The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-22
BATTLE OF
The RIVAL
DENTISTS.
Last Evening Stirred Up Considera-
BILE Excitement and Spilled
Some Gore.
MANY WARRANTS SWORN OUT
By the Contestants on Either Side.
Hearing Of the Cases Held
Last Evening.

For fully ten minutes y sangninary
battle was waged in the hall on the
second floor Of the building at the COR
ner OF Main; and Twelfth streets, las
night. The battle array consisted OF
the Painless Dentists on one side and
the Union Painless Dentists on the
other. The fight; began about 8 o'clock
and 1t is alleged clubs and other wea-
pons not permitted by the Marquis OF
ouecnsbury rules were used. 4
Competition wakes keen between the
rival dental establishments in this
building aud differences have been ad-
Indicated in Justice shops time AMI
again. It is said a patient entered the
building last night and was accossed
by a negro employed as a ''cappera by
one of the establishments. The man
was friend OF DR.. Camps of the Pain
less concern. and It is alleged that
when the negro endeavored to inveigle
him into their, Office. DR.. Camp object
ed and was thereupon struck by a mem
Der OF the Union painless concern.
The Union dentists, on the other
hand. allese that Brubaker called DR..
Hill out into the hail and heapad oblo-,
guy upon him. Dr.. Hill alleges Bru-
baker said he was 4 coward and called
him a lobster and other vile names.
Brubaker. he alleges. dared them to
fight and caEed them all towards. Hill
reI;:El tti.s.t he had a reputation and
said he did not wish to lower It by
scrapping with man with so base a
character. n. !
At any rate CORY contest was waged
and the members OF the Painless. con-
Germ seemed to have been worsted. One
OF them has q cash cut in his head and
some had their shirts torn. They all
were literally covered with blood, while
the members OF the Union establish
ment escaped without scratch.
The Union people got out the first
warrants, after the disputants had been
taken In tow by the police. They are
police court warrants and charge
Messrs. srubaker, Camp. Compton and
Doan with disorderly conduct. The
cases viii be heard by Mayor, Sweeney
this morning.
Warrants were issued before Squire
Fitzpatrick for C. E. Camp, Frank
Buckingham, ]. S. Brubaker and j. S.
Camp. OF the Painless Dental Company,
charging them with assault and bat
terry. s,
They thereupon had warrants issued
for Hill, Kahn and Berry. for assault
and attempt to kill. Also for Rapicr,
fol-. assault and battery. They retained
j. B. Handlan as counsel and thirteen
warrants were issued on various
charges. The members OF the Union
Dental Company then endeavorpd to
have more warrants issued before JUS
tice Fitzpatrick, but did not succeed on
account Of their having been already
fined. ris
a reporter visited the building last
night and found the walls in the hall
literally covered with placards an
nouncing rival attractions in the way
of prices and attention. The signs were
50 numerous as to confuse one and 1t
isn't any wonder that patients occa-
Isonally get into the wrong office, as
they adjoin one another and 1t is impos-
sible to distinguish one from the other.
The whole affair is a muddle of Su-
periatlve degree and It viii require
some tall cudselins of Squire Fitzpat.
rick's brain to-day TO unrarel the
cases. They all gave bond for their ap-
pearance to-day. when the cases viii be
heard.