The record-union., 1899-07-11

Loop, and Loop goes down. ana Loop
comes up and starts for Green, and
Green punches Loop again, and Loop
goes down and out.
On cross-examination, witness said
he was bartender out OF Job. He
said Loop swung his right at Green,
but missed, and Green knocked him
down. Loop got Up, though groggy,
got in a fighting attitude, made q pass
lat Green, and the latter countered and
put Loop out.
Green took the stand on his own be-
half, and in answer to a question by
his counsel, said he had been rail
roaded" on felony charge. He had
never, prior to July 4th, seen Loop.
His story was corrobOrative through
out of that told by Flanagan. Loop.
he said, came around and interfered
in the game, abused Ketchum and
Flanagan, and finally struck the latter
in the eye. Flanagan asked witness 10
get his hat. which had fallen off. Wit
ness said he stopped down for the nat
and Loop struck at him, whereupon
witness struck Loop with his left
hand, knocking him down. When Loop
got up he came at witness in fgntinS
attitude, and witness met him, knock
ing him down again with his left hand
Loop, he said, after he got up the first
time, came at him pm run. Loop.
he said, was not at all groggy, and
when he got up after being knocked
down first, they were only few feet
apart-about five feet. Witness SAID
he was merely protecting himself. he
had seen Loop knock. Flanagan to his
knees, and said he didn't want any OF
that. In reply to questions by the
City Attorney. witness said he did not
walk around and deliberately Smash
Loop. Witness said he had been sent
to the park by Mr.. Daroux to keep
minors away from the game.
In his opening argument, the City
Attorney briefly reviewed the evidence
and urged not only a conviction, but
that the punishment be limited only
by the law. He designated Green
attack as brutal and cowardly, and
said the witnesses for the prosecu-
ton had come forward because they
desired to see justice meted out.
/ Attorney johnson, in his argument,
contended that just before his setto
with Green, Loop had engaged in a
number of quarrels and fights with
other men, and called attention to the
fact that Loop was the aggressor In
that he assaulted Flanagan. He also
cited the evidence put in by the de-
fense, that Loop struck at Green be-
fore the latter made any effort to
strike him. i.
Tob coid hn fn1f
the Justice would not be swayed from
strict justice by any newspaper, or py
a series of daily articles published IN
one, as had been done. He felt that
exact justice would be given, and that
was all he asked
In closing his argument the City
Attorney referred to Green as
"bruiser' and thug" who had been
hired to protect the conductors of an
illegal game and said that his action
in striking Loop the second time, When
the latter came up dazed, helpless and
groggy, would in itself constitute bat
terry in the worst form. Such deal,
he said, would not even be allowed at
ze-fight. He said the witnesses
for the prosecution had not been In
duced by the articles published in
newspaper to come forward and
testify, but did so because they thought
the assault was the most brutal they
had ever seen.
After the argument was closed, JUS
tice Anderson made short work of the
matter.
There is no question: he said,
'that the defendant took upon him
self fight which did not concern him.
I find him guilty"
Sentence was postponed until to-
morrow morning to allow time for Mr..
Johnson to file bill of exceptions and
a motion for new trial or appeal, in
case he desired so to do.