The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-02
FIGHT IN POOL ROOM
YOUNG MEN HAVE ENCOUNTER IN SELMA.
For . Time Things Were Lively, But, While Bleod Flowed, No One
 Received Wounds of
 SeriOus Nature.
Advertiser Bureau.

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 A free -for-all-f flight. in which there were engaged a number of the best known young men of the city. oc- cured in the pool room of the Hotel Albert shortly after 10 o'clock last night. It was fast and furious for a while, and no new corners were barred. Though 1t seems that six or seven were engaged in the combat, blood was drawn from but three of them. and none of the injuries sustained will prove serious. althoug one of the young men will probably be confined to his bed for several days from blow on the head from billiard cue.
 The fight started from a trivial cause, the use of a slang word towhich one of the crowd objected. They were a congenial crowd that had gathered together in the pool room the first part of the evening.
 Among the crowd was J. A. Parker, a travelling man from Memphis. He among whom was Will Waller Several times during the evening Waller, in speaking to Parker, used slang phrase instead of his name. which he did not remember.
 Shortly after 10 o'clock, Waller spoke to Parker in the same way, and the big travelling man made rush for the boy. Will Haynes, who was standing close by, jumped between the two and grabbed Parker around the neck. At the far end of the pool room, engaged in a game, was Charles Clapp. Clapp had formerly lived in Memphis and when he saw the position that his Mem- phis friend was in,. stopped playing and ran to his assistance.
 In the general mix-up that followed young Clapp drew the first blood by hitting Will Haynes in the mouth Finally the combatants were separated and C1app went back to his game During the melee in the front part of the pool room, 1t is said, Clapp called Haynes by a vile epithet, which was overheard by Will's brother, Dan Haynes, who was trying to separate the fighters. When Clapp resumed his game. Dan Haynes went to the table and the next thing the spectators knew the two young men were engaged In fight.
 Clapp drew the second blood of the evening by striking Dan Haynes over the eye and breaking the skin. The young men then grabbed pool balls from the table and were in the act of throwing them at each other when Will Haynes saw that his brother was in trouble, ran to his assistance. On his way to the back end of the pool room, Will Haynes grabbed billiard cue from one of the tables and when he ar rived within striking distance he hit Clapp on the head with the butt end of 1t.
 Clapp fell to the floor unconscious and remained in that condition for about fifteen minutes. After the blow there was a general exodus from the pool room and the rush was so great that the big door leading out through the front entrance was blocked. Deputy Sheriff Arthur Williams came into the pool room a moment after the blow and placed Will Haynes in hack and car ried him to the county jail.
 Three physicians soon arrived on the scene and the injured mans wound was examined. after which he was taken back to the hotel and put to bed.
 About four years ago, C1app says, he received a blow across the head which fractured his skull and the blow that he received last night was over the old fracture and reopened it.. The injury, while it will keep the young man in bed few days, will not prove serious It was reported all over. the streets this morning that Clapp had died through the night, but the report was groundless. He is resting well.
 After arresting Will Haynes, Deputy Sheriff Williams swore out warrant for him before Justice of the Peace I. D. Lloyd, the charge being assault with a weapon. About 12 o'clock last night Haynes was placed under $200 bond The case will come up before Justice of the Peace Lloyd at his office on Washington Street Monday at 12 o'clock.