The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-14
NEGRO AND MS GUs
Aues sn4sadler Made Things Lived,
NIB His oaa aud the Threats
That He Made

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Amos Chandler. i big burgy, sin
foot negro. made things pretty lively
aad caused any amount OF excite
ment down otwn Tuesday evening.
when he displayed a big i4-revelyer
on Main street and made the threat
Ihat he was going to murder a cou-
PIE OF fellows before he got out of
town. Chandler is quite a noted
character, and has worked as a por.
ter III a barber saop and a saloon
since he came to Mitchell over a Year
ago.
OF late Chandler has been working
as a porter in the saloon OF James
Fogarty down on lower Main street.
Mr.. Fogarty had his suspicious that
Chandle las getting away With some
OF his rs on the quiet, and with
out Gauss any further trouble about
it, Mr.. Fogarty discharged Chandler
Tuesday morning. This put the ne
gro in an ugly mood, and he de-
manded has revolver of Jim, who
had kept his gun while Chandler was
working there. Jim turned the gun
over TO him later in he day, but
admonished him that he should be
mighty careful how he handled it
as it might get him into trouble.
In the morning and afternoon
Ia VI "a ia a 81 ~ ~, ,,,arnDI w.. ;-~ COL
paraded the lower end of town with
his gun strapped to his side, seeming
ly ready for the slightest provocation
to use it. Along toward evening he
wandered down toward Mr.. Fogarty's
place and they had another CONVEX
sation about the use of the gun, Jim
forcing the negro to give it back to
him while he extracted the cartridges
and then he gave it back to the negro.
The latter started out and informed
Jim that he was going to kill a cou-
pie of fellows before he got out of
town. He went across the street and
sat down to load up his gun with new
cartridges.
Mr.. Fogarty thought it was about
time that such kind of talk was stop
ped and the fellow placed where he
could do no harm. He telephoned
for the officers, and finally got Sheriff
Cook. In the meantime Chief Keith
went down that way and Jim inform
ed the chief of the possibility of trou-
bic, and suggested that he be taken
care of. Chandler showed a strong
resentment toward the chief taking
him, and when the officer approached
him the negro pushed him away.
This reused the ire of Mr.. Fogarty,
and he asked the chief to deputize
him as an officer and that he would
take the coon. The chief accordingly
did So, and with the authority of the
law on his side Mr.. Fogarty in a few
short punctured sentences informed
Chandler that he was going along to
jail and that there was going to be no
~foolishness about it either, and to
emphasize his remarks and to i'm
press them more thoroughly on him
Jim showed his fist, which held a
g%listening gun, into the face OF
Chandler. Chandler recognized the
cold looking proposition and implor-
ed Jim to let him down easy.
The chief and Jim got Chandler as
far as Second street and then turned
him over to officers Tremaine and
Pattison. Chandler fought like a de-
mon and when the chief saw that he
was not going without a fight, he
told Officer Tremaine to use his club,
and he did SO effectively, bringing
the negro to his knees and to sub
mission with the second crack. After
that Chandler went along and he was
taken to Jail, followed by a crowd of
$50 men and boys, whose curiosity is
just as penetrating here as anywhere
else. At the Jail Chandler showed a
disposition to buck on going down
into the cell, and he was again forced
into submission.
Wednesday morning Chandler was
brought before Judge Herbert, and
States Attorney Spangler appeared
in behalf of the state. Chandler
was charged with an assault, but he
declined to make any statement in
defense of his action of Tuesday
night, and the court bound him over
to circuit court in the sum of $1,000
bonds, which will have the effect of
keeping him in retirement until next
November.
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