Arizona republican., 1900-11-01
HALLOWEEN REMINIsCENCE
Related by Master James Kennedy
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James Kennedy, better known as Chino" a messenger boy who delivers Western Union messages to those en- titled tu receive them, sat in the office yesterday evening after his days work Was d".na. He looked ta.cd and sad ''I guess I'll go home" said he, ''an' go to bed" Coin to bed tonght?" said Slinkcy, the Postal Mercury: You don't mean it. Jimmie? This is Hallow- eve night" That's what I'm goin' to bed for.' said James Whenever HaIIowevc night comes I git sore all over Then l go to bed an dream I've been washed over Niagry Falls an am bein' dashed to pieces in the Whirlpool. It's been that way ever since the first Haloweve night l was in Phoenix. I'll never forgit that night Tell us about it. James," said the operator, eucouragingly. T don't like to talk about it." said James.
 At length. though. he Was persuaded to relate the story of the calamity. It was out at Bowycr's place." said he: "out on the Tempe road, you know where it is? We'll that's the place where my life and liberty was saved by women wecpn'. II was Halloweve
 
 Clarence Grigsby an some more fel- lows. All of 'em but me had hatchcts, and one feller had six shooter. l ast
 em what they was gOin' to do and they said mcbbc we would have trouble an would have to stand somebody oil These here Phoenix kids don't know how to have fun on HalloWeve night without destroyin' property. We Eo' to BoWyer's place about midnight an begun i arin' his fence dGWn, nice palm fence. We had about a rod of it pulled up by the roots when IL seemed as if cyclone Was comm. u was ole Man BoWyer. We was all go in to stand by each other. The feilcf with the six shooter was the first one to run The other armed dcstroyttS dropped their hatchets an took to the bresh I didn't have no weapons DuI my feet, an l was so sCairt- | cnuldn | git em to Workn' fer awhile. When I got started I struck out north an there bein' no body else in sight to chase Ole Man BOWyer tuk after me. He was gafnfn' on me an I thought l was gone when | come to the canal, which was full. Here's my SalVaShun,' | thought, an' I jumped in. Jist then something heavy fell on me. It was Ole Man Bowycr. He tried to drowned me fer awhile. then he drug me on the bank and rung the water out e me and damned the ground with me. He stop ped to rest after while an asst me what was my name. I says Jimmie Murphy I didn't mean to lie to him. [ just didn't know myse'f any more. He drug me along the road back to his house, Stoppin' every oncct in al while to warm himself up by swiugin' mo around in the air and beatin' the earth with me. Ole Man Bowyer ain't al big man, but l bet he can lick Sullivan. When We got to the house l believe he meant to kill me. Some women come out an begged him to spare me. He acted as if he ain't made up his mind to do it yit. but after while he says. 'aU right, I'll take i'm up to town an' give i'm to the police The women they cried some more and told him the little wretch was punished enough all ready an they didn't think he would tear any more fences down till he got | old enough to know better. An l amt tore none down sence."
 James got up and moved slowly and | painfully out of the door, saying "ltll | be all off in the morning an I'll be as well as ever. This only comes Onct | d year.