Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-06-16
HOl SPRINGS GAMBLING WAR, It Was Fought Out With Rifle and Re-
 vover, and Neither Side Won.

 | lungs, and that he was suffering from hemorlhages. When he was able to 1 be out again Hot Springs was 3Tmed | for war. The little main thorough fare was armed with men carrying not only revolvers and knives, but loaded rifles and shotguns. The news papers demanded that these men be arrested, but it was shown that they were fully within their rig:.t:, under the constitution, and nothinc ould be done.
 It was now discovered r. Flynn, while at his home resting. T sent all over the United State fa:, men with regulations as fight end kil lers until he had secured t'sa pres ence in the city and the pz'szzlal ser vices of two hundred at.N1ni men. Doran quickly realized thst fn could not hope to combat with = T a force with his few friends of the opposi- tion, and the new adherent ''e had gathered to his cause snce h. ival. Accordingly, he returned tc ew Or leans, leaving, however, spice to in- form him of the day on wEi"h Flynn would release and muster 0at his army. That occurred mo''"' later Flynn had come the cone n that Doran had gone for good ar that he would dispense with his nserous and expensive standing arrfr.
 As soon as Doran was if med of this he set out for Hot s gs. but Flynn also had his spies, and was ad- vised by what train Doran would ar rive. Gathering ten men, + set of for Malvern, the junction O he Hot Springs and Malvern railroe ds. to in. tercept and kill Doran. Dorer7 learned of this, and left the Iron Mountain train at Philadelphia, twentytwo miles below Malvern and thirty-five miles from Hot Springs. This distance he covered on horeback. Flynn and his gang searched the train at Malvern, and, of course, failed to find their man. Fearing an ambush. they dropped back to Lawrence station, seven miles from Hot Springs. where they spent the night. Returning to Hot Springs the following day, they were chagrin- ed to find the opposition house of Doran running in full blast.
 Doran. finding that Flynn was re- luctant to begin trouble now that his army had been discharged, became the aggressor. In front of his gambl- ing room on the second floor was q porch and on this Doran stationed a sentry He then mustered his force, consisting of ten or dozen men, in the saloon below. out of sight of the street Flynn and his friends in order to get to their game had to pass Doran.s door. This they did. going up town to business in the evening and home about 10 o'clock in the morning, in closed carriage fianked by several : empty ones. so that it would be dlffi- cult to tell in which one the party ; Irode Doran sent spy after he had completed his preparations. to Flynn s house to ascertain in what carriage Flynn would ride. The spy was then riage and when it passed the door give signal to the sentry on the .porch. who would fire into the carriage thus letting the party in ambush know that they were needed. The spy gave the signal at the proper time and the sentinel fired into the carriage, killine John Flynn. cousin of the leader. As the shot rang out every one no' party to the quarrel sought shelter while the Doran party rushed into the street and opened fire on the ear riage At he first volley the coach man was killed and the horses rar away They were stopped a block he low and Frank and Billy Flynn jump cd ont unhurt. althought afterwaff
 143 bullet holes were counted in the carriage.
 . noran and his friends had hastene( [ after the runaway and as soon as i was stopped were net by the Flynns 10 whom their friends had rallied The factions lined up about 10 yartls apart and the sheoting began. IN
 of the zDoran faction and three ef tft :, Flvnns. including Billy dropped at tha l inst fire. Billy shot through n, broaet with Winchester 45 oalihet T ball, staggered into a.ue store anS $ fell.
 2 Again Inc sllns Gackcd This time wounding foHr Dorans, tho0sh tlf : leader was unhUrt, and Killing Flynr
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