The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03
Noah Battle, a Garden Grove
Colored Man Gets into Trou-
BILE at DeS. MoineS.

BILE at Des. Molnes.
Last Thursdays Des Capital gives the
following account of a scrap in which
Noah Battle, former resident of
Garden Grove occupied leading char
acter.
In fight at the Northwestern restau.
rant on the corner of East Fourth and
Walnut streets this morning at ll.SO
Noah Battle, a colored cook, was pound.
ed twenty-five times about the head and
breast by Detective George Yeager with
a billy before he would desist from an
attack upon w. Delhi, milkman, who
comes from Berwick. Battle accused
Delhi, the milkman, of having brought
sour milk yesterday, and the mllkman
resented the accusation this morning by
telling Battle that he was the prince of
prevaricators. Battle said he was a big
man and ''frid OBJ nobody" 50 he
promptly assaulted the milkman. The
two were fighting near the entrance OF
the restaurant and were jumping about
the room in very lively manner when
Detective George Yeager passed on a
street car. Observing hundred or
more people standing about the door of
the cafe, Yeager jumped off the car and
headed for the scene of activities.
When Yeager arrived the colored cook
aud The milkman we've clinched near the
front door. While the detective was
wedginging his way through the crowd
the negro 1t the better OF the milkman
and felled the latter to the floor. He
then reached for case knife and start.
ed to carve the visitor from Berwick.
At this point Ieager jumped upon the
negro and began hitting him with a
billy loaded with fine shot.
The crowd pushed back in awe, ex-
pectlng every minute that the negro
would give up the ghost under the terri.
BILE punishment. Loosening his hold
from the mikman, Battle squirmed out
from under the officer and rushed for
the Kitchen. Before he reached the
door the detective rendered a blow
which burst the leather cover of his club
and sent the fine shot flying all over the
room. Ths mattresses ran from the
place in terror.
Battle emcrgeLfrom the kitchen few
minutes after he had made his escape
and carried carving knife aloft, declar-
ing that he would get that milkman if
he never did anything else. Up to this
tine the cook had not realized that the
little man Ieager, who had interfered
Was an officer, as the detective was
! dressed in citizen's clothes. When Bat.
3 tie made frantic rush tow lrds D4ihl
: 1esger stepped between the men and
5 drawing his revolver presented the
g cleaning steel to the face of the cook.
Fob Gods sake don't shoot,n cried
y The cook.
$ II am an officer Of the law and place
: both you men under arrest said Yea
ger. "Will you come with me?"
: Lordy, Lordy, Use gwine right long
, wild you now said the negro, while
: Delhi looked very glad ofthe opportunity
to place himself under the protecting
J wing of the law.
! The milkman was allowed to continue
, his tour about the city until he had dis.
! posed of the mornings product, after
A which he was brought to the police sta.
ton and charged with disturbing the
public quiet. Battle was also charged
with quarreling and fighting and more
!. serious charge may be lodged against
him.
The negro had been raising disturb.
ances about ths restaurant all morning.
Officer Finkelsten had been sent over
/, to quell one, and upon returning re.
: ported that the negro was "too big"
: Delhi is slightly wounded in the face
: where he was cut with case knife.
!, The wound is insignificant. Battle was
severely punished by the officer, but
shows no ill effects beyond some black
: and blue spots. Everyone marveled
: tSat the negro could stand so much
= pounding. The detective completely
exhausted himself in his effort to quell
the fight, and his leather "bily" was
i ripped to pieces. The one hundred OF
e more spectators offered no assistance
4 to the officer and seemed afraid to inter.
i vene to stop the fight.
There will be a meeting of the Librar y
Board at the library rooms on Monda,
night, Oct. 9TH. A full attendance is re.
quested. CARRIE HYATT
Librarian.