The daily sentinel., 1905-01-09
A PANIC
WOTen and Children Are
Badly Frightened Sat-
urday Night at the
Glass Blowers by
"Gun Play"

Ays
An officer made irresponsible by
drink. and big revolver, caused a
panic at the exhibition of the glass
blowers at the Kippe block in this
city Saturday night. Such an out
raSeogs procedure should and does
call forth the strongest condemna-
tion of the hundreds of people who
were present and witnessed the af-
fair.
1t seems that some fellow in Park
City, Utah, had a bill against the
Wallace Glass Blowers for rent 1t
seems that this party sent the bill
to this city to certain officials in the
city. and had attachment papers is
sued for Mr.. Wallace. the proprietor
of the show. 1t seems that the
men who had charge of the attach
ment papers in this city were Attor-
ney Lorin A Staley and Constable
Frank Welsh.
Saturday night, when the building
was crowded and the drawing of
the numbers for the special presents
was in progress, Constable Welsh en-
tered the building with the papers
Mr.. Wallace was on a platform con-
Quoting the drawing. Welsh went
up to his stand, and, throwing down
the papers, demanded a settlement
in a loud and boisterous manner
Mr.. Wallace, SO witnesses of the
AFFAIR state, told Mr.. Welsh that he
was very busy just then and request
ed him to wait until the drawing was
over when he would talk to him
Welsh declared that he would not
walt at all; that a settlement would
be made within two minutes or he
would take possession of the outfit.
Wallace told him he would not take
possession of the outfit. and then
Welsh grabbed the box containing
dertook to gain possession, when
Welsh, 1t is reported, drew a big
gun and flourished 1t in Wallace's
face.
Mr. Scheilwold, who was drawing
out the numbers with the assist
ed in getting Welsh to put up his
gun. At the sight of the gun,
pandemonium broke loose. There
were over three hundred people in
the house, many of whom were wo-
men and children. OF course, a
great rush was made for the doors,
some were knocked down and many
ladies became almost frantic. 1t
took some time to quiet the crowd
There were several officers present.
but none made any effort to assist
Welsh in his foolish and uncalled-for
action.
Mr.. Wallace made a statement to
the crowd regarding the cause of the
trouble. He stated that at Park
City, Utah, he rented n house for
his exhibition, and when he went
to settle the rent the owner charged
him a great deal more than he had
agreed to charge. Wallace paid him
$50 and received receipt. He told
the man that. while he had charged
him considerably more than he
should. he would pay the balance as
soon as he possibly could. The own
er of the property stated that it was
satisfactory and let the company pro-
ceed. The attachment papers were
sent in here in an Illegal way. so it
is claimed by many, and 1t is certain
that they were served in a most dis
graceful. disrespectfuI- and outrag-
eous manner.
Commissioner James U. Harris. |
John Brainard and others arranged |
bond for Mr.. Wallace and the mat |
ter was thereby adjusted.
Mr.. Wallace had paid every bill |
contracted in this city and in all /
hsi dealings as far as we can as
certain have been fair and honorable
and no action of his or any member
OF his company since the company
arrived in the city has been such as
to justify such disrespectful proceed
ings as those that took place Satur-
day night. The attachment could
have been served in a private man
ner.
There were many well known citi-
@ShS PiSsehA, anu every one was !
strong in his or her condemnation
of the action of the constable, and
the POSITION that Mr.. Wallace took
was endorsed by all. A man who
cannot perform the duties of an of
fetal as they should be performed
and maintain the dignity of the office
should by no means be clothed with
even though that author
ity is only that of a constable. The
of the pistol was uncalled
for and it was extremely fortunate
that no one in the big crowd was
hurt in the panic that ensued.
Mr.. Wallace and his company left
Sunday for Salida where they will
give an exhibition all this week.
Secretary Green, of the Spencer
Seediess Annie Comnanv shinnad ,o s