The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-25

the transfer had been made with Mrs.
Chinn's connivance in q wa that was
morally fraudulent, if not legally SO. There
were political differences also between
them, but Chinn says that his attacks on
Bronston are due to the fact that Bronston
made i~nsinuations against a oma
Jack Chinn is one Of the most unique
products of the blue grass country which
has produced many interesting types.
Giving voice to his sentiments, Colonel
Jack says: 81 am a southerner and a gen
tleman, by Jupiteri A man should fight
if his honor is attacked. He should fight
if a woman is assaulted, and the best thing
for him to fight with is a bowie knife,
which is the genticman's weapon"
The bowie knife he always carries with
him, and, according to Kentucky tradi-
tions, has frequently used it with deadly
effect. Colonel Chinn is proud of his
s'trusty blade" which is variously spoken
Of as a "bowie,'' a "spring back and,
more often than either, as the "Chinn
knife" Many and curious are the tales
told in Kentucky as to how Colonel Chinn
carries his knife and the manner in which
he opens and draws it when occasion re-
quires. Men talk about it constantly in
the blue GRASP country and tell each other
that the colonel carries the knife down his
back, attached by some secret c~ontrivance
to his collar. But the colonel says these
are all fairy tales. He declares that ne
carries it in the right rear pocket of his
trousers. When he has need to produce
it, ready for use, he dexterously shifts it
to his larger front pocket, where, under
cover, he opens it and then swiftly brings
it into service.
He has been in a score of desperate
fights in the past 20 years, has been hurt
several times himself, but generally it is
the other man who is hurt.
There isn't a more expert knife user in
all the country thar is Jack Chinn. Colo
mel Bowie himself, the inventor of the
knife that bears his name, was not more
proficient in it's use thar this Kentuckian.
He knows where to strike, when to strike,
how to strike and what to do with the
knife after it has been sent home.
When Colonel (ioodloe and Colonel
Swope, Republican politicians, quarreled,
Chinn advised Goodloc to settle the trouble
with a bowie. He loaned him his favorite
knife and gave hin. some lessons in using
il. Goodloe killed Swope in the p~ostoffice
th Is knife cuts, scientifically delivered.
Clinn claimed and got most of the credit
for this incident.
Chinn was a starter on the race track.
He carried his flag in n hand and his
bowie in the other and made the jockeys
mind. At the Latona (Ky.) track once
he had a dispute with Jack Dowlan, who
said he was not a gentleman. This is the
one thing Chinn will not stand. He whip
ped out his bowie and made a workman
like rip for Dowlan's stomach. The lat
ter had been mean enough to provide
himself with a steel shirt, and Chinn lost
the point of his fayorite knife. "Only a
cad would wear a thing like that" said
Chinn, contemptuously. Then he turned
on his heel, and Dowlan's social standing
was impaired by this criticism. In spite
of his idiosyncrasies, Chinn has the repu-
tation Of being square and honest in all
his dealings and very truthful.
Chinna 4 most dramatic use of his big
bowie knife was a short time ago whom he
sharpened it up and started for Nevada to
help re-elect Senator Stewart. whom he