The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-12-01
BLOODY ENCOUNTER
schIeswig the Scene of Serious
Stabbing Scrape.
ONE VICTIM MAY DIE.
Knives Freely Used With Fearful Execu
tion-Day Closes With
Holdup.


| Special to the Revi.w.
Schleswig, Nov. 30: This place was
the scene of a fierce and bloody fight
on yesterday afternoon, between the
Mayne brothers living about six miles
northeast of schleswig and Pat NC
Donough and Pete Gilmore, two men,
\ beIs of Brennan & Sons steel gang.
AS a result, the two railroaders are
now in the hospital at Carroll suffering
from frightful wounds, land one of them
McDonough is not expected to live
The fight had its origin in an alter
cation between the Mayne boys and the
foreman Ct the steel gang. They we're
in saloon and decided to flip nickels
for the drinks. One of the Maynes
lost but kept the money and refused to
set up the drinks. This made the fore
man mad and he started to the tracks
stating that he would bring up crowd
and clean out the saloon. The Wayne
boys we're locking for trouble and were
apparently rejoiced at the prospect.
Soon after Pat McDonough and Pete
Gilmore, both we'll loaded with liquor,
started to look for the Mayne boys.
They stopped at Poh,mann's saloon
and tried to pick fight with some one.
Pohlmann succeeded IN getting the
crowd out and in locking the doors.
Pat and Pete then went to Leopold's
saloon where the Mayne boys were. On
entering they greeted Jim Wayne with
an oath and the trouble at once began.
The railroaders were badly worsted
as the Mayne boys used their knives
freely and the saloon soon looked like
a slaughter house The railroaders
had no weapons and the fight was
one sided affair, but while it lasted it
was one of the 6ercest and bloodiest en-
counters ever witnessed.
AS soon as the fighting was over the
wounded men were taken to Haerling
u Walters drug store, where DR.. Dire
scher dressed the wounds.
On examining the wounds it was
found that Gilmore's throat was cut
from the back of the neck to point
near the chin, barely missing the jugu-
lar vein, and that his face was slashed
from ear to mouth, McDonough re
ceived an ugly cash in the abdomen,
through which the intestines protruded.
His hand was also badly cut. After
their wounds were sewed, they were
taken an special train to the hospital
at Carroll from whence comes the re
port today that McDonough is in a
critical condition.
Jim Mayne was slightly cut on the
hand by broken glass. He came to the
drug store for assistance. Ga seeing
his nearly murdered victims, one sit
ting on chair with blood dropping
from his head to the floor, the other ly-
ing on an improvised cot with blood
streaming fIom his wounds, he stood
cursing, damning and threatening them
and it was with much difficulty that he
was kept from completing his bloody
work. The Mayne's left town in time
to escape the wrath of the steel gang,
who soon gathered for the purpose of
hunting them down. Had they been
captured it is highly probable that a
lynching would have followed No ar
rests have been made and it Is reported
that Arthur Wayne has left for parts
unknown.
All the men were under the influence
OF liquor, and Schleswig has no peace
officer to maintain order.
In the evening another occurrence
happened as fit closing of the day.
The night operator at the Northw estern
station was held up by unknown par
ties and robbed of a small sum, about
$ll.OO. Schleswlg is a hot town a.
present.
| SHORT Rnr SwEC