The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-08-02
AVERTED A MASSACRE.
Effect of u Four Inch Hose and n
stream OE Icy Water.

Effect of Four Inch Hose and n
stream oE ley Water.
Il see by the papers, said a farmer
resident OF the west that the French
police Qucllcd Il mob the other ,iuy by
turning the hose on them. l saw the
same thing tried under very dramatic
circumstances out in Denver In the
early eighties. There was n strong
feeling against the Chinese all through
the west ut the time. growing out OF
Denis Ncurney'S sand lot' campaign
In Frisco, and it needed next to moth
Ing to start demonstration. Ono day
few Denver hoodlums set the ball
rolling by wrccking a laundry, and in
less than an hour Il full grown riot was
In progress. The mob swent down
upon the Chinese section like Il prairie
fire, and a horrible massacre was ap.
parcntly inevitable. when proceedings
were momrntarily checked by an OK
traordinary incident
lit seemed that Il gambler named
Tim Moon had dropped in ut one Of the
laundries for his weekly supply of
boiled shirts. and the ChinamX.l had
some difficulty III finding the right bun
die. While he was searching lis
shelves the vanguard OF rioters sud
denly appeared and were about to razc
the frail little shanty to the ground,
when Moon leapcd out OF the front
door with Il cooked revolver in each
hand. Hold on. boys lie yelled
You've got to wait until get my
shirts
There were ut least 1000 people In
the mob. hut Moon WAS Il noted despcr-
ado, anu nobody dared make the first
move. The dense throng stopped in IL.
most 4 straight line. like Il river
checked by an invisible barrier
Tell him to hurry. .Tim.' somebody
shouted from the crowd
Make haste. John called Moon
through the door These gentlemen
want To hang YOU
"Thc sally raised Il laugh, and for a
moment there was Il gust Of rough
badinagc, but it was evident that the
crisis could not be prolonged many Sec
onds moro. And that brings me to the
water episode, from which have
slightly wandered.
while Moon was holding the crowd
ut bny," continued the story teller. "a
the scene. but hesItatcd to fire. You
see, public sentiment was so generally
with the rioters that nobody cared to
take the responsibility OF ordering IL
vollcy. Just then Captain Dave Cook,
who was Mt the time chief OF the Rocky
mountain police. came galloping up OH
horseback, leading the way for steam
fire engine, and before anybody real-
lied his purpose Il four inch stream Of
Icy water was turned OH the thick Of
the throng.
"The effect was simply miraculous.
1t was very cold day, ana the horde
OF infuriatcu westerncrs. who would
surely have stood their ground against
fusillade Of rifles, simply turned tall
and ran. In their frantic efforts TO get
out OF the way Of the water, scores Of
people were knocked down and tram
pieu on. 1t was Il complete rout, and
In two minutes the street was MS empty
rs drum. What Is more, the thing
prevented any reassembling at other
points. for the fellows who had been
chased by the hose were 80 chagrincl
at the absurd figure they cut TINT they
Immediately sneaked Off home, und by
the time they secured dry clothes had
lost oil interest In the Chinese Ques-
tiOn. Thus n riot was turned into 8
good joke, and for long time after
ward the happy expedient that won the
day was referred to as Dave Cooks
water cure. warranted 10 relieve any
case OF municipal congestion.
"Jim Moon, by the way, met with n
tragic death n littlc lofnr IN ua xvoo
shot and killed by Clay Wilson,
sporting man. who hailed originally
from New Orleans. When the Denver
papers printed the story. they dispmy-
ed some characteristic frontier humor
In their headlines, Blood ON the Moon
and "A Lunar Eclipse were two re-
ea'a."-Sew Orleans Times-Democrat.