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Show MSS. BWN AND MRS. i iSDLEY' 1AVE A ST0E1Y MEETING IN POCATEEO t ' ' -' V- - ...... . . , . , ...... Women Meet in Hotel Cor-V Cor-V rldor, and Threats, Fist Shaking and Torrid Language Follow; Sen-Yat6r Sen-Yat6r Brown Is Referee. i J A. BROWN'S CHANT, , v AND . THE HISTORIC -f . . BATTLE OP P0CATELLO. ' When the police arrested Mrs. 4- Bradley recently, former Sen- ator. Brown denounced them In severe terms for sending three -f big : bluecoats to arrest a lone woman. He chanted: rf , "Robberies, holdups, burglar- les .'every night but nothing ' done. "But when you want a poor little woman, you send down the whole force. . 4- - "Cowards! Cowards! Cowards ell! , "We are brave as Hons. "We are. brave as lions: f. "TesJ we are brave as lions; "For we are two to one! "You are cowards, thieves and ' , robbers, for you steal from the 4- county. But I'm not done with you, for the Good Book says: The dead shall live." Tes, 'The 4- dead shall live again! Now, the next time you want to arrest a 4- woman with me, for sake 4 y dod't- send down a regiment! 4 4 Send down only eight or ten, or 4 4. six or seven; but for sake 4 4 don't forget to arm them with 4 i bayonets! bayonets!! bayo- 4 X nts!!!'v 4 The Senator's weird chant 4 1 4 ' when lone woman met lone wo- 4 4 man , It) the now historic battle 4 4 of PoCatello, is now due. 4 ,. -4,-4. 4 4 4444444 Mrs. Arthur" Brown and' Mrs. Anna Bradley, met and settled their differences differ-ences lh the good old-fashioned way in a room at the Pacific hotel In Pocatello, Ida.,', Monday night. Thej-e,were no witnesses to the encounter, en-counter, save Arthur Brown, who acted as official timekeeper, and Soren X. Chrlstensen, who served in the capacity of bottle holder and official referee. Mrs, Bradley Present. Former Senator Brown went to Pocatello Poca-tello last Wednesday to fight a preliminary prelimi-nary battle in court before the big event. He was followed by Mrs. Bradley, Brad-ley, one of the heavy-weights, who had been " quietly training for several months. Mrs. Brown, the other principal, went up on Sunday, intending to go to her training quarters on the ranch, but seeing see-ing Mrs. Bradley at the depot, decided to remain in that city where the fight was scheduled to occur. Timekeeper Brown and Mrs. Brown dined together at a restaurant where they met Referee Chrlstensen. Chrlstensen had accepted an invitation invita-tion by Brown to accompany him to the ranch for a few days' rest. The Two Women Meet. Mrs. Brown then registered at the Pacific hotel and saw that Mrs. Bradley Brad-ley had registered before her, and had been assigned to quarters in room 9. Mr. Brown's quarters were In room No. Ml. adjoining No. 9, i-but not connected bSra door. I Jw Timekeeper Brown Is said to have itone up to the roo mand advised Mrs. Bradley that her arch enemy. Mrs. Brown, was In town. Mrs. Bradley then Is said to have left the hotel and secured, se-cured, a room at a lodging-house. Brown on the Back. Mrs. Brown asked the timekeeper, Mr. Brown, If her adversary were in the city.. Fearing the match would be precipitated pre-cipitated before the proper time, Mr. Brown denied that she was there, revising revis-ing his statement afterward by saying that she had been there, but had gone for wear. She seemed to be gasping for breath and about to faint. The Second Bound. Round two opened with Mrs. Bradley in the aggressive. She used tactics similar to those employed by her antagonist, an-tagonist, with about equal vigor and force. Many of her wordy blows struck tender ten-der spots and the end of the round found Mrs. Brown on the verge of hysteria. hys-teria. Going to their corners they were vigorously vig-orously fanned by their backers. This timely service was rendered to Mrs. Bradley by Mr. Brown and to Mrs. Brown by Mr. Chrlstensen. Thus the wordy fight continued round after round, with the fortunes of war being bestowed with equal hand upon each of the contestants until the eighty-second eighty-second round was reached. Change in Tactics. Then Mrs. Brown changed her style of fighting and began to threaten and accuse. Mrs. Bradley answered in kind and the one hundred and eighth round found the sun Just rising above the housetops and the combatants completely com-pletely exhausted. The referee decided that it was a drawn battle. The timekeeper said that It was 5 o'clock and breakfast time. Mrs. Brown retired to her room across the hall from the arena, where she remained re-mained all day, returning to the city last night. She declares she is slightly disfigured but still in the ring. to a lodging-house. At 10. o'clock that night Mrs. Brown InvRed the official timekeeper and the official bottle holder to step Into her quarters, across the hall from those of the other interested parties, and discuss the arrangements necessary for the coming contest. The-discussion lasted until nearly 1 o'clock in the morning and the party broke up. Mrs. Brown In Seclusion. Principal Mrs. Brown remained In the seclusion of her quarters and denied herself to the reporters, who desired to learn of her fitness for battle. Later Mrs. Brown closed, the door; she heard a'knock on the door .opposite, and fearing that someone was endeavoring to bribe the timekeeper, stepped into the hall. m She met. her adversary face toTace. The shock of meeting was great, but greater ones were In store. Finally the timekeeper's door opened and Mrs. Bradley entered the room. She was closely followed by Mrs. Brown and Mr.'Christensen, the referee. First Bound Fought. .first round was begun at once, Brown opening the fight by telling Bradley what she thought of her her behavior. I a took fifteen minutes, and when Bhe was too exhausted to say more, the timekeeper exercised his official calling and declared the first round ended. Mrs. Brown was badly winded, but Mrs. Bradley looked a little the worse. - . . - ' |