The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-02-17

Sunday evening about six o'clock
Yakob and John Tulin, two young Fins
whose claim TO citizenship in this
country is 40 recent that they had yet
failed 10 discard the typical FUR cap or
To lac able to utter even mononsylab
Of the language current in the realm,
took il into their heads To paint the
town in variagated hucs and they suc-
ceeded in doing 80 To the Queens taste.
They prepared FOR their gcampaign by
filling up with hoffman drops and
Amasa forty-rod although where they
got it is II puzzeler for it is n well known
secret that there is no. fire. water dispens.
eel in this town on Sunday. But be
that us il may the fact remains that
they succeeded in getting on ~ princely
ing. Rumor has it that during the
latter part az the afternoon they
moukcycd around Geo. Premo's place
and insisted on gathering down Il door
whercat George waxed warm md
chased them away with an axe They
were conspicuous about the streets
most OF the afternoon but frat came
prominently into notice when they
pitched onto Il dcfrnscless Hungarian
womnn near the postolIice using Il cord.
wood stick in order to make assurance
douby assured. The woman escaped
from them after receiving several severe
blows and ran crying down the street
where she met her husband The two
Fins then fell TO quarreng with each
other near the post office when "Dick"
Retnllick, the postmaster, came along.
Dick" is Sunday observer and could
Sabbath unoticed go lac stopped and
called out Ear you. "Theese oughtn't
To be oopin and olercn ON the street
and lurupen il TO each other SO fash
un'' "raper off bi,.' Tire two
brothers couldn't digest Retallick's
renonstrance to their liking and they
forthwith proceeded to thump him IA
good shape for his friendly advice.
They both pitched onto him beating him
numerically about the head and ON one
of the legs but fortunately for " Dick
they were unable to discriminate
between his good leg and his wooden
one and the latter received the major
portion Of the blows.
Retallick's cries attracteded the attcn-
tion OF Nick Mycr, the deputy sheriff.
who la stcncd to his assistance aud
caught hold Of one OF tina fellows to pull
him off the unfortunate man when the
Fnlnnder drew II knife and gave him a
bud cut in the abdomen The cash was
about four inches long but fortunately
not quite deep enough TO catch the
intestines. Both fellows then took to
their heels but Mycr drew lis revolver
and one fellow dropped with bullet IN
his leg. One Of the bystanders who was
under the Influence OF liquor went alter
the fellow with u piece OF scantline aud
would have Drained him had not Myer
crawled ON his hands and kuees to
where the Fin lay where he took the
club away from the enraged man. The
Fin was then taken to Mrs. liouta's
supposed 10 be over But IN the mean
time the brother appeared again ia the
vicinity az the post Office and renewed
the fight by severely beating and cutting
n couple of miners who happened 10 he
on the street lie then started down
the sidewalk towards the mine assault
every person lac met. DR.. McBnrney
had been called, in the mean time. to
attend MIR. Mycr and AS he came along
the sidewalk towards the fellow the
latter drew knife and made Tor tn,
Doctor MIR. McBurney threw mp his
sntchel stopping tho blow and, beins
unarmed, thought direction the better
part Of vnlor, so he emulated Butler
and retrea,cd 10 gun-cover, although be
IL said Ia the Doctor's credit he recross
ed tho "rugcla" Immediately afterwards
aud captured Tndysmith.' When th'
DIR. renppcared at his gate with his gun
he was confronted again by tho fellow
who made another lunge ut him but a
the sight OF the gun lac quailed an,
assumed n defensive attitude when I've
Olsen came upon the scene and knocked
the fellow down with n blow behind tn
ear. lie jumped TO his feet at once am
let the kniic ally" az Olsen who duckc'
his head just in time TO miss ". III
Fin then started on n run across ia
swamp. Will Jobe happened to see tin
affair from his front window and ho ra
out of the house and headed lin OF
Olsen and others soon cnught mp an
hnd the fellow corrallcd. They the
attempted to take him to the jail bu
he threw himself down and they WEI
compelled to drag him along. IL wa
during this procedure that the iello
bit MIR. Olsen desperately on the arm
They finally succeeded in getting him
the "cooler" where he remained unit
the next day when undcrsheri
Tromblay arrived from Crystal Fal