Bisbee daily review., 1907-09-07
DARKTOWNDANCE MAKES HOT
 BLOOD
RaStuS No, 1 DodgeS Masonry in Hands of No, 2, and Nos, 3 and 4 Thirst for Coon Blood in Vain.

l There was trouble in Darktown so- ! clety circles early yesterday morning.
 Darktown society danced Thursday
 night, and not the first time. the dizzy
 whirl failed to agree with the blood 1 oi some Of the swain. It went hot and i got 10 their heads, assisted by liba. tions at saloon at the foot of O. k. i street
 Officer Dell Lewis had just con- | tortably surrounded a delicate repasT opened with an oyster stew, annexed i to pOrterhouse smothered in onions with mushrooms and a stack of shoe string potatoes on the side. the whole
 surmounted with a mince pie, and was stepping into Brewery street when an
 Erastus shot up the front stairway of
 the Muheim building. The officer
 started that way. but stopped abrupt
 ly at whirr behind him and. wheel ing, caught a glimpse of the form of , the same Erastus doing a meteor stunt
 across the streef from the basement
 outlet Of the building toward the Shat tuck saloon.
 At about the same moment a less fleet footed gentleman of color tore
 up the street, giving a vociferous yell of triumph as he glimpsed the figure
 of the first gentleman entering the SPattgck. 4rS o4e, hand the second e5= - iIaif 5a'5 si11 of a brick and when the officer stopped him in his impetuous flight
 gave vent to deep grief because he was
 deprived of the pleasure of landing
 the masonry on the person of the gen. tlemau leading the advance.
 After relieved of his rock, Erastus !, peacefully, and went back to the
 saloon. Erastus No. l merged from
 the Shattuck and in company with a
 guard set out for his home down the railroad track It appears that he
 had been thither bound some minutes
 before when Erastus Nos. and had
 assailed him. one of the two deliver ing a mighty blow in the region of
 the stomach of Erastus No. 1. The latter, after a moment of astonished and benumbed activity, grasped a swingie tree from the street and ran
 his assailants into the saloon From
 there he was put to flight by com bined attack on the part of Nos. ? and armed with chairs Rastus No.
 did noble race across the street, pur- sued close by 2 and 3. They got him 1 in a corner behind shed across from 1 the railroad tracks and his outlook was bad for a moment. Then his right arm shot out and the foremost of his pursuers hit the ground with a re- sounding thamp. In the confusion of the moment Rastus 1 made his get
 away. the flight up Brewery follow | ing.
 Officer Lewis went down 10 the
 saloon after the departure of Rastus ? 1 with promises of intention to forever
 after be a good nigger" At the saloon he found Officer Mullen pre- paring to deal with what had the look
 of riot about to come into full bloom. Rastus and with Rastus
 as a new entry for honoTs had the | floor and as Lewis entered Rastus I reached his hand down behind a desk at the end of the bar and then with drew it. There was dying on his lips at the moment a declaration to the i effect that he was Killing nigger." Later the officer found revolver with
 six cartridges in place on the desk where Rastus had reached. The proprietor of the house denied that the revolver belonged to him, Rastus 1
 declared he had not put the gun on
 the desk and did not own it. Every
 body joined in the chorus and the off
 cer attached the gun as a loose piece
 of dangerous property. This matter disposed of the troublesome Dark. town contingent was marshaled out of the saloon and sent homeward in op- posite directions. Summing up the affair. 1t looks very much as if the