The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1922-01-20
BROWN AND SAVAGE
BOTH SHOT IN FIGHT
WITH BIG NEGRO
ESCAPED FROM MONROE RE
IORMATORY. TAKEN HERE.
GRABBED DUDES" Gun AND
FIGHT ENSUES.

Dude Brown shot through left
hand, John Savage shot through the
thigh-and niger with a sore head.
was the result of a life and death
struggle staged at the city hall in the
"ot iet' hours of last Sunday morn
ing when the officers were about to
lock up Donald Jones, a negro who
had escaped from the reform school at
Monroe. Jones was finally locked up
too, but not until the officers had Sc
cure the attention Of physicians to
care for their own wounds which
were bleeding freely and demanded
immediate attention. But Jones was
safe for the time being, for this is one
instance when nigger's head finally
responded to blows upon it and he
was down and out
Jones had escaped from the Monroe
institution some time last week and
arrived here on train Friday night
John Savage, nightwatch for the
Great Northern Railway Co. in the
yards, had seen him about the depos
and ordered him away as he stated he
had no business there, and he went
off down the track. Saturday morn
ing Chief Brown received circular
from Monroe describing the negro
ana while the officers were both al
the depot to meet No. 2 Sunday morn
ing the negro came into the depot.
presumably having returned from
Wenatchee on the local freight. which
got in at 1910. He was taken into
custody and gone over to see that he
had no gun, and then the officers
walked him down to the city hall On
the way down they had become sus-
pic'ous of him and Dude kept him COW
cred with his gun from the X. & V. B.
Han DWARF corner. When in the city
hall they decided TO be sure that he
was the fellow wanted at Monroe and
he was told to turn back his overcoat
collar so that scar could be seen.
Instead he "peeled off, the overcoat
and turned on Dude, then jumped and
grabbed for Dudes gun. which had
been returned to its holster. He was
a nimble fellow and jerked the gun,
holster and all from the belt. At the
same time Dude caught the negro
about the neck with his right arm
and grabbed the gun with his left
hand and attempted to overpower the
negro; but Dude had a handful and
then some. and in the mixup they got
into the room where the fire apparatus
Is kept and up against the back end
of the truck. In the meantime Saw
age had been Whacking the negro over
the head with his "sap," which seem
ed t. have about as much effect as
beating pile with a drum-stick. FL
nally Dude reached for Savage's gun,
but the negro saw the move and
wrt rching one hand free grabbed the
CUR which Dude was turning on him.
DUDE had his finger on the trigger
and when the negro grasped his hand
the gun was discharged, the bullet
hitting Savage in the thigh How
even Savage was game and stayed in
the fight. The negro then pulled back
the hammer of the gun and tried to
aim it so as to cripple Dude and when
he thought that he had twisted it
around in the proper direction. let go
the hammer with the result that the
bullet went through Dudes hand in
the flesh between the thumb and big
knuckle, coming out without breaking
a bone. This same bullet hit Dude a
glancing blow on the knee, making a
hole in his outer garment but not pen
etrating the inner garments.
TIE officers then We're able to get
hold each of one of the negro's hands
ard Dude cholled him until he weak
ened and then got the guns both away
from him. They then made short
work Of the colered fellow. raining
blows upon him until they were salts
fed tha, he was "out."
Sewage then went to the door an
fired a gun several times TO attract
attention. He was getting weak from
loss of blood and Chief Brown knew
that help was needed at once and as
John said he was still all right. Brown
started out TO summon help, going 10
the hospital and then up TO the Club
pool hall where few men were still
smoking. Returning they found that
Savage was all in, though he had 4
fire department AK beside him and his
gur trained on the Ethiopian.
But the negro was still "out" and
Savage was given first aid and carried
TO the hospital where il was found
that he had been shot through the
flesh Of the thigh and had lost a lot
of blood Dude had secured a towel
for his hand when he first went 10 tho