Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1905-12-27 | Page 1 | Fatal Affray Christmas Night

FATAL AFFRAY CHRISTMAS NIGHT American and Italian Fishermen on Eel River in California Celebrated the Occasion by Drinking and Engaging in a Regular Battle Cal Dec E was Christmas be rival on Sini and as a result live or six men are fering front gunshot wounds sustained hi the encounter fishermen hd a tailing out at th ing of the season Nets were out and other followed The feeling became no bitter that late Men day a party of In a boat and descended on a river saloon In which the ware Christmas The who also wore drinking heavily about ed their intention of out their opponents Beloro could approach nearer a charge of was fired Into their midst and several were wounded The lights in the saloon put putout out and the Americans launched their boat and pulled front the The Italians noticed the and lowed but when near the bank the Americans fired upon them wounding more Had it not been for the fact that the Italians had stopped at atthe the saloon and captured an named Casey who had been left be behind hind a fatal light would have ensued Casey who was wounded called to his companions to cease bring To insure better protection Casey was hold up and as a The Italians reached ihor lower down the river and after and gagging tisey left him in a field badly wounded e worked himself loose and was arrested tonight at Loleta on the complaint of one of the Italians Another AmerIcan known at French was wounded In the stomach Both are in a Two others were arrested near the ScOne of the trouble Four Italians base been treated for