The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-13
LYTLE'S ERA OF LAWLESSNESS
SOLDIERS DEMOLISH ONE OF THE
GAMBLING DENs.

Soaking of the Place Preceded by n
Row in Which the bartender
Threatened the Life of IA soldier
Who Had Been FIceced-CitIaens
in the Vicinity to Petition To Have
the Place Put Under Martial Law.
Chickamauga National Military Park.
| Ga. June ia much-needed rain fell to-
day, cooling the atmosphere and laying the
| dust
The men in camp were relieved this
morning from any duties. and hundreds
were given leave to visit the city, Lookout
| Mountain and the ridge.
An accident occurred this morning at
Lyle, the camp station. that viii prob
ably terminate the existence of the whis-
ky shops and gambling dens which have.
up to this time. been permitted to ply
| their business by the Georgia authorities
without let or hlndrance
A private of the Twonty-lrst Kansas,
who had been drinking at the whisky dive
of one Joe Baker, became involved In a
difficulty with the barkeeper. Blows fol-
lowed and Baker drew revolver. firms
point blank at the soldier the bullet. it
is claimed by the soldier. striking him
above the eye, inhictng a wound which
may cause the loss of an eye.
A crowd of soldiers rushed in, but Baker.
| fearing further trouble. had gotten out Of
| the way.
A large body of soldiers formed with
the purpose OF handling him severely and
avengiug the injury to their comrade. and
for awhile it looked as if there would be
serious trouble.
An armed guard. however, was quickly
detailed by order of Gen. Brooke, who took
charge of Baker and his place, and order
was soon restored.
The soldier was taken to the division hos
pital, where the surgeon found a wound
as indicated, but though the injury had
been caused by a bit of broken glass, and
not by bullet, a splinter of glass being
found sticking in the eyeball
After the shooting a number of soldiers
discovered the gambling den was running
| brace game, and that the difficulty be.
tween the soldier and Baker had resulted
| from the fact that the latter had been
playing the former with loaded dice II
took the soldiers only few minutes TO de-
molish the place.
! They broke up the furniture, scattered
| the gambling paraphernalia in the street
and were only deferred from pulling down
| the house by the arrival of officers
| 1t is stated this evening that a number
! of good citizens in the vicinity VIII, be.
cause of the failure of the Georgia officers
to enforce the law, petition that the por-
| ton of Walker county in The vicinity OF
the park be put under martial law, SO
| that Gen. Brooke can administer the law
on the lawless element now doing a thriv-
| ing 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 a number of telegraph
| wires cross the track of the railroad over
which the soldier excursion train was pass.
| ing.
When the train reached this point, c. Fl
| Ames, Third Illinois; Thomas Barrett
| Fourteenth New York, and Judd" Sharp
| Sixteenth Pennsylvania We're standing or
top of the car, and not having a knowl.
edge of the wires, Sharp was caught under
the chin and around the neck by one OF
| them and dragged off the car pulling witt
him Ames and Barrett, who had attempted
TO catch him The train was running al
the rate of twenty miles an hour, but as
soon as the accident became known 1t was
stopped, the three men picked up carried
back to Lyle and placed In the Letter hos
pital. None Of the men was fatally in
| jured.