The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-10
Greek Restaurant Man and
Furniture Dealers Fight.
No One Seriously Hurt But All Re-
ceived Few Scratches and
Bruises.
WARRANTS WE'RE THEN ISSUED

restaurant near Third and Broad
way, run by Jim Vloholeas Greek
about $3.50 o'clock this morning b,
a disturbance inside which seems {,
have been fast and furious affai
while it lasted.
As a result of the three minutes
rough house the restaurant was bad
iy disarranged. and a teacup throw
by some one inside went through tn,
open door and demolished a glass II
George o. Harris hardware store
across the street The strange part OF
!. is that the cup was not even crack
ed.
The affair seems to have been tn,
result of a misunderstanding.
Mr.. Henry Ross. a collector foi
the Paduoah Furniture Co.. present
ed a bill for some furniture, and II
is alleged Volholeas refused to pay
It, claiming that he did not make It
O, the amount specified in II.
Mr.. Ross went over to the furni.
ture company's office, and asked Mr.
OCe Alexander, who made the sale
to step over, and Manager l.. p.
James Joined the tea party, and the
three repaired to the restaurant.
Vloholeas. it is alleged, became
abusive. and applied an insulting re
mark to one of the furniture men.
Somebody said chit 'im," and the fun
started. Vloholeas attempted to get
sauce bottle as a weapon, and at
this junction the room became thick
with flying missiles, many of which
are said to have come from the di-
rection of the kitchen.
Some fellow with a wing that
would do credit to a Chesbro or Cy
Dung, propelled a tea cup at the
furniture men with such force that /.
sailed through the open door and
crashed through a window at George
o. Harris across the street, not even
- dNhlHS Nhc Cup ms nut phis
shows that the man behind the gun
must have had "some steam" be-
hind that wild pitch. but that 1t
must have been a pretty thick cup as
well.
The details of the fight will prob
ably never be known, as they were
too swift and intricate for those in
yolved to fully comprehend. ana no
one who could get out of range
stayed to see.
1t was a mix up, howver, and Mr..
alexander was the worse used of the
furniture men finding himself UNI
derneath the Greek proprietor when
the conflict was stopped, the result OF
falling over a chair.
Vloholeas was the worst hurt in
she bunch. He has painful wound
en- the head, but it is not known
whether some of his opponents, or
his own fortified force back in the
kitchen, did IL,
Quite a crowd was attracted to the
scene a short time after hostilities
ended, and warrants were issued for
all. the cases TO come up tomorrow
before Judge Sanders in police court.
Vloholeas claims that the trouble
was the result of a misunderstand-
ing. His former partner was Louis
Caporal, who sold out and went TO
II. Louis. II is alleged he made the
contract for the furniture without
Vloholeas' knowing anything about
Il.
Jim Brown, one of the Greeks In
the King Bee restaurant fight, this
was arrested this after
noon on a peace warrant issued by
Judge Sanders at the instance of Mr..
Leonard James.
Mr., James alleges that Brown
made threats against his life and al
so threatened to do bodily harm u
others engaged In the trouble, Brown
Lad been walking up and down the
street in front of the furniture store
after the fight up until the time OF
a rest. lie will have TO make bond
Ia insure keeping the peace.