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ho usual Sunday stillness was rudely . shopkejl.^011 Kast Broadway. “atrotfr'Itr: o'clock yesterday morning by a ftfMHtafttll fight at the Merchant's Cafe, conducted by W. T. Kblly.About' 10 o'elck three Illy cladmen, full of flght and drink, entered I'he restaurant and proceeded to “puton a BhbWiM\ It whs a rough house ■ for fair and Mr. Kelly was unable to quell the' disturbance. One ofthe men drew a knife and started into spend a strenuous Sabbath morning'when he was foiled by a chair In the hands of a diner who had been busily eating this cakes and coffee. Another man-drew a knife and advanced towards Proprietor Kellywhoso hand was severely gashed five or six times. One of the cuts severed the leader in the back of his hand.As the other two men came towards' him, Kelly picked up a* 32-calibre revolver from a shelf and shot one of them in the forehead. The injured man ran from the cafe and hurried, down the Katy track. He has not been heard of since/Theother two men started to make theirgetaway-but at the- iolnt of an empty revolver Mr. Kelly held them up while he went to the telephone nnd called up the police.Druggist * Wood, whose place of business Is next door,' came; hurrying to the rescue when he heard the shot fired and the men were surly and threatened to do him up. ''One of Mr. Wood’s clerks named Scott came upon the scene at this juncture and felled one of the would-be high*Waymen, \Uncle Dick McStravick, of the city police force, was soon upon the ground end arrested the two men. Tho prisoners were arragned in police court * this morning and were fined .$25 and costs, which they paid. The men gave their names as Jim Riley, a machinist, and Joe Me Carty, a painter, and are said to liveIn Muskogee;It Is said that a gang of eight or nine fellows constantly looking for trouble, have been living at the Kentucky Home, a second class ho-te^, at the corner of Okmulgee and Cherokee streets.
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Times Democrat
Muskogee, Oklahoma, US
Mon, Dec 03, 1906
Page 4
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Michael M.
USA 25 Mar 2023
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