Arizona republican., 1911-08-13
VICTIM OF DOUGLAS
 STABB|NG AFFRAY
6sbee Miner Meets Death at Hands of
 lnfuriated Negro.

In d general melee in the Beehive saloon Of Douglas last Thursday morn- ing. shortly after midnight. Vaslach Schewman was stabbed and fatally wounded. His slayer, negro. was caught by Officer Hayes after an ex- cltlng chase through the streets of the city. He refused to give his name. but was later identified as Slim. which IS the only name he is known by. He has been working as d bot black Tn front of the Merchants Bar | in Douglas
 Immediately after the crime the
 police began to search for another | negro who is said to be impIacted in
 the murded. The account of the fight
 as obtained from witnesses and pub
 llshed in the Douglas Daily Dispatch follows:
 Naslack was a Bohemian. his folks live in Chicago and he has one sister,
 Rose. who is vaudeville actress. | playing some place on the western circuits. He has been working in the Sacramento shaft of the Copper Queen company, at Bisbee Yesterday he came to Douglas to see the town. We | had been bumming around for some
 time and had been drinking some. We 1 came in here and I invited O. II. smith, J. l.. DePeer. Harry Miller and G. A. Puddy. Douglas boys. who were
 with us. to have a drink laid down
 half dollar and the big nigger tried
 to take It away from me. Then Jim mic. as everybody called Vaslack, came up to help me. l was on the floor with a negro on my stomach when Jimmie was cut. My God, is that boy | dead? We were pals"
 Lee Micovich, d Slovenian youth.
 said that he was playing pool in the
 rear of the saloon when Schewman,
 Roberts and several other young men
 entered the saloon. He heard Rob
 erts order drink and then saw the big negro attempt to take d fifty | cent piece from Roberts. The two struggled for d few seconds and then the negro hit Roberts on the nos. | The negro then put his hand in his pocket and Micovich stated. that just at this juncture Schcwman jumped in to try and prevent the men from | fighting. They commenced to pick up billiard and pool balls and every ! thing else. l didn't want to get hurt
 so l ran.' said the youth
 M. PeCOlatto. an Italian. and one
 of the proprietors of the saloon.
 stated that he had been playing pool with Micovich when the trouble start ed Roberts he said, came into the place and said in loud voice that [ he would play anyone in the house
 game of pool. He saw the negro hit Roberts and the two struggled for
 d short time, following which Schcw-
 man jumped in as if to part the fight ing men. At this several other negroes
 who were in the saloon jumped in and
 general melee followed. When it
 ended Schewman was lying on the floor with three deep stab wounds in
 his abdomen. Schewman lived but ten
 minutes after he was stabbed and
 never reEained consciousness. q tried
 to get my gun when I could have
 controlled the situation. but l could
 not. l couldn't even keep this thing
 from happening. l tried to separate
 the fighting men. but they were on my
 back and every place else, four or
 five of them"
 The negro. as soon as he had com
 mlttcd the crime. ran out of side
 door, near which the mortally woundl
 ed man lay. and started to run north
 up Railroad avenue. Officer Charles
 Hilburn, who had been summoned
 arrived shortly and started north to
 look for him. In the meantime Officer
 Buck Hays arrived and. upon being
 informed that Hilburn had gone north.
 started south to the negro settlement In the vicinity of the redlight disrict
 He visited the house of Lizzie Lee. where. after some debate he was ad-
 mitted at the front door Hastily
 searching he found no trace of the wanted man. He then ran to the back and found the negro coming up an alley. The officer drew his revolver and forced the negro to throw up his hands. The face and clothing of the negro were saturated with blood He was taken to the branch county jail and shackled for extra security