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Show BATTERED HUMANITY A PAIR OF BEUISED BLACKSMITHS ON THE MOURNERS' BENCH. Living Illustration of what Slack-Mil Slack-Mil 1th Basler l Capable of Accomplishing Accom-plishing with His Fists The I sual Fate of an Offlcion Mediator Medi-ator Exemplified in the Police Court Incompatibility the Cause f the Ruction. Kesler, J., with classic phiz cleanly shaved, and his Titian locks combed a la pompadour, pompa-dour, was in a most genial mood when he mounted to his chair of state this morning, and he gazed pleasantly at his auditors. After disposing of a trivial neighbors' dispute, dis-pute, he squared himself for business. His docket was not a very voluminous one, and a half hour's labor was all that was necessary neces-sary to dispose of it. Battered Specimens of Humanity. E. A. Basley and William Grandison pleaded guilty to a charge of fighting. The former acknowledged his guilt, but Grandi. y BOn meekly replied that he was an injured A innocent. "He shust coom inter camp und strook me," was the burden of his tale, ft Seated beside him was James Moran, who J plaintively murmured, in response to a i query, that the part he took in the fracas ivas that of a mediator. He looked just like a member of the mediator tribe; lie was scarified like the victim of an explosion. explo-sion. Both eyes were discolored, one beinj? f a cerulean hue, while the other vied with in Italian sunset in the vividuess of its coloring. col-oring. A more battered specimen of humanity human-ity has rarely appeared before the court. Even his mouth is slewed around to an angle of fortynve degrees and the contour of his lassl organ is now decidedly anti-Roman. Graudison was a good partner.' His right iye, badly swollen, looked like an Easter egg after a relierious frolic, and his ai.pear- ant e was that of a man bowed down with a great big gob of woe. It needed not testimony testi-mony to demonstrate that both had participated partici-pated in a shindy with a club. Basley was also arraigned on a charge of assaulting Grandison early in the morning but he reserved the right to make a statement state-ment in extenuation. The second charge was taken up first, irank Robertson being the first witness. He caw Basley following Grandison. The latter was cursing loudly and finally picked up a shovel. The subsequent proceedings he did not see. Basley was then invited to make a statement. state-ment. For the past four davs he declared that Grandison had been abusing him and the prisoner declared that if he continued tin; abuse he would stick his head in a water barrel Grandison persisted and-he was ducked. 1 his happened in the morning at Contractor Harkins' blacksmith shop on A est Temple street. In the evening Grandison Grand-ison again abused him, picked up a shovel and he struck him with his fist.f "Then " continued the witness, "this man (pointing to.doran) came out and said if there was any tight in him he would take it out of linn. ell," murmured Basley, "he sailed in, and there he is." Moran shuddered. ' ' Another witness related that Grandison had made threats against Basley, said threats conveying the idea that he would riddle him with bullets and completo the job by disemboweling disem-boweling him. 1 ""-Grnndison then informed the courtthathe - , , was the quietest citizen in the territory. He admitted that Basley had ducked him, but denied that he had provoked him by casting insinuations on the source of his maturity He never carried a deadly weapon, made no threats and in fact, never was more peaceful in his life. Mr. Towse, an eye-witness to the first row, heard no abusive language before the fight but inelegaut remarks were made after the knockdown. Mediator Moran then told of the second fracas. He saw Basler hit Grandison, and that peaceful vulcan retreated. He then acted the part of a mediator, "and then judge, he started in on me," was the sad conclusion. Basler announced that Moran had clinched with him before he was struck. All he wanted was what was right. As the evidence showed that Basley was - wv. w.n. khsicji was entirely too accommodating with his pugilistic pugil-istic favors the court found him to be in the fault and fined him $10 on each count and discharged the others. Victim Grandison and Mediator Moran at-, at-, oVitPted l BEiIe' bUt made ?ha8tly failure Pugnacious Basley. E. A. Basley acquired a pugilistic streak yesterday and from rosy morn to dewy eve made life a burden to William Grandison, a fellow workman. At the hour the breakfast bell is supposed to peal he slugged him, and last night he essayed to repeat the performance. perform-ance. This time Grandison showed fight and in the melee which edified the residents of West South Temple street, in the vicinity of Harkins' camp, a pick handle was used by one of the disputants with marked effect Bluecoals put a stop to a very interesting encounter by arresting both men, Basiey being booked for assault and battery and fighting and Grandison on the latter charge alone. 3 |