Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-27
HIS HEAD SPLIT
At BESS SALOON
MILFORD Lewis Of Hunter Says He
Was Assaulted Without
Provocation.
BEss DENIES ENTIRE AFFAIR.


The notorious Bess saloon at the corr
ner OF Twelfth South and West Tenn
pie streets was the scene late yester-
day afternoon OF another row I'm which
scalp was split open by the bar
tender, according TO the statements OF
the victim and others. over the tele-
phone this morning Bess denied that
any trouble had occurred, saying that
he was In the place all day. Residents
IN the neighbOrho0d OF Bess' saloon
say that il In quite customary for
Bess 10 make such denlals even In the
face Of contradictory fact
MILFORD Lewis OF Hunter. settle
ment southwest OF the city. was the vic
tim OF yesterdays fight there. over the
telephone nom Hunter this morning
he said.
II was driving by the saloon with
my boy last evening and stopped IN the
place and had a glass Of beer with
some friends. That IL all ! had and
II was paid for. After taking the
drink we all started 10 leave the place
and az ! did 80, Bess' boy who was
tending bar az tho time came from
behind the bar and hit me twice over
the head with a billy club. sandbag
and made me 30 dizzy ] couldn't drive
home. I sat in the wagon. however
and my boy who Is past 10 years OF
age. drove me home This morning /
am suffering considerable pain In my
head and | am still lizzy from the ef-
fects or the blow ! do not know what
caused Bess 70 strike me, for ! have
had very few dealings with him and
have never given him any cause 60
strike me. / intend to swear out a
warrant for his arrest and / viii hsve
plenty OF witnesses who were there at
the time the trouble occurred"
WOMAN SAW BLEEDING MAN.
A woman, a neighbor. declares that
the noise OF the trouble attracted her
attention across the street and as she
went TO her door she saw a man kicked
out or the place He was bleeding and
cut about the head. She learned that
his name was Lewis. but did not in
vestigate the trouble The hoy. she
said. was pleading with his father TO
get In the wagon and 20 home which
he did. There were several persons
there al the time Of the trouble. she
said.
This woman, too, said that this was
by no means the first trouble that she
had seen at the place Frequent nights
are the rule AZ the resort, she said Men,
women and children at times have been
involved. She declared that since the
time tho recent petition to the county
commissioners had been presented and
turned down by the commissioners, the
petition seeking the revocation % the
license 20 the resort. there has been a
quieter attitude AT the place The saloon
has closed promptly at midnight and on
Sundays Before this time she efnphat-
ically declercs. the resort was a wide
open place, disorderly and open Sun
days and nights Fights and rows
made life miserable and sleep almost
impossible.
Apother resident OF the locality cor
roborates the wOman's statements. lie
declares that three weeks ago there
was a Min Creek farmer Involved in a
row there and that he emerged from
tho place with broken jaw and nu-
merous cuts and bruises.
Mr.. Bees denied that there was any
trouble at his place yesterday. As
stated above. however, residents In the
locality declare that this Is a habit
with the saloon man.