The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-14
TROUBLEIN THE CAMP.
Row Between a Whisky Seller and
Soldier AT Camp Thomas-Soldiers
Loot the Premises-Soldier~ Dragged
from a Train by Telegraph Wire.

chicgamaQga. June IA much needed
rain fell today, cooling the atmosphere
and laying the dust. TIE men in camp
were relieved this morning from any
duties and hundreds were given leave 10
visit the city, Lockout mountain and the
ridge"
An accident occurred this morning at
Lyttle. the camp station that Will prob
ably terminate the existence Of the
whisky shops and gambling dens which
nave up TO this time been permitted to
ply their business by the Georgia author
tiles without let or hindrance. private
OF Twenty-first Kansas regiment, who had
been drinking at the whskey dive Of one
Joe Baker, became involved in diff
Guilty with the barkeeper. Blows follow
ed and Baker drew revolver, firing point
blank al the soldier. the bullet. il is
claimed by the soldier, striking him
above the eye inflicting a wound which
may cause the loss OF an eye.
A crowd Of soldiers rushed in, but
Baker. fearing further trouble. had got
ten out OF the way. A large body OF
soldiers formed with the purpose Of handl
ing him severely and avenging the injury
to their comrade and for while 1t look
ed as if there would be serious trouble.
An armed guard, however, was quickly
detailed by order of General Brooke, who
took charge Of Baker and his place and
order was soon restored. The soldier was
taken to the division hospital, where the
surgeon found a wound as indicated. but
thought the injury had been caused by
q bit of broken glass and not by a bullet
After the shooting a number of sol
dierS discovered the gam bling den was
running a brace game and that the diff
fculty between the soldier and Baker
had resulted from the fact that the lat
ter had been playing the former with
loaded dice. It took the soldiers only a
few minutes 10 demolish the place. They
broke up the furniture, scattered the
g gambling paraphernalia in the street and
We're only deferred from pulling down the
mousse by the arrival OF the officers
1t is stated this evening that a mum Der
of good citizens in the vicinity will be-
cause of failure of the Georgia officers
to enforce the law. petition that the pOr
tion of Walker county in the vicinity
Of the park to be put under mar
administer the law on the lawless ele-
ment now doing thriving business there
One of the trains from the park was
crowded to suffOcation this morning and
a number of soldiers mounted the top Of
the coaches. AT a point about three miles
from Chattanooga number OF telegraph
wires across the track of the railroad
over which the soldier excursion train
was passing. When the track reached
this point, c. H. Ames, Third Illinois;
Thomas Barrett, Fourteenth New York,
and Judd Sharp, Sixteenth Pennsyl-
not having a knowledge of the wires.
Sharp was caught under the chin and
around the neck by one of them and
dragged off the car; pulling with him
Ames and Barrett who had attempted to
catch him. The train was running at the
ra te of twenty miles an hour but as soon
as the accident became known it was
stopped, the three men picked up, carried
back to Lyttle and placed in the Letter
hospital. None Of the men was fatally
injured