The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-16
BATTLE At PRINCETON.
College Men Clash With Cow
boys and Indians.
TRY TO STOP WILD WEST PARADE.
As a Result of the Fight One Man May
Die and Several Students and Circus
Employees Are Badly Bruised and Hurt.
More>serious Rioting Prevented by the
Action of President Patton

MOra>SerfOus RiOting Prevented by the
Action of President Patton.
PRINCETON, May 16.-Princeton stu
dents and Pawnee Bills Wild West
employees INDUCED in a pitched battle
yesterday and continuous and serious
rioting was prevented only by the pres
ence Of men with cool heads and the ac-
ton of President Patton of Princeton
university, later in the day in calling
For so years it has been an unwritten
law of Princeton that no circus parade
must pass through the streets.
Yesterday Pawnee Bills Wild West
combination violated traditions and pa
raded. The result was the fiercest bat
tie Princeton has seen in many years.
AS a result of the days fight one man
is unconscious and may die, and num-
ber OF students and employees of the
show are nursing wounds received in
the fray. That the show would be up
set at night seemed certainty until
President Patton called mass meeting
of the undergraduates and the faculty
and the result of the meeting indicates
that the show will leave town unmo-
Tested, but it will have lost money, for
word has been passed through the town
that no one is to enter the tent.
Things were proceeding in the usual
course in the university when the pa
rade started. The procession reached
the college campus without trouble, but
passed down Nassau street at bad
moment, for just as the bands music
was heard the students were in the act
of passing from the first morning lect-
ures to the second.
The townspeople were out in force
and waiting for the parade, and the
great majority of them were massed
near the campus. Word passed all
along the line, and within q few min.
utes 900 or 700 studs nts had assembled
on Nassau stieHs Cannon crackers
left over from previous celebrations.
eggs purchased at nearby stores and
vegetables bought or confscated from
the stores, were assembled quickly. The
men unable to obtain these missiles
armed themselves with clods of turf
hastily torn from the lawns. The
trouble started with the band wagon.
Cannon crackers were thrown, and
these, exploding under the six horses,
made them frantic. One of the leaders
stumbled and fell, dragging down the
other horses with him. The students,
meanwhile, kept up a merciless bonn.
bardment with eggs and vegetables.
On the return the parade wheeled
into John lane and the students made
grand rush to head off the procession.
Again the employees of the circus were
rotten egged. The cowboys and In
dians finally charged the students and
used their whips freely. That was the
turning point of the affair. Stnng by
the whips and bruised by the riders
running into them, the students became
ugly and i'll moment the missiles that
were annoying but not dangerous were
replaced by stones and the fight became
serious. Revolvers were drawn, but
fortunately the owners were wise
enough to fire over the heads of the
enemy. Some of the Mexican or South
American cowboys unslung their bolas
and used these with great effect, the
leaden covered ends being exceedingly
effective. The cowboys charged the
crowd several times and rode down
those who could not get out of the way.
In this manner Edward Dillon, a col
ored man, was knocked down and
kicked in the head by pony and his
skull fractured. A student was injured
by pony trampling upon him. An
other was wounded by bola and an.
other was struck by an Indian with one
of the snake whips Many students
were less severely hurt. The cowboys.
and Indians were also badly bruised
and hurt.
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