Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1908-12-17 | Page 1 | Chicago's Social Event

IS SOCIAL EVENT Arrests Made Hade as the Result of Beat Beatings Beatings Beatings ings Administered at the First Ward Ball Chicago Dec 16 Alderman John Coughlin otherwise known as Bath BathHouse BathHouse BathHouse House was arrested here today charged with assault on Lyman Atwell a t photographer photographer of the Atwell together with King a cartoonist of the were as assigned assigned assigned signed to get photographs and Illustrations illustrations illustrations of the First ward Democratic ball last Monday night nl ht Coughlin who with Alderman Kenna is ig the I annual beneficiary of the ball bail was stand standing standIng I ing on the sidewalk receiving guests as they alighted Atwell according to his I own story attempted to snap Bath path BathHouse BathHouse House whereupon the latter la ter led an as assault assault assault sault in which the photographer was as bad badly badh ly iy h beaten and his camera smashed A plain clothes cloth s policeman held him during one phase of the struggle while others pounded him A policeman In uniform to whom Atwell appealed for protection told him to clear out of ot here King the cartoonist also was a recipient recipient ent eat of what Is alleged to have hae been method of ot res resenting an on onslaught onslaught onslaught slaught by the press and pulpit on the insult forced on Chicago He was knocked down and kicked as he lay In the gutter Other charges may result from the an annual annual annual nual orgie representatives of ot the states I attorney and of ot the Law and Order today conferring over evidence e l Jence of indecencies and other of ot offen fen tenses fenes es alleged alle ed to have ab made Monday nights ball bali masque maque the peer er if pot not the superior of Its predecessors In the th quan quantity ut and quality of license granted the underworld