Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-04-13
INCIDENTS
|OF CIRCUS
Reported Shooting and
Other Happenings
Of the Day


Der of varied incidents, Lut in all
/, the day passed off free from crime
OF any kind which is saying a good
/ deal for the efficiency of the local
police department when the crowd
is considered.
The report of the getting away Of
section of the circus train near
N,ashoe was greatly exaggerated and
at no time was there any danger Of
a serious accident. Nevertheless
the occurrence has caused a number
Of conject1res regarding the matter
Of hunting for big game in this sec
ton OF the state.
Il is interesting 10 figure what
would have happened il City or sixty
head Of wild animals had b,en liDer-
ated in he vicinity OF Washoe Lake
Hunting wonld have been rather good
in that vicinity.
The lightning change man who sells
/ the tickets had an altercation with a
sQUaw that interested the crowd for
while She passed up her money
Tor two tickets but did not get them.
The man in the box Office insisted that
he had not received the money and
the squaw, after pleading in vein, went
away and soon returned with a big,
! stalwart buck whom she introduced
/ 10 the ticket chopper as my man
! Il took about a minute to adjust that
i ticket difficulty. Several more bucks
were gathering about looking for trou-
| BILE and the ticket man receded grace
/ fully from his position.
A Chinaman with a reserved seat
ticket was refused admittance to the
reserve section and started a row.
He finally saw Deputy Sheriff Knob
lock and called him into the contro-
versy knoblock looked at the ticket
and seeing hat it called for reserv-
ed seat ordered the gate keeper to let
the Chinaman have a seat. The crowd
who was watching applauded, and
|
Just previous to the leaving of the
train Saturday night popcorn vendor
!, with the circus had alteration with
another employee and according to
, the reports that were circulated shot
| the latter in the stomach. He made
hasty departure from the vicinity
: of the circus train and for some time
members of the circus could not locate
him. He finally returned and left
with the outfit The victim of the
+ argument was not seriously injured
| the gun used being a % calibre pistol.
I He asked that the man be not ar
= rested that he would attend to his
: case later when he was all right
t again.
Seventeen men were landed in the
2 local Jail Saturday, but yesterday
: morning house cleaning was had
d and they were all sent on their way
s westward. Peace and quietude now
|, reigns in the local bastile.
:. Saturday night one of the en-
l ployees of the circus was jailed fol
a vag and for bein@ Intoxicated
When arrested he was in possession
of good sized boa constructor will
d which he refused to part. The snake
g was one that had died while the
IL circus was here In the mOrnin;
Is when the Jail was opened he wa:
found asleep in his cell with tn
snake wrapped around his neck
Deputy Sheriff Knoblock failed 20 Sc
where the supposed warmth which tn
man stated was his object in placin
the dead boa where it was, cam
from and ordered the man to talk
the snake out in the back alley TIL
fellow took the hint and stating tina
as the circus owed him $S he woul
have to be moving if he expected
catch it this season The way he i
out he ought to have Overtaken it b
now
The dead snake in the back allie
Of the county building caused som
high and lofty side stepping by mum
Der of people this morning and final
Janitor Savage. who Lad been hearin
and seeing things since his first al
tempt to enter the alley in the morn
ing. buried the reptile for his ow
self preservation.