The daily sentinel., 1910-04-02
boys INJURED
IN CLASS FIGHT

The exciting times experienced yes
terday by the students of the Grand
Junction high school featured by the
kidnapping of three boys and holding
them tied up as prisoners from a.
m. until IL p. m, fight at resi-
dence in the eastern part of town
which resulted in one boy being
beaten semi-unconscious with heavy
iron shaker to a stove, the severe in
| jury of a second who suffers with a
long and deep cash over his temple,
inflicted by the same instrument and
the injury of many other boys to a
smaller extent, the clipping of the
| hair of young man because he re-
| fused to divulge the whereabouts of
his brother, the automobile chase by
the police of four sophomores and
freshmen who had imprisoned in the
machine three seniors which they
were taking out to Clifton to lock up
and which they succeeded in doing
after outwitting the police, the guard
ing of four boys in the Page home
on East Rood from 6 a. m. until $40
p. m, and many other strenuous in
| cidents too numerous to mention.
made yesterday and last night an
event which will never be forgotten
by the present high school students.
Older heads are now saying that
things were carried too far yesterday
and beyond doubt they were, espec-
tally the deplorable accident at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Page
when Roy Caldwell is alleged to have
struck Luke GeX three times over the
head with heavy stove shaker, un-
til he sank to the ground and was
carried into the Page home to await
medical assistance.
Chief of Police Welsh and Under
sheriff Watson feel somewhat cha
grined at their failure to capture the
fleeing youngsters who refused to
halt at their comand late yesterday
afternoon. The chase lasted for five
miles and at no time were the two
cars far apart but when the second
car overlook the first there was not
q soul in it which they wanted. In
some manner or other the boys had
escaped and taken their prisoners
with them, probably in rounding a
turn or when the car was temporarily
hidden from the view of the pursu-
ers.
Encounters beyond number oc-
Cured and no attention was paid to
a black eye or other trivial wounds.
The battle lasted from g a. IN. Friday
until 2:30 O'Clock this morning, dur
Ing which time several homes have
not had glimpse of some of the
male members. The boys who were
Imprisoned at Clifton so long, view
the incident in a good natured light
a nd COZ hnt hatF ha., "A ,sal
treated while prisoners, though the
thirteen hours seemed somewhat
long. Walter Page, Harold Aupperle,
Earl Rhinehart and Earl Caldwell
were the boys penned up in the Page
home on East Rood. Courtland Bliss,
Everett Munroe and Chester Brodine
were the first to be captured by the
4 sophomores and freshies. The honor
was later shared by President Dilley
of the Junior class, Harold Andrews
a senior, Irving Gates senior and
Roy Caldwell a Junior and Walter
Page a senior.
1t would be impossible to state Just
which side won the victory though
the sophomores and freshmen were
much more in evidence on the streets
during the day and claim that with
six or seven of the leading speakers
and class men absent from the party
until IL o'clock that the banquet
could not have been a success. While
The seniors and juniors say that they
ultimately got to the banquet and
therefore won out. The seniors and
juniors were taken by surprise so
early in the morning that they hard
ly had an opportunity to organize,
The condition of Luke GeX today
L H..
his skull is. fractured he Will get well
rapidly. Pultz the other boy injured
at work