The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-02-27
STRAINED RELATIONS

| Jas. a. Slack. well known as one of the
| old settlers near Wanicut lake, came 20
| town Iuesday from NighthaWk on u hand
| car lor the purpose of having his head
| repaired. Dr. Elmer skillfully closed up
| tie gaps, and MI Stack was able to
| Wander about town, looking rather pale
| ana detected under a crown of bandages.
| ne tens the following story of how it
| happened:
There exists difference of opinion be-
| tween himself and Chas. A. Andrus as to
| the ownership of Number one, a mining
| claim near Nighthawk, upon which there
| IS very extensive showing of choice
IaS been staked and restaked by Mr..
Andrus for several years. This winter
Mr.; Stack took fancy to the claim and
stalled it. Mr.. Andrus staked ii also.
ne difference of opinion is over the
priority of stalking. Tuesday morning
Mr.. Stack went to the claim and found
AR. Andrus and his son at work on it.
ney had made cut in the side of the
NIL and Mr. Stack was standing above
the cut gently demonstrating with the
Andrus family for attempting to hold the
claim, Mr.. Stack insisted that there was
gentleman agreement between him
self and the. elder Andrus relative to
ownership. according to Mr.. Stack in
the midst of the conversation the ground
suddenly gave way and he (Mr. Stack
sAveloped IN debris, landed in the cut
between father and son. Evidently Mr.
ance OF Mr., Stack so near his person as
hostile demonstration, and Mr.. Stack
meyer caught his breath from the fall
before Mr. Andrus applied the shovel to
ms Uranium, and with such vigor that a
long, ugly cash was cut in his scalp
5h and9 IN dFe M same time shovel in the
Stack in the back. This attack while
not painful, contributed to Mr.. Stacks
diseomf0rture. and he was SO dazed that
he hardly knew what he was doing for
a brief period. Ollie Steele, who was IN
company with Mr.. Stack on this mission
OF OF peace made demonstration toward
" IN dic1r. ,sAI
while Mr.: Stack handed Mr. Andrus
senior a few jolts with as much steam
as he could command under the painful
lrcumstances. No further damage was
done, the war was declared off, and Mr.
stack came on to Oroville to be fixed up
Chas. a. Andrus and son Leo arrived
IN OroVlte Tuesday evening from the
seat of war and his narrative of the
nlsunderstanding corresponds with that
OF Mr.. Stack insofar as the shovel was
used, otherwise there is slight varia-
ton Mr.. Andrus states that there is
conflict over the. claim in dispute as to
the time Of stalking. He says he stated.
chat II the court decided his claim was
invalid he would at once gracefully give
up his contention of priority of location.
lie says that Messrs. Stack Steele and
GroSan had done representation work on
Number One, the claim in dispute, and
t hgion he had made no attempt to in
ing he and his son Leo repaired to the
claim and started doing their assessment
NoIk. steele ana STACK appeared on the
scene and ordered them to desist Mr..
Andrus told them that he had not in
tertered with them. and he proposed TO
continue the work Mr.. Stack INDUCED
in some fluent and ORNATE language and
declared that he would make them sus-
nend operations. He then jumped into
The cut, aiming to light on the back of
the Younger Andrus. Young Andrlls
lodged. and escaped the collision. The
moment Mr.. Stack landed on his feet
e commenced striking at the junior An
drus. The elder Andrus ordered him to
desist. Then Mr.. Stack turned savagely
upon the older man. advanced in a
threatening manner. 1t was at this crisis
defense. Following in rapid sequence
Mr.. Steele attacked Leo Andrus from
behind with a heavy club aiming a blow
at him if it had landed with full force
would have probably proved fatal Mr..
Andrus saw the blow coming by the
merest chance and lodged in time to es-
cape the full weight of the club. although
he received a severe bruise on the back
or the head. Further proceedings were
suspendd, Mr.. Andrus declared that he
was not going to resort to violence to
such is the story, considerably ali
hrevloted. as told nv the participants arr |
which has been twisted into fantastic
shapes from cold blooded murder to
simple tongue assault by Dame Run.or.
The case will no doubt he threshed ont
N court at a later date rs Steele and |
stack VIII be charged with murderous
assault by Mr.. Andrus. |
]. A, Blackler went to Spokane We'd |
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