| Show Ancestral Cannibalism Thomas Watkins a young r colored man who came to Laramie recently and procured a position in the rolling mill developed a trait of ancestral cannibalism yesterday afternoon that entirely destroyed any claim of Thomas Price to beauty The latter has been a resident of Laramie for several years and has enjoyed the reputation rep-utation among the colored people of being a peaceable man Watkins imagined that Prices attentions at-tentions to a colored lady acquaintance acquaint-ance were received more favorably than his own and lie swore vengeance He drank during the day and was soon spoiling for a fight He found Price with some friends playing high five and WatkhiS entered the house and began to abuse Price Finally they went out into the alley and fought Price got Watkin down The latter then pulled Prices face down against his mouth and grasping grasp-ing the liberal upper lip of Price between be-tween his teeth bit out half the lip on the right hand side As Price pulled his head away Watkins spat out the great mouthful that he had fiendishly bitten from Prices face It took Dr Harris some time to sew up Prices face and the loss of the lip 1 will neither improve his appearance nor his articulation It was a shocking shock-ing example of brutalityBoomerang |
