Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-04-11
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TO SCRAP
Art Greer is Met on the Road ~
q Farmer Who Has 4 Grudge
Against Auto Owners.
MEN FIGHT IN THE DARK
The Fighting Farmer is Arrested
But Combatants Get Together
and Settle Difficulties.

and Settle Difficulties.
AS Art Greer was coming into Wa
tertown last Monday night from a
duck hunting trip he was met on the
road by Louis Carlisle, farmer re-
siding northwest Of the city and some
trouble arose between the men which
came to blows. Mr.. Greer gives the
following account Of the affair:
Il was coming into town that eve l.
ing from northwest Of the city where
had been hunting ducks. I was
alone in the car until stopped at
Thornt Babcock's and took in his hired
man who was sick and wanted to 4
come to Watertown. As l drove the
car toward town and just after / left
the outlet about 8 O'clock in the
evening We met a team on the road.
Although the road had been graded
high there was plenty Of room for me
to pass with the auto, but Mr.. Car.
8hsie deliberately turned his team side
ways on the road and started to abuse
me In a shameful manner at the same
y time threatening to get out Of the
wagon and whip me.
told him in a gentlemanly way that
If he would straighten his team III,
8lengthwise OF the road that could
easily get past This he refused to
do and immediately got out ofsfais rig
and came over to the auto and struck
at me while was sitting in my car.
struck back and knocked him down
and tried to get out Of the auto but on
account Of having my hip boots on one
OF them caught on the Tenders Of the
machine throwing me to the ground.
BY this time Mr.. Carlisle had recover
ed his equilibrium and Immediately
hoped on me and started to beat my
can off. finally managed to break
away from him and landed another
telling blow on one OF his optics and
he took the scount' again. managed
/ to keep out of his way and was landing
on him every little while. All at once
he reached in his pocket and pulled
out his knife and said that he would
cut me up into town lots. At the:
same time calling to his hired man,
who was sitting in the rig, holding the
horses, to come and help him kill me-.
The young fellow whom I had with
me had become scared and got out
of the auto and beat it, for Water
town We kept scrapping until he
got his knife out and as had no
weapons to defend myself took to
my heels and hid in the tall weeds In
i a nearby field. The Infatuated man
spent at least half an hour looking
for me and when he could not locate
me he went back to my car and de-
liberately kicked the headlights off the,
machine and cut the casing on my.
81 tires with his knife. He then got In
/ his wagon and drove away. 81 did not
4 know the man nor he did not know
Y ne---this was our first meeting. I
then got the car In running order and
overlook the young man on the road
who was with me. did net know,
who the party was with whom I had
trouble until / reached the city and
Z found out his name. The next morn
ing i swore nut a warrant for his ar
rest and Deputy Sheriff Clint Bibbins
!. and myself went out after him. AT
first Mr.. Carlisle said he would fight
4 the case but he finally concluded -
4 settle the matter with me and lpoa
the payment Of some fifty dollars
which was for damages to the car, let
him of.
Now. 4 have no grudge against Mr.:
Carlisle, he il probably a mighty good
man and perhaps some one who has
been driving an auto has not treated
4 him right at some time past and he IS
simply sore at every man Who drives
Of owns an auto. understand that
Il he had smade the remark before he
left the city that he would whip the
\ first man that he met on the rosd
with Il car. Well, Just happened to
+ be that unfor tunate first man that'G
! all there IS to the story am q little
stiR ana sore from the tnasle but there
are no bones broken ard j WIN be q