Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-04-25
ATHLETIC CHICAGO GIRL
USES HER FISTS Eff.
FECTlvELY.

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| Hello, there" said the man, and he
seized the girl by the arm.
You do not know me-" answered the
girl.
That's all right-you stay right
here, anyway insisted the man.
| Bin-a feminine fist propelled by a
strong right arm shot with catapultic
force against the aggressor's face.
| He dropped to the pavement-down
and out.
The girl called the police and had
the man arrested,
This. in brief, is the story Of how
William M. Murphy, once a we'll
known lightweight wrestler, took the
count late Wednesday night at the
hands of Miss Lillian Houck, aged "a,
weight 1853. and height six feet. 1t also
IL q tale with moral in 1t fo- Washers.
Miss Houck is handy with her fists.
and a wrestler looked the same to her
as any other man Weighing 1870 pounds
or thereabOuts. She was walking in
Washington boulevard when she was
attacked. She had just parted from
her sister and q male companion Of the
latter, and had started to call on a girl
friend. She was passing along Bishop
court when the man stepped out and
accosted her.
The girl evaded him, and went on.
She turned In Washington boulevard,
waved au revoir to her sister and
walked east toward Sheldon street.
Apparently Murphy ran past her on
the opposite side of the boulevard. for.
as she reached the corner he leaped at
her second time.
Nov. sweetheart. how about it?"
he asked with a sheer.
Murphy seized Miss Houck's arm,
and she jerked away, saying, "You
don't know me-go along about your
| business"
AS she gave this reply, Murphy
made lunge at her with one hand, and
the blow grazed her cheek
THAT made me furious" said Miss
| Houck in relating the story. II dou-
bled my fist, shot back my right arm
and then let 1t go right at the mans
forehead. struck him over the nose
and between the eyes. The blow was
| hard one, for remembered that 1
swung with my shoulder and body Just
as shot my right fist out That put
the force Of my body behind it. The
fellow staggered backward and then
fell over. The impact Of the blow was
too much. Evidently he was dazed for
a moment.
What did do then? Well, was
awfully excited, and so screamed to
my sister. Her friend, Ed Mccormick,
ran toward me, and just then I spied
patrol wagon driving down the ave-
nue.. I ran into the middle OF the bou-
levard, waved both arms in front Of
the horses and got the police out to
chase Murphy. The officers backed the
wagon up near an alley, turned the
light down the lane and had Murphy
within three minutes. I never saw
such fast work by Chicago policemen"
| Miss Houck lives at 473 Washington
boulevard. For 1--WE years she has been
an operator on the Chicago telephone
exchange. She was born in Dayton.
Ohio and spent the first Is years Of
her life there. When 16 years Of age
she had reached her present height OF
six feet. She never has gone in for
physical culture. and has had COM
paratively little outdoor exercise. She
IL the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. c. ].
Houck Of Rockford. Both her father
and mother are above the ordinary
height.
Murphy was fined $50 and costs by
Justice DoOley.
Judge. am afraid had too much
aboard" said Murphy.
| That's no excuse" answered Jus
tice Dooley. mo man should accost
or strike woman. even II he has been
drinking. You must go to the BRIDE
WELL"
| Policemen testified that Murphy did
not seem to be intoxicated when they
arrested him. He acted queerly they
said, and friends Of the ex-wrestler de-
clared that Murphy seemed to be
rdopey'' and that he wasn't just
right" An effort will be made to in
duce Mayor Dunno to pardon the man,
his family being anxious to have him
placed under medical treatment.
Murphy came to Chicago in 1883 and
soon made a name for himself as
] catch as catch-can wrestler. Recently
he has been acting strangely, and his
intimates have feared he has become
addicted to drugs.
"A woman who can punch at all
should not use hatpin." Miss Houck
said last evening. "A strong man will
grab your hand and stick the pin into
you before you know It. When man
sidles up to you and gets real close
lust wheel about with INST tightly,
cloned and nut q good blow right In