The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-22

five days previous 10 the opening, whisky
flowed like water and the ringleadeTs
boosted up their cohorts with bad liquor.
on the DAY OF the rush. however, no
man was so drunk as to forget about the
flying wedge which had been thoroughly
explained and illustrated. Al the very
peep of dawn the great mass began 10
push, though the sale was not until .
O'Clock Lines were formed, and the en-
tire gathering was soon engaged IN VICIOUS
free fight Men emerged with ears bitten
off, eyes blackoned, noses broken ana
teeth loosened As soon as a company got
its man 20 the window he was dragged
away and either passed back overhead or
nearly tramplcd 20 death. Many succeed
cd in reaching the spot but it was impos-
siOe to hold a man there long, for ne was
soon borne down by force Of numbers.
Brown ana has henchmen, i'm the mean
time held their position on the outskirts.
II was not Will half an hour before the
time appointed to open the window tnat
he began to form his wedge. Probably
5000 men were massed between him and
The goal at that moment, but this never
feazod the indomitable Yankee. With
thongs of rawhide he dashed himself to
Alec Love and JSz Maloney and with his
feet barely touching the earth, gave the
signal 20 move.
beginning of the Rush.
At the first impact with the human wall
there was "A terrific howl of pain followed
by the most surprising imprecauons' ana
q man staggered out Of the crowd with
the blood squirting from his leg. Maloney
had run his knife into him several inches'
I'm a few minutes these cries "choed on
an sides and the attention of the mob be
came divided. some turning to face the
haV " "a
break and seemed to gain in velocity as 1t
neared the goal Maloney and Love, with
heads Gown. darted into every open
ing. and where there was none, made IL
with the jab Of a knife. Brown was
hustled along breathless and bleeding, IN
al within a dozen rods OF the window.
Here several hundred Cornishmen, great
hulking fellows, with plenty OF strehglh
and grit. made a stand that bade tar TO
spoil the rush. They smashed the apex
ana were moving down the pugilists
when the rest of the wedge broke through
and cleared the way Brown, though bad
Nv bruised, continued TO shout out prom
isea Of reward to his men if they pushed
him 10 on time. There We're but a Few
minutes left then and the Office was rock
ing to and fro with the tide of humanity
brown Reaches the window.
Pounded and beaten on every side, the
great flying wedge made one last effort
and with zigZag movement ana many
knife thrusts, finally broke through and
fairly hurled Brown against the office
with a good right hand blow pugiiist
smashed in the window and Brown
clutched the frail partition with death
grip AT the same moment a gun was
fired. announcing o'clock. and the whole
mass. as one man, heaved up against the
little galvanized iron booth, crushing
Brown almost fiat.
Surrounded by a remnant of his flying
wedge, however he continued TO hang
to the window, and was just getting at
his wad OF Is notes when the government
commissioner threw open the door and
announced President kruger's order sus-
pending the opening 1t nearly cost him
his life. for bullets raued in the shanty
from al sides and the mob pushed harder
than ever. and Brown was on the point
of giving up his position when one OF those
happy inspirations which occur to men
of quick thought and action, urged him
to demand license.
Here l am" he yelled at the frighten-
ed commissioner, sticking through the
window face covered with blood. Here $
my good. hard-earned money Now give
me my license, or III sue the government
for Il ,000,0 600"
2
ed the plucky fellow through the window
and shattered his shoulder blade, but he
waited 10 hear the refusal and have it
Witnessed and then allowed himself to
be passed out on the Veldt
Sues the TransVnaI Government.
out of the thousands there he was the
only one who had the foresight to do this
and though il took long time he finally
received his indemnity. This amount has
been kept secret, but it is variously esti-
mated by the Johannesburg papers be-
tween $4,000 and f75.0oo.
During the entire time that the suit was
being tried, and it passed through num-
Der of courts, the flying wedge lowered
about Brown, many of them not doing "A
stroke OF work, all existing on the hope
of receiving their share of the award, but
as Brown left johannesburg before il was
granted these choice spirits were doomed
to disappointment. Allen Sangree.