The daily sentinel., 1907-10-23
Business Office. 115 South Fourth st
A IMMATURE WAR
DOWN AT THOMPSON
Exciting Scrap at the Little Neigh
boring Town.-Hotel Keeper
Gets His Head Cracked.

. A report received last hight i,
9 from Thompson Springs, Utah, {,
. one of Grand functions near 6,
@ est neighbors on the west, indi- g
- Gates that the usual quietude of c,
. that little burg was badly ruff .
9 fled yesterday and some gentle =
@ men well known. in Grand Juno .
. tion were the participants, most Il
9 of them unwillingly SO. in &
8 lively melee.
9 8 90 90 % q,
Thompson has population f
just about one score and record of
only one violent death year for
the past fifteen years, consequently
the affair above referred to caused
considerable eXcitemeS. Ed An
derson, the proprietor Of the Thomp-
son hotel. seems to have Jared the
worst. He came out OF the trouble
with cracked head. Anderson,
with Jake Israel. who travels for the
whiskey firm of E. Martin & Co. of
San Francisco; Johnnie Wilson, who
sells Eccles lumber, Ogden overalls
and Henry VI cigars, and II. G. Bal
lard, the well known Thompson mer-
chant. are reported to be the leading
htloAb III tnt llAilt III LtAld dNl
and Wilson had come into Thomp-
son on an afternoon train ana had
engaged rooms at the hotel. The
story of the trouble is reported about
as follows:
Andersen had been drinking con-
siderably of late, and during the af-
terLoon became quite drunk While
the guests of the hotel some ten or
fxyalua in her n
per, Anderson came into the dining
room and announced that there
would be no breakfast in the morn
ing. Later when Wilson and Israel
were sitting in the hotel lobby with
number of other guests. Mrs. An
derson came into the room leading
little child. Anderson ordered her
to leave the room, at the same time
throwing the little child on the floor
on It's face. He then turned to Is
rael and Wilson and called them
number of vile names and toll them
to leave the place, at the same time
trying to strike Israel, who was sit
ting in a chair Walter Stark, an
acquaintance of Israel, who hap
pened to be standing by, grabbed An
derson and prevented him from in
juring Israel.
The two travelling men took their
grips and started to leave the hotel.
When they had reached the outside
Anderson ran up behind Wilson, who
was carrying two grips, and struck
him. Wilson put his grips down
and struck Anderson in the mouth,
badly cutting one of his fingers and
knocking Anderson down. Ander-
son then ran into Ballard's store
and demanded that Ballard give him
a gun with which to shoot the trav-
cling men. Ballard told him to get
out of the store and go home to
bed. Anderson refused to go, and
Ballard gently but firmly pushed him
out. Anderson returned, cursing
Ballard, and was put out again. He
continued to come back and Ballard
continued to put him out until he
had been elected from the store five
or six times.
Finally, OH coming back he tore
Billiards. shirt and vest off and
struck him In the face. Ballard then
took down a neckyoke that was
hanging to the ceiling, and struck
Anderson a double-handed blow OIL
the head. This time Anderson stayed
out and was helped home to bed.
1t is not thought that Anderson $
wound Is dangerous, and Ballard,
who is considered an unusually
peaceable citizen. is not blamed for
striking him, as his action was pure
ly In self-defense.
So far as can be learned there was
absolutely no reason for Anderson's s
attack oil the travelling men. Neith-
er of them had ever seen him before
and neither had ever spoken to him