The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-18
LONDON RULES
GOOD ENOUGH
Ex-PrincipaI CIoyd and Super
intendent Allison Fight
in Rough Style.

The strained relations that have exist
ed between Superintendent William ALI
son for the city schools and ID. f. Cloyd.
recently discharged as principal of the
ogden High school. reached a climax
yesterday when the two men met in the
High school building and engaged in a
fistic combat Blows were exchanged but
neither man suffered to any extent
Ever since the case against Mr.. cloyd,
which resulted in his dismissal from the
High school faculty, came up. bad blood
has existed between the two men, so that
when they met yesterday il did not take
much 10 start a row. Each man charged
the other with being responsible for the
encounter. Cloyd has openly accused AL
lison of having more than passing in
tereSt in getting him discharged from the
High school principalship. These charges
have worked on the nerves Of the super
ntendent to no small degree and he has
stated that there would be something do
ing If ClOyd kept going on as he had been.
The men visited the High schOoLYester-
day morning. Mr.. Allison went TO consult
with A. +. Smothers regarding matters
pertaining TO the science department Of
the school. Mr.. Cloyd, who apparently
made up his mind that he was not going
to be permitted 10 hold down the princi-
palship for another year. went there for
the purpose of closing up his business
with the school,
w me tic superintendent WAS
to Mr.. Smothers, Mr.. Cloyd entered the
laboratory to consult with the same per-
son. Thus far both parties to the en-
counter agree, but from that point on
they differ materially in their statements.
Mr.. Allison had this to say:
81 was talking to Professor Smothers
with regard TO some necessary apparatus
for the science department. Professor
Cloyd entered the laboratory and imme
diately began TO abuse me. in the vilest
language He said that he regretted that
Professor Smothers would be compelled to
work with such people as we are here
and heaped profanity and personal abuse
upon my head. Finally, as he started to
go, he called me a vile name, at which
anyone with spark of manhood in his
breast will fight, and / made a pass with
my clenched fist at his head. Someone
stepped in front of me and Cloyd reached
around. gouSing my eye with his finger
nails. You can see the marks still there
pointing to several scratches about his
eye) Professors Smothers and Marriott
then stepped between us and that ended
me matater"
Mr.. Cloyd tells of the affair in this
way:
81 was In the High school building
Strengthening up some of the matters in
my office. when ! stepped into the lab
oratory to confer with Professor Smooth
ers. | found Allison talking with him in
the laboratory and / told Smothers |
would like to talk to him. Allison stood
look on his face. Smothers was an old
friend of mine, who came here from Spo-
kane with me. ! said to him. I'm aw-
fully sorry that | brought you here. where
you will have to associate with this dirty
lying scoundrel Allison
Then IeStarted down the hall and AL
lison came up behind me with his fist
clenched ready TO strike. He was using
dirty low. prOfane language and we had
some hot words. | told him what /
thought he was and we had a rapid inter
change of uncOmplimentary opinions,
when Allison struck me in the side of
the face with his fist. I grabbed him by
the throat and jabbed him in the eye and
the others separated us.
Allison then picked up a piece of lum-
Der and tried to hit me with it. | grabbed
him again by the throat and he stopped
his efforts and begged my pardon. saying
that he had done wrong"
President II. w. Civilian of the board
of education when approached on the
matter last evening said he had heard
nothing about the affair. He stated that
as far as he knew the board knew moth
ing about the matter and said, Let them
fight"