Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-02-11
A FIGHT In PLUM ALLEY.
Two Colored Men Beat and BIulse
Each Other Numerically.
Poib Arrested and Taken 10 the Hall,
1heir Wounds Bleeding proiuse.
ly-Rach Man Fined.

Plum alley, a thOrOughfsre Of Com.
murcial street was the scene OF n
genuine "scrapping" match las! even.
inp, the principals being two colored
men bearing the names OF George Nc.
Donald and "Curley" Wallace, each
Of whom pleaded guilty in the police
court this morning snd were fined $40
and IS respectively.
The scene OF the battle, for such 1t
must have been, ia well termed the
slums OF Salt Lake City, for in that
locality can be found hovelled together
all kinds OF peopie--Chlnese, negroes,
yellows and whites--llving In apart.
ments hardly fit for humankind Ito
enter. The lowest OF the low reside
whereabouts and this Ia where last
eveniDg's fistic encounter occurred.
There were no preliminafies such as
usually accompany pugiiistic csrnivals,
but the big fight commenced at once.
The men didn't even take time to get
Into their respective corners, but went
1t II hot anu heavy, without even the
'ormality of hand.shake. There
we're no bottle-holdeTs, rnbbere-dOwD
DR. anything OF this kind, all these
expensive luxuries having been done
away with, In order that the prin cipals
tho men who did the heavy work
might reap greater reward IN the
big struggle Tor supremacy. Too bad
that Corbett left town so soon for
he might have got several pointers
from his colored friends that would
have aided him very materially in his
forthcoming battle with lanky Bob,
wherein he might have been able to
give the scientific Australian
"pertiekler Fits."
The fight was to finish and lasted
but one round in which Mcdonald
led out. he landed rib.roaster ON his
opponents supefatructure and all but
had him out with the fret blow. Wa.
lace revived, however, when short
but crimson-steined battle ensued.
Blood spurted from floor to ceiling
and white shirts were reduced to
fragments. Naeal appendsges, though
somewhat fatty inclined, spread as
they h d never spread before, until the
two bullys created such havoc
in the district, their blows resoundiDg
with such distinct reverberations that
policeman appeared upon the scene,
declaring that pitched battles were
unlawful and that the fight must then
and there stop. The battle did stop,
but SO proiuse was the flow OF blood
from the dials Of each OF the gallant
gIadiatore, that cold-wa alter cloths had
TO be applied, in order that the great
elixir OF life might not render the men
unfit for similar succeeding encoun-
ters. 1t was u great battle, unattended
by the rsbble and enthusiasn which
generally characterize such proceej-
ings. The referee, Ohicer Seigfus,
declared honors even and took both
men to the hall that they might have
the division OF the spolls decided upon
by Arbitrator Justice Wenger.
AT 10 O'Clock this morning the men,
weak anu sore as result OF last nights
picnic, were brought into the court
room, each resembling w0uld.be
suicides, W hose aims had been defeated
through the timely arrival of the
doctor. Justice Wenger was on hand
ut the required time and listened to the
testimony OF officer Beigfus, the hero
in the case.
That gentleman stated that while |
patroIling his beat about lO:i5 last
evening, he heard tremendous noise
on Plum alley and vending his way
thereto, he beheld two men-the de. |
pendants In the case-viciouely alug- |
ging each other. Wallace Yves bleeding |
bike stuck hog while Mcdonald
seemed to be in every way the ag. |
tpressor, and forced the fighting. |
When witness reached tie door OF the |
Mack had lamp In bis hand,
hs II about ready to put the finishing |
touches to the other fellow.
I Mcdonald was allowed to testify but |
hsdu't much to say. His line OF de.
Tense was that he lost some valuable |
papers from meath his pillow last
evening and asked Curley about them.
81 didn't say hs stoled them ledge"
said the witness, "but he seemed ter
think 30, and one word brought
on another, etc."
Wallacs took the stand. He said he
had been stopping on Plum Alley for
"nigh on three years." Mack came
to live with him short time ago and
last night came home drunk and
ordered the witness out. Witness
wouldn't 20 and Mack began to abuse
him with his ''props." The result was
. loss to the witness OF three teeth
O badly dilapidated jaw.
The arbitrator's decision is noted |