Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-18
LIEUT.. GOVERNOR
TAYLOR ENGAGES
IN Street FIGHT
Sequel to Reported Poker
Game at Boise in Which
the State Official Was a
Participant.

1t was because he resented the
charge he had participated in a poker
game in Boise and had been instru-
mental in winning from another, that
Lieutenant Governor Herman H. Tay-
Tor engaged in fistic alteration with
the Republican county chairman of
Bonner county at Standpoint, according
to the narrative of the stirring event
as given by the Critic, published at
Boomers Ferry. The fact that the all
legged poker game is said to have been
played in Boise and that Boise party
took the matter up with a Standpoint
attorney, according to the allegation,
has added interest to the narrative.
Inquiry was made to ascertain who
the complaining party was, but moth
ing could be learned. The Critic says:
Rough and Tumble Fight
Lieutenant Governor Herman II.
Taylor descended from his position of
official dignity. shortly after o'clock
last night. long enough to accumulate
q few extra bumps of wisdom while
engaging in q trough and tumble"
street fight on the corner of Cedar
and Second avenue. According to eye
witnesses the contest was a draw,
though both parties to the fracas claim
victory as theirs.
This clash, 1t was stated Sunday
evening by the party of the second
part, was the outgrowth of a general
feud which had sprung UP between
them and It is O. known fact that the
opponent of the reckless lieutenant
governor. while staunch Republican,
has always opposed Taylor in the
party, which may or may not account
for the initial luminosity existing be-
tween them.
The direct cause of the go Is a mat
ter entirely aside from politics, how
ever. In speaking of it last night the
opponent OF the state dignity said:
Cause of tho Row.
Taylor had said to certain local
people that 1 was spreading a lie
about him, which is not the truth.
ut seems that a local attorney re-
eeived letter from a gentleman in
Boise who stated in this letter, that
he had been fleeced of hundred and
ten dollars in a game of draw poker
and had also stated that he sat in
a game in which the lieutenant COVER
ton was whispered about until it got
to Taylor. who said 1t was a lie and
put the blame on my shoulders. Now,
while had heard of this letter, knew
nothing of 1t and had said nothing
about at any time, SO when 1 saw Tay-
lor Sunday evening / asked him about
it and my answer was a punch
But whatever the cause of the fight
it was hot and heavy and had it last
ed but a few minutes longer it would
have resulted in both parties being ar
rested, as the local officer was on his
way to the battle just about the time
it stopped, he having been directed
here by q law-abiding citizen who
found him at the police station where
he was looking after some police bus
mess. AS 1t was the lieutenant COVER
nor was hit on the head with a small
sled. the runners straddling his aspir
ing dome which saved him from seri-
Gus injury. On the other hand his
opponent was the recipient of a smoked
elmp, a perforated lower lip, acquired
when Taylor let his jaw slip while ad-
ministering a French kiss, and a pair
OF badly swollen hands which, in it
self, testifies to the solidity of the
lieutenant governor.
Are Parted Several Times.
During the course of the combat
the men we're parted several times
but always came back. This is what
one spectator said Of the bout:
81 was about half a block away
when Taylor hit the other man. They
clinched and went down, which was
when Taylor bit the other fellows lip
Perry Wilson parted them, but they
were still milling around and he soon
lost control of the situation, which
was when Taylor got hit with the sled
Again Perry Wilson stopped them but
they kept talking and moving around
until they came to blows again when a
bear dog, which belongs at the St
James hotel. became excited and
charged in, and stopped the fight for
keeps"
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