The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-12-28
HAD A HOT TIME.
Miss Ruby Axe Has William Rice
Arrested on a Charge of AS
sault and Battery.
WOULD DEFEND HER ESCORT

The Young Lady Attempted to stop a
Fight Between Couple of Boys. when
One of the scrappers. She Alleges, Cru
ely Beat Her-Another of the Injured
Ones Appeared in Court With a Broken
Jaw, But the Girl Got the Best of It.
There was very interesting time in
Justice S1ater's court this morning,
when the case of the State of Wiscon-
sin VS.. William Rice was called. Rice
was charged with assault and battery,
and the most peculiar fact of it all was
the fact that the complaining witness
was pretty young lady of the Third
ward by the name of Ruby Axe1.
The trouble was the outcome of
skating party, and if the story told in
the court was anything like the truth
the party ended much after the fashion
of the famous Finnegan ball. When the
case was called Miss Axe1 was the only
really competent witness, for Dan
White, who was associated with the
young lady in the trouble, was suffer
ing from broken jaw which had been
handed him as Christmas present by
one of the opposing factions during
the fight.
AS well as could be discovered the
story of the trouble was as follows:
Miss Axe1 and a number of other
friends were enjoying a skating party
on one of the pits at the Enge1 brick
yard. AS the evening progressed
things went along very well until
young Rice and a number of his
friends arrived and got into some
trouble with the friends of the young
lady. Rice seems to be something of a
fighter, and after the first round or so
he had the party at his mercy with the
exception of Miss Axe1, who seems to
have squared off and made ready to de-
fend her friends against the champion
bruiser. One of the witnesses stated
that when the two friends of Miss
Axe1 had been laid out, one with
broken jaw and the other with a badly
damaged nose, Miss Axe1 boldly
stepped into the breach and stated to
Rice that he would have to whip her
before he went at her friends again
She aimed couple of straight blows
from the shoulder at her opponent, but
he ducked and then struck her in the
chest protector. This ended the fight,
as the young lady became enraged and
en1isting the sympathy of other people
on the ice, soon drove the fellows
away.
The friends of Miss Axe1 were taken
home and DIR. Pugh was called upon to
dress the wounds of White. His jaw
was broken and he was badly bruised
in all parts of the body.
This morning Miss Axe1 and White
appeared before Justice Slater and
swore out warrant for the arrest of
Rice. When the case was called it at
tracted great attention and everyone
was interestedin the noble fight which
the young woman put up against the
fellows who had assaulted her friends.
Half dozen friends of young Rice
were called as witnesses for the de-
PENDANT. All the boys testified to the
fighting abilities of the young lady,
but none of them were willing to swear
that the defendant had not struck Miss
Axe1.
At the close of the testimony Miss
Axe1 presented the case to the Judge in
a very eloquent manner and the de-
PENDANT was found guilty of assault
and fixed the penalty at 81 and costs,
amouDtingin all to over $40. AS soon
as this case was settled Rice was re-
arrested on similar charge on the
complaint made by Daniel White and
the case is being heard as we go to
press.