Arizona republican., 1906-06-19
FLOOD THE FIGHTER
 MAKES A WILD SCENE
He Nearly Made a Wreck Ofa Court
 Room.

J. H. Flood, a merchant at Five
 Points, made the liveliest fifteen min
 utes in Justice Burnett's court yester-
 day morning ever seen in that tribunal
 It took the whole force of the sheriff
 office to subdue him and then some
 He was finally hog-ti and in that
 fashion was thrown into an express
 wagon and taken to jail, still execrat-
 ing the authorities.
 Early in the morning James Me
 Carthy of the Cowboy corral applied at
 the office of the justice for a warrant
 for the arrest of Flood on the charge
 of disturbing the peace. He said that some time ago he had evicted Flood from building he owns at Five Points and ever since then Flood had insulted him whenever he met him. Frequently he had called at MT. McCarthy's place of business to threaten him.
 The Justice did not immediately issue a warrant. but told Mccarthy to re- turn and get more definite evidence. In his absence Flood made this an easy task, for he had armed himself with a pitchfork and paraded along the street in front of McCarthy's, insulting the wife of the latter
 Flood was at length brought in by Deputy Sheriff Slankard He came quietly enough and seemed to realize fully the nature of the complaint against him. The matter was set for trial today and the court began telling Flood there were two things to be done If he would promise to create no dis turbance in the meantime he might go on his own recognizance: otherwise he would have to be put under bond.
 At this point Flood began to rebel. lie denied the right of the court 10 put him under bond and said that no of bond would prevent him from creating a disturbance if he felt like il. The court accordingly named 2,0O0 and told the deputy sheriff to take him to jail
 Flood replied that there were not enough men present to take him to jail; only he did not say men. When the deputy took hold of him Flood threw him aside. He did that the sec ond time and the third time he seized a chair. The officer drew his gun and the court, believing from the glitter of his eye that he intended to shoot or dered him not to do so.
 Sheriff Walker. who happened to be in the court room. came to the aid Of Deputy Slankard, but Flood by an ap- parently easy movement, threw him about ten feet. The sheriff fortunately alighted on his feet and resumed the attack. About that time Ed Olsen came in. Olsen is d descendant of the Vikings, and with his assistance the two officers began to make a slight impression upon Flood. Judge Burnett -ook hold of him also but afterward said he might as well have tried to control a mad elephant by hanging to lis hind legs. The roaring of Flood lad filled Wall street with a curious ;rowd, but when the court called for further achievements and-an officer went to the door to summon them the Illey was clear. Not a man was to be teen. In the meantime Flood was preading devastation right and left He kicked over d table on which re- ,osed the courts new $1O bamboo hat md an inkwell was turned upside down 'n top of it. Amid the excitement of he moment the court was understood O make another order increasing the mount of the bond to $1,7O0, 900. He