Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-10-28
TERRIBLE FIGHT.
Mount Morris Officer Made
Chopping Block.

Saturday Night Fight at the Blue
Goose Nearly Results in Murder
Sixteen Cuts Received BY Constable
Keener George Fox Broke Sprint
ing Record.
Saturday night was an exciting
one at the Blue Goose a popular re.
sort near Mount Morris. The Blue
Goose is the place where those in
search OF poison Of the worst type
can be accommodated ut any time.
The proprietor is one Charles Jack
son. But it wasn't on Jackson ac-
count that the fun started
The history of the exciting Incl
dents of Saturday night is an inter
esting one. They are preceded by
others equally interesting Milton
Malott was the cause of the fracas.
He IS bad man from the headwa-
tiers of Bitter Creek aud all of the
others who were mixed up in the at
fray are residents Of the same stream
or the higher tributaries.
Malott and his wife have been at
the outs for some time. A couple OF
weeks ago he licked his wife. Her
father resented this and went after
Malott. He came back with several
pounds of good juicy meat carved
out of the side of his head. An axe
was used by Malott IN enforcing his
contention that the ceremony of mar
riage conferred on him the right to
regulate domestic affairs with club
If be wanted to. Witnesses say that
the fatherin-law is now wearing
bale of cotton on his head to bind
up the wound but this is considered
an exaggeration.
Constable Madison Keener was
given warrant for the arrest of Ma
lott. He proceeded to fill up on
Dutch courage and to ally himself
with George Fox bad man as dep
uty. They reached the battle field
about 10 o'clock on Saturday even
ing.
Thornton Dean relative of Ma
lofts was first seen. Keener welted
Dean with buggy shaft breaking
the shaft into fourteen hundred
pieces and lncidently knocking the
senses out of Dean who began hot
foot to get out of range He ran
around like turkey with its head
cut off and missed the gap in the
fence He clambered over the fence
and went after an axe.
In the meantime two heavily ar
mored cruisers in the person of Ma
jor Dean and Malott hove on the
scene. They engaged the constable
who was soon very busy with them.
Fox gathered up his loins and fled
to town. 1t was nearly mile but
he disdained the distance. He hit
only twice in going into town and
beat 8 telephone message sent in for
reinforcements. The last seen of
him was the cloud of dust he raised
as he topped the hill to the North
of town.
Malott and Dean chopped Keener
into mincemeat. Sixteen cuts were
received by the deputy officer in the
head. Thornton returned in the
meantime and whacked him few
lines with the axe but did little exc
cution. Finally the fight was over
and the contestants were all hauled
before Justice Donley who bound
them over to await the action of the
grand jury.
jackson was arrested on Sunday
and put into the bastile for selling
liquor. A fire was turned on and he
was left to MS devices. On return
ing several hours later the officers
found him nearly suffocated sby the
fierce heat from the fire which he
could not turn off He was down
and crying from exhaustion. He
was released on bail.
Keener tainted several times dur
ing the hearing on account of loss
of blood 1t is thought that he will
recover.