The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-06-27


as a state of mingled emotions.
William wagstaff is a mining gentleman
from the northern wilds of British Column
bia He Is a big man, natural-born
fighter. To prove this he inflicted black
eye and a split lip on Paul Lorimer,
broken nose and sundry bruises on James
l. Brooks. Also Allen T. Bray and Ed
ward Quincy Parkinson suffered certain
Commissions in the melee. The fracas oc-
CURED in the office OF the Free Gold Min
ing Company. 1864 Broad street. at 1880
this afternoon. While hammering the
brokers a police officer arrived on the
scene and Wagstaff was duly escorted to
the city bastile. Prior to the general en-
counter In the Broad street office Wag-
stan walked into the Stock Exchange. and
made statements about the Free Gold Min
ing Company which set all the brokers by
the ears. Lorimer was on the floor, and
received his discolored optic there.
A reporter was present when Wagstaf
walked on the floor of the Stock Ex-
change. He strobe up to the post where
Lorimer was transacting business.
at serve notice on you right now" he
said loudly and angrily, "that If you sell
another dollars worth OF Free Gold stock,
I'll put you out of business"
Lorimer appeared to lose his temper.
Some word was passed which further In
and the broker smote the floor. Wag-
stairs punch would do credit to cham
pion pugllist, from the execution II
wrought. He Immediately left the Stock
Exchange. and not long afterward Broad
street was electrified by sounds OF combat
in the Free Gold office. II is conceded
that Wagstaff had the situation and his
three opponents well in hand when the
con arrived.
None OF the men concerned would dis
cuss the matter. From the remarks drop
ped by Wagstaff. however, it'appears that
the policy of marketing Free Gold stock
was inaugurated without his knowledge or
consent.
BE that as IT may, all sorts OF rumors
are In circulation, and Free Gold stock,
which has been sold during the past week
as high as a dollar forty, found few TAX
ers at par when Change closed. There
has been a considerable speculative move
ment in the stock, and the spectators
are beginning to wonder If there Is a
screw loose in the company affairs.
Wagstaff's case will come up tomorrow
forenoon. A charge of disturbing the
peace was placed against him. He gave
a cash bond and was at once released.
When the hearing comes some OF the
parties to the affair may perchance d.
vulge what lay at the bottom of the row.
Any fine within the power of the court
TO impose is a mere bagatelie. compared
TO the distinction of scientifically man
handling four of society's finest In one
afternoon. AS one bystander remarked In
the classic phraseology Of the street:
''Wagstaff's a bearv
The brokers concerned might consider
this to have a double meaning.
Hazel dropped the paper, mortified
and wrathful. The city Jail seemed
the very Pit itself TO her. And the
lurid publicity, the lifted eyebrows OF
her friends, maddened her in prospect.
Plain street brawling, such as one
might expect from cabman or q taxi
mahout. not from a man like her hus-
band. She involuntarily assigned the
blame to him. Not for the cause.-The
cause was Of DO importance whatever
to her-but for the act itself. Their
best friendsl She could hardly realize
II. Jimmie Brooks. jovial Jimmie, with
a broken nose and sundry bruises
And Paul Lorimer, distinguished Paul,
who had the courtly bearing which
was the despair of his fellows, and the
manner of dozen generations Of cul-
ture wherewith to charm the women
OF his acquaintance. He with black
eye and a split lipl SO the paper
stated. II was vulgar. Brutal The
act of cave man.
She was on the verge of tears.
And just at that moment the door
oDened, and In walked Bill.