Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-30
JOHNNY POE WHIPS
BULLY IN TONOPAH
Former Foot Ball Hero Teaches
Big Blusterer to Have Re-
spect for the United
States Army.

A recent number Of the Cleveland Leader
contains q letter from San Francisco pur-
porting to describe scene at Tonopah In
which Johnny Poe, once famous as a foot
ball player, figured. miner from Tono-
pah is represented as telling about the
gathering Of lot Of men In a resort for
the quenching Of thirst. He continued as
follows:
Poe got TO talking about his war record
and pretty soon a big foreigner chips in.
His liquor wasn't agreeing with him or
something like that. 1t wasn't any of HIS
funeral. but the first thing / knew this big
lesgy foreigner began to talk down to Poe
amt very big. this fellow Poe-looks like
a boy. Maybe that's what got the other
chap started He began to tell Poe where
HE had been and the fighting he had seen.
and to hear him tell 1t he hadn't missed a
fight Of any consequence in twenty years.
THAT would have been all right, but this
peevish party began to drag in the inter-
national issues. Poe was polite enough
just let him run his string out-but when
this assisted emigrant began to say things
about the United States army Poe began
to light up.
HUH says this stranger. talk about
your Rough Rider Regiment. for instanceI
The Scots Greys could eat 'em alive every
morning before breakfast
Poe began to edge up near this big
stranger. and I saw there was going to ,e
some stirring times. The stranger cooked
his eye at Poe and sort of sneered as he
said:
1.-The trouble with the United States
army is that there are too many boys in it
boys-er-like my young friend here.
Who-r
"BING!
Il never saw Poe let 1t fly. but saw
where 1t landed-right on the angle of the
jawbone where the whiskers commence to
turn the other way. When the stranger
come to Poe was sitting on his chest with
a foot on each armpit.
You were saying something about boys
in the United States army says Poe sweet
as pie. viii you stand UP and fight like a
man or will kick you out Of town.
1.-The stranger said that he'd fight and
while he was peeling his cardigan jacket he
kept mumbing to himself He thought Poe
took an unfair advantage of him-ht him
while he wasn't looking. Now. that just
shows how man can go wrong. He was
looking right at Poe. but 1t came off so
quick that he might have blinked his eyes
and missed the play completely. 1 was
looking right at both Of them and I didn't
see 1t until It landed
Now says Poe when they were squared
off, you say 1 took an advantage of you.
Just to make this an even flght'-and there
was nerve for you, for the stranger was a
head taller than Poe and fair forty pounds
heavier-.just to make this an even fight I'll
tell you now that the first thing I'm going
to do is to break that big nose OF yours. 1t
amt much to look at anyway, and any
change In it would be an Improvement
THE big fellow lunged out-Poe side
stepped. made a feint at his stomach, drew
his guard low and sent the right across full
on the nose. He made good his word-in
two places. and you never saw anything
bleed like 1t in your life
That was about all there was to the
fight. Poe fooled along until he had him
chopped to ribbons and then stepped in
with another right handler under the ear.
and when our friend woke up taught
him how to sing The Star Spangled Ban
ner' and Dixie "