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TWAS BAD WSISKBYDisgraceful Fight cStreets.Bad whiskey scorn! one Wednes-alongJefferson St. were treated to as disgraceful un exhibition of the brute inman as could be desired. There aret!rttPlt;lt;»lt;but two features q( the disgrace thatfc.l!eviftte the situation. The first is a'Crstreet fight in Mt. Pleasant is of rareIocQuranoe anil again the expressionsof disgust of those who saw or haveheard of it arc significant of a healthypublic sentiment.Mt lM^asnnt. does not toleratemwsi176drunken brawls, ever if the disturb-wUing element is ‘ blue blooded andhighly connect** 1♦ ifttnf.1The fight Wednesday night wasbetween Orville Beckwith, who wasdrunk, and several others at Goe satolivery barn. The following is the' w ■ *utiprobable correct story of the affair j 7A young man named Yannawayof;eSalem, called at the barn for his team i jjand was attacked by Beckwith who , gwas getting the best of the Salem j ylad, when (Mias (Joe polled Beckwiti1 in «r**t him out the back1Ifwav. Again however Beckwith at'jetacked the Salem man and again. ^(’hs- Goe pulled him off, and ordered ^him out of the barn.Mr. Joe Goe, (.Mias. father then, ^appeared, whereujion Beckwith at- jtacked the old rnan and had him on Ehis knees when (Mias. knocked him .off and laid him out. Tpon letting .him up (’has was again attacked andBeckwith succeeded in setting hisIteeth in Cliis . nose. Another blow .iooscncd ttie grip and the appearanceof Officer Stearns finished the fight.Goe and Beckwith were arrested andtaken before Judge Burton. Gocwas released on his own cognisance j and t'apt Beckwith went bail for hisson s appearance. Warrents were atonce is-u -d for the arrest of J. LGoe, (’ B. Goe and Orville Beck.peacetrial *lt;*. 1“ o'clock this morningclurgiog J L Goe, C 1iM Goe a *-i Orville Beckwith withd sturbing the peace of other* byviolent tumultous offensive languageIend fighting each other. OrvilleBeckwith pleads guilty and makes«t ie in open court that neither1 LGlt;w lt;*r ( B Goe should be chargedwith au nffense, that he, Beckwithcaused all of the trouble and wasalone responsible. W S Burton *lis-tni **•«] J I. and C B Goe on r» c mm* ad at ion and fined Mr Orville Beckwith $15 and costs taxed at 14 85which was paid.It is sine* rely hoped that anothersuch disgraceful affairs will not oc• .? Irur in our eitv for a long wh le.Just where the blame in this affairlies, can lie placed by each read jer One thing is certain, bad whiskey was at the* bottom of it. Whiskcv is bad stuff.
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Mount Pleasant Weekly News
Mount Pleasant, Iowa, US
Wed, Aug 09, 1893
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