The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-07
Ne COULD NOT STAND II.
Jeered by the Crowd That Robbed
Him, a Miner Uses His Gun.
WORK oF"soApy sMiTH's"MEN
while In Route for Alaska nieer
II Relieved of His Gold ~ """S"
M~a-A Fight EBsaes. Cana Are
Drawn. Many SHOT. Eachanses.
rro Men Are Injured. and Es-
cares rresa Death Mirscuioas.


sEAGwAY, March 5os-A battle OF bull
lets. Ia which q victim OF the fhree-shsi.
game engaged seven Of the gamblers VINO
had gotten hls money. took place out On
the trsli yesterday fhorni's. A..noasn
two or three dozen shots were hred. onsy
two nseu are known 10 have been nis'
ard they we're rot seriously wonhoea'
The battle, however. was one oil the ave-
Hast shooting serapes which has taken
place In Alaska. ard 1t Is miraculous
that there ssere no fatalities. one ihaig-
nant and abused mar, who had run up
against the game and had los, his money,
was .eeresi by the cappers ana dealers
when he turned TO SO. He could stand the
ioss of MS Ynoney, sat the teering was
ECO much for him: he turned and knocked
one Of them down. Another rambler en-
gagged him and met with the same fate,
A third was about "a so down under the
doughty FIST Of the victim when the
gambler pulled a revolver and nourishec
Al al the nsau. Tiaus challenged, the VIC
tim hsrnse.f drew a small! gun and, step
ping back few steps. opened up on the
crswd o. gamblers, aud did not stop mr.
Tag sun,i, he had enpi.ed his weapon
three rirnes. At the same time the gam
blers were firing IS fast as they could
n the man. who stood out boldly and
Mas A good target. Fifty or more men,
~a1 ri, hat
tie. very anwi.iiSsiy, for the bullets were
Eying In al directions ard made Il very
dangerous to be In the vicinity. As it
WAS, an Innocent packer. sitting on his
sled up the trail. was the only nan hit
by a bullet, with the exception. possibly.
OF Que of the gamblers, who Is said TO
have been hit 10 the hand
Tho shooting Is graphically described
By Mr.. Cen, Busheo. who was on the
spot at the time. together with I'D Stra-s
horn in charge or the pack train OF
Mstlock & Reag.e. Mr.. ,Bnshee says.
.soapy. Smfth's Men.
.sThere were several pack trains going
. up The canyon. When We were about half
q mile above the mouth OF the canyon We
came 10 a stop. because of some pack slip
threw quite A bunch Of us together. men
with sle.ts. men with packs IN their backs
and msa With packherses. There We're 2
: lot az horse IN the erowd too. Very close
"a the tran was d gang OF. seven OF 'Soapy'
Smiths shsl-game men, working their
husinese. A. | rame up the racket with
this man commenced. lie had l0s- his
money and turned 10 leave. When OF a
few feet some of The gamblers yelled after
-. Al. 49,
thing he had said The man was a good
sized sealew and well buIit He was
dressed in a blue suit of macklnaws. lie
turned aud replied GRITTY so the tesr. At
this one Of the largest of the cappers
squared Off as IL 10 strik. the man IN the
blue suit. But quick thought the gart-
bier WAS struck BY The other and knocked
Down. Aunther gambler took n hand IN
the fight then and he fell from a blow as
quickly ms the first fellow The gamblers
here began to see that they had their
hansls fna. A third osle rushed into the
fraeax and would have met the same fate
had hss rot been afraid " the skilifui fist
Of The vlssiim.
'.rne third gambler came int, the sigAt
By pulling bis revolver ana aiming Il "a,
the alan who MAS pfoying too nsach fer
the crowd. The spectators began 10 clean
Out about that time, bat the trail was
1u. shd the canyon narrow. SO there
Nsz no place much To so
As soon as the man in blue saw the
enn 30 the hands Of the gambler he drew
lis OWE revolver. and backed m 4 step
or two 20 get the seven enemies IN line
ead 20 Set than All In front of him Then
the shooting commenced
su0- may tht1k 4 VAS funny and IL
Mas, hat IL WAS serious also Those
Eamblers commenced 10 hunt places eg
safety q. fas' that The man could not hit