The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1918-11-23
YOUNGER HAS NARROW ESCAPE
Man Who Assaults officer Receives
Severe Beating.

Too much spirit of fermenti was
the undoing Of +. ID. Younger Satur-
day night and came very near cost.
ing him his lite.
According to reports Younger in
company with several other men en-
tered the Wells lunch room on north
/ Greenwood and ordered something
10 eat, which was given them by the
/ attending waiter. lhC men had not
been in there long before Younger
began using prOianc language. Inc
proprietor Of the place demonstrated
with him and succeeded IN quoting
| HIM for "A few minutes, but at the
/ suggestion from one of his Cumpan-
I IONS 10 have your fun" hc soon re-
newed his bad manners, curSing the
proprietor, l.. ". Wells who landed
a vicious left somewhere about the
facial cOuntenence of Younger.
This was not much To loungcr'S
particular liking and he rctalhaled
with a counter punch which found
Judgement on Wells jaw. Then the
big show started Taking hold ui
Younger Wells forced him to the
door and throwing off Nuungcr's
companions who were hanging ON
To HIM, he planted three or four hard
blows in loungcr'S face at the
same time pushing HIM out the door.
His companions followed him but
they were not satisfied and started
back in the place. They all soon
changed their minds, however, and
the route too, when Wells faced them
with "buSIncSS-lkc" automatic in
his hand.
Following the excitement at the
Wei lunch room NOungera tcrroriz-
ed pedestrians i'm the business sec
ton of Greenwood by his loud and
vulgar talk. When a friend of his
approached him and reminded him
that he was one of the leading men
of his church and asked his to dcSiSl
in his street brawl. Younger is said
10 have replied, "d-n the church
and YOU too" A few minutes later
officer Henry Pack appeared on the
scene and placed Younger under ar
rest, taking him 10 the corner of Ar
cher and Greenwood where there is
police box. As he was i'm the act of
phoning for the patrol wagon, as the
story goes, Younger jcrkcd the Of
ficer'S club out of his hand and with
an oath struck the officer stunning
blow on the head, Telling him to his
knees. The officer soon recovered
himself, however. and grasping the
club in one hand he landed several
blows with the other in Ioungcr'S |
lace, which was already bleeding |
from the treatment Wells had given |
il, but to no good effect. In the mean
time Younger continued to show u
disposition to fight and the officer
at last pulled his gun and struck his |
prisoner several times with it on the |
head. Still Younger showed fight
Evidently determined TO protect |
himself from further harm from his
unrully prisoner, the officer aimed |
his gun at Younger'S stomach and |
rirol. Just as he pulled the trigger |
Younger knocked the gun down and |
bullet went wild. After all of this |
the whiSkey-CraZed man continue 10 |
abuse the officer, CurSing him for all |
manner of vilcS names until the pa
troll arrived and he was placed there
in still curSing the officer and max
ing threats Of what he would do as !
soon as he regained his liberty.
Bleeding profusely, Younger was !,
hauled to the police station and put |
in a cell where he was left over night |
and Sunday to reflect and TO mcdi- !
tate over the antics of his Satanic !
majesty, king Barlccorn.