to keep the row from being known. The
made made at tho hotel at hrst it was denied that
there had been any disturbance. Later however.
Manager Boldt admitted that there had been
III have not investigated it" he said. but !
words and came to blows. am sure, however,
that DIR. Gagnon did not use a water caraffe. as
would have needed more than doctor to mend
his head. understood that 1t was the doctors
Of the qaare leaked out with the
eppearapce Of Mr.. Beard at the Horse IS show hfN
% Of pnk Is court ue plaster ron on his ie! temple and
false eyebrow over his left eye. He admitted to
} his friends that he had fought with DR.. Gagnon,
, | apraah all the amDlithentre.
newspaper resulted in Mr.. Boards absence from
N Not o SO. howevar, @ with Or. Gaspon. He was
with his wife who ocsqpisd one Of the
he had driven his tandem and won a red Ribbon
nc Iasa cah1 y talk oEd Let Beard tell about It,"
Later he held a consultation with one OF his
grooms. and sent him to The SUN man with this
'' "Mr. Beard ar insult DR.. Gagnon. DR.. Gagnon
arose and demanded retraction. Mr.. Board
! declined to give It. DIR. Gagnon then slapped
There was no explanation offered as to how
fsSoRSS6
dates back to the Boston Horse Show, which was
GaSnon. Gag who was was an exhibitor there, had row
with John Shuts JE son Of the mlionHTe
, alleged that the III feeling between Shuts and
the dentist WAS felt In part by Beard, who at the
Waldorf-Astoria meeting took up his brother
. There Is much speculation as to what will
| happen when the two men next meet. Al
though Beard is an unusually powerful man,
Gagnon himself is in the heavyweight class.
t Beard is well known about town. He inherited
' IA fortune from his father, who owned a large
portion of the Brooklyn water front. He
5 Is one of tho directors of tho Ameri-
1 | can Wharf and Warehouse Company. He
Is member of the Manhattan Club
r of this city, of the Crescent Club Of Brooklyn,
0 | and was one of the organizers of the Brooklyn
| Riding and Driving Club. His fondness for
| horses led him 10 purchase a racing 8 able,
which is known on the turf AS the Erie Stable.
| The most prominent In his string was LaZza-
| rome who Is a Suburban Handicap winner. Two
| or three years ago he was married to Miss Maud
Howard. daughter of Joseph Howard. Jr., a
0 | newspaper writer.
y Dr. Gagnon Is now about 35 years old and Ia
| OF French-C Canadan stock. He drifted into this
3 | country poor boy and settled in kewanee, III.
There he found employment as a man of all
| work and WAS jack of all trades, according TO
his friends. repairing n clock gun with equal
facility. From this work he embarked In the
o patent medicine business. travelling about with
4 a brass band and other accessories. He made
money, and going to Chicago studied dentistry.
He established dental parOr there and advcr
l. tised widely. He made more money and branched
a out In other citios.
Several years ago he established himself In
New York and became prominent at the Holly
wood Hotel in Long Branch where he showed
n himself to DO fine pigeon shot. He made
matches with Edgar Gibbs Murphy, Bland
n Ballard. Fred HOey and young Phil DAILY, and
by means of shrewd handicaps won number OF
them, thereby greatly increasing his exchequer
His principal place OF business 10 in West Twen
ty-third street, 1t is called the New Yorl
Dental Company.