The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-07
FoUGHT A FIERCE BATTLE.

ago when plten6d. Dattler vas 7IOu2 MT
which lasted two hours and resulted IN
the shooting of two boys. The scene
was described to Il Clio e reporter BIZ
Harry jackson, a resident Of the upper
levee, who WAS ar eye witness to the
strange affair." Said he:
1.-THE fight was tho rstFansest that I
ever. Witnessed. I could scarcely believe
my eyes when / looked upon that youth
full battle. sfBoys less than ten years o!d
threateningly hourishfng TeVoiNers and
fighting with a fferCeness, and hatred that
made one shudeers For two solid. hours
they fought. 1t was San Juan hill re-
Vefsed The, Spanfards would charge
1ierceiy up the hill and then slowly re-
treat as they were met by the American
onslaught. Rifles and revolverS were in
evidence and frequently - discharged.
Why more were not injured has, besn a
source of wonder to me ever since.
Bricks and clubs were hUrtting through
the air and the excitement sof the oc-
casionz was heightened By the shout ng
ana shrieking OF thu cauhatants. when
hostilities finally ceased and the Amert-
can aTfnyF.hal9 prove ns.N ictoTiou., it. was
found that two of the leyee Spaniards
had been shot. Both We're taken to the
city hospital and 4 reated9 there" -
Even these serious results did not
quench the belli2erent spirit of the juve-
nile antagonists. flights have since been
another boy was shot Saturday. Joe
Klacatsky. the victim, was seen at the
hospital last night. FITS story was as
follows: ss's-Ef s!2lsiz 7.sSi'1 80
For tvto1 years the two gangs have
been fighting, but Saturday was the first
time that ] got. mixed up with them.
About 1 o'clock in the afternoon there
were nine or ten OF us who live on the
hill sitting around a fire which we had
built beside the Milwaukee tracks, near
Western "avenue. We had our skates
with US and were about to go down the
hill TO a place Just above the bridge where
we, occasionally skate, The other gang
always tried to stop any one else from
skating there They were al l. In II. q dug
cut on the leVee below Where they gen
orally hang out. Suddenly we saw about
twenty OF them running towards us -four
ishtfg their clubs and4ordering us away.
At first We did not run. One of the gang
mad a rifle, and when we saw him pre-
PAIRING to shoot we started to run. 1
heard two reports, and almost instantly
felt singing sensation in my leg. l
was looking at the blood and saw that L
had been shot. 1 began to feel sick and
as l staggered a heavy brick struck me
In the forehead and knocked me sense
The boy was first taken to his home,
ASS Banfl street, and, about an hour later
removed to the hospital. On examination
it was found that the bullet had passed
the thigh. He had an ugly looking wound
on his forehead, and that was inflicted
by the blow from the rock, His condition
Is serious.
TWO OTHERS WE'RE SHOT
Jacksons story to the effect that two
boys had been shot in the fight of three
weeks ago was correbora ted. lby the Dhy-
sicians at the city hospital One Of the
boys was, John Jarvis who dives at q
Upper Levee. He was shot through tie
calf of the right leg, He told the hos
ed in the fight, but merely. had been a
spectator. The other was Louis Zinasek,
who lives. onsethe Upper Levee. He was
shot in the right arm, four inches above
the wrist
The members of the two gangs are for
the most part, feTefgnsrsaof Polish aud
bohemian descent. Theodore Shipp, the
boy who WAS arrested for. the shootine