The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-13
CASE0F MISTAKEN IDENTITY
IT ITPRECIPITATED 4 GENER4L DIS
 1URBANCE ATSAVIN ROCK.

Manager Kelsey, supt. Pond and Stenog-
 rapher smith Figured in an Unpleasant
 Episnde-Philip Fredericks the Primary
 Cause of the Trouble-Resisted Arrest
 and Was Aided by His Comrades.
 What appeared for while like serious case of belligerency marked the otherwise good natured and we'll be- haved barbecue yesterday at Savin Rock, and it was all due to a miserable misunderstanding. The ball game be- tween the Retailers and the Wholesal- CTS was in progress, and it seemed as if some one would be hit for hundreds kept crossing the diamond during the game, and did not heed the urgent re- quests of the players to go around the field and give the players a chance to play the game uninterruptedly.
 Manager I. A. Kelsey, with Superin- tendent Pond and Stenographer Smith, all officials of the Winchester Avenue Railroad company, which owns the grounds, were crossing the field. MT. Kelsey noticed the danger to the Wo- men and children and turned to his as- sistants, asking them to find an offl- cer to keep the field clear The party was then right back of second base. Philip Fredericks, one of the commit tee in rge of the grounds, started to- ward 1 ' n to get them off. He shout ed but MT. Kelsey did not seem to hear and Fredericks tried to enforce his or ders by pushing Mir. Kelsey away. The latter started to explain who he was and what he wished to do, but the men were all excited by that time and in the pushing and showing Kelsey and Fred ercks fell to the ground. friend of Fredericks struck Superintendent Pond in the jaw, and third man punched Smith. That drew a crowd in a moment and excitement prevailed MT. Pond at once told the men who they were, and Fredericks at once apologized.
 Mr. Kelsey complained to Officer Crosby of the assault, and with the officer went in search of Fredericks. When found Fredericks readily accom- panied the officer until a man giving the name of Harry Prindle interfered with the officer and tried to rescue Fredericks.
 Other officers came to Crosby's assist ance and were roughtly handled by the crowd of several hundred excited men, who did not know anything about the matter Prindle melted them to re- sistance and several shouted for more violent measures. The crowd soon num- bered a thousand and the half dozen officers and MT Kelsey were being crushed and pummeled unmercifully. The officers were brave and careful to act coolly and with calmness, but were of no avail against such numbers. At this point President Adam Sattig and ex-President c. E. Hart, together with several of the older and cooler business men, succeeded in calming the excited men, and taking Fredericks with the officers over to q retired spot, where the affair could be talked over. Tn the melee Officer Crane was hit with q big bologna sausage and looked like a butcher when he emerged. Water melon rinds and pieces of greasy meal were freely thrown, and one excited man with baseball bat had to be over-
 
 offered to go to the town hall and go bonds for Fredericks' appearance at court this morning. After the excite ment subsided everyone who had talk en part seemed very sorry for it, and President Sattig and others went to MT. Kelsey to express their regret at the unfortunate occurrence.
 Fredericks said that he was hasty and not knowing MT. Kelsey was net tied when the latter did not hurry He refused to go with Officer Crosby and Officer Clinton when arrested, be- cause he thought warrant necessary and at Prindle's instigation resisted As for the passage of blows he was not who came to his aid
 MT Kelsey when seen was very much averse to making any statement for publication. He said he was very sor- ry any misunderstanding had occurred. He said: Because I saw the danger to the women and children I was looking for Mir. Eisele to get an officer of some body to keep people off the field. MT. Fredericks would not listen to my sug- gestion and started to use force. He put his hands on my shoulders to en- force his command, and I put my hands on his arms to keep him from doing so. all the while talking to him. Somehow we both fell. There would have been no trouble whatver and all could have been settled quietly and with no diff culty if some hot-headed men had not gotten excited about it and tried to 1 fight the officers"
 | MT. Pond was seen shortly before Mr. Kelsey was found and made substan- tially the same statement He said that MT. Kelsey's deafness probably prevented his understanding just what Fredericks said at first.
 The scrimmage was regretted by ev- erybody and many would have given a good deal to undo the unpleasant occur ence.