The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-02

| pistols were drawn, glasses and splttooRs
| thrown and fierce osths used.
1t was fignt such a. might Be expected
in mining camp. and the wonder is that
no lives were lost. as death lay in the
deadly thrust Of the knife which entered
the arm OF Elmer Mayberry, a we'll
known sporting man. and also tore open
the eoat Of Eddie Gafney. the we'll
known athlete.
Only for the interference Of GafTney
Mayberry would probably have been kill
Ell and either jeff Smith. a Denver sport
ing man, or his companion. Jimmy Dugan,
also Of Denver would now be in the city
jail charged with murder.
The row was divided into two acts.
During the first Mayberry gave Smith
x Oh beating and Gaffney saved Mayberry
from being ripped open with a knife, al
legged to have been carried by Dugan.
The second act took place after every one
supposed the trouble was quoted. and
ended in Dugan being whipped by Gan-
ney. A cut in Gafney's coat near the
shoulder tells the story of why he used
his athletic ability on Dugan. as Gafrney
says he would have been tit subject for
doctor IL he had not seen Dugan's up
lifted hand with a long and murderous-
looking knife.
The row started over a grudge Smith
has for Mayberry, and was ushered in by
few oaths and a throwing of glasses.
Smith claims that Mayberry was the ag-
gressor. and Mayberry says that Smith
insulted him and then threw the first
| glass. which he caught and threw back.
The glass missed Smith and struck a
young man named Foote. nephew of Judge
Foote. of San Francisco. squarely in the
back. bus did not injure him.
Mayberry has been up the Yukon river
as far as Fort Yukon. He left Seattle two
months ago and returned last evening on
the North Fork. After reaching the city
MSyberry commenced renewing acquaint-
ances with his friends in Seattle and
| eventually found himself in the Horse
shoe saloon, on Pioneer place. While ne
| was standing at the bar JEFF Smith and
| Jimmy Dugan came In. Smith is known
| all over the country as "Soapy'' Smith,
| and has recently arrived In Seattle from
| Skaguay. where he has been recognized
| the king pin gambler and smooth
/ man" Dugan is especially well known in
| Denver, and IS said TO have been deputy
| sheriff. Smith looks more like a farmer
than clever sport. and Dugan is an
| honest-appearing fellow with black curly
| hair. Smith achieved notoriety as
| gun man by killing the editor of Den
| yer newspaper. lie always carries a
| gun"
Mayberry. who used to 1--we in Denver
| end is wall acquainted with Smith. asked
| him to step up and take a drink May
| berry saws that Smith refused, add
| ing an insulting remark. Mayberry sup
| pcsed that Smith was joking ana did not
give the matter any attention. Smith and
| Dugan passed along To the other END OF
| the bar. and a moment later Eddie 6dii-
| ney and a friend walked INTO the satoc1
| Mayberry greeted Gaffney and asked him
10 take n drink. Gaffney said he was only
drinking light stuff"
Everybody come up and have drink. "
| said Mayberry. at is Kioudike money
Smith stood at the bar and glass OF beer
was placed in front of him. According TO
| Mayberry's account Smith suddenly pick
| ed up his glass and threw Il at Mayberry,
who caught Il and threw Il back. Smith
lodged and the glass struck young TEL
| low named Foote in the hack. No sooner
| had he thrown the glass than Mayberry
let 90 his right at Smiths face and caught
him under the eye. Smith was not slow in
getting to work and in a minute there
was a hot fight in progress. The saloon
was IN an uproar and business was sus-
pended Mayberry was giving Smith more
| than the law allowed and Dugan rushed
IN 10 help out his friend. Mayberry real
ICED that something had happened when
he felt the point Of cold steel enter his left
arm. on a level with his heart. Again
the knife ripped his clothes over his
bowels
GaGney saw that Mayberry's life was In
| danger and went az Dugan. He grabbed
| him with oil the strength he has acquired
| sn bicycle riding and wrestling. forcing his
heavier antagonist back and away from
Mayberry and Smith. Mayberry being left
alone with the notorious "Soapy." got
| him down on the floor and according "a
the best obtalnable version made him give
up Mayberry allowed Smith 20 get up and
| Cfaffney released Dugan. The men were
bloody and IN places the floor was sprini1led
with red STUFF Broken glass was sprinkied
around, and one OF the big glass doors or
the side of the room opposite the bar was
smashed into splinteTs
| Mayherrys friends saw that blood was
trlckiing from his left arm. and n casual
investigation showed that he had been
| stabbed Some one looked az his trousers
near the waisthand and found that the
| cloth was ripped open IN three or four
| places. While the crowd was discussing
The merits Of the scrap" and one was tell
Ing the other well. you see II was this
| way CaTney walked Into the toilet room
20 wash himself. Something told him tina,
a person was behind him and he glanced
| ID 5ifst IN time. he says 20 see a man al
his back with his hand appraised. In that
hand vas a long. dangerous knife. The
man who held the knife had curly hair Il
vas Dugsn. Quick as fash Carney turn
! 81 ard he did 50 the knife came down
| GaTney thought e was all dav with him
but ~ lodged a. best he could. ard the
| uurHerous blade only ripped open h3z Goa,
from ne back q his shoulder downward
4 short distance
| Before Tugan coGl8 recover GaTney hft
nm IN the face AMI knocked him against
tho wsIl. Following up his advantage C;8f-
| ney co. 2 half Nelson. and held Dugsn ~
/ he couId rot use the knife. About this
/ time NaybeTvv showed up on the scene
| and seeing Gaffrey IN trouble let q sp.tfoor
| Is az DuEan's head. II missed the mark
| ard smashed un against the wall. Ac-
/ co~ainE 20 GaHnev he and DuEan worked
OUT a. the toilet r@oTu during their struggle
| ard we're Ga front or the entrance 20 the
| cafe when Carney csuzht sight of a man
With gun Il bis hand.
| Get into the room for your life" sad
| caEney % LuEan forcing hI-n back Dn-
I gan who had bean forced 20 let the knlf
! drop allowed himself to ba pushed through
| che door Msvaerry was with than and
I REUSED 20 allow the man WITH the revolt
i yer 10 enter. The wan with tha gym was
I jack Tnoups1H. ara Cor a moment x lock
! "a a. 4 there EuEIa bs q wholesale shoot
! ire ore n7r who saw the trouble SAL