Show AIR WAS FULL OF MONEY Rough Hpuso Evidently Started to Give Robber an Opening What those who were in the headquarters head-quarters tent about 1115 last night be llcve was a prearranged plan to rob It wns pulled on in roughhouse fashion DirectorGeneral Stoll C F Warren o A E Lyon C O Whlttcmoro and a few others were In the tent making some settlements with employees of the fair when the row started As near as could be gleanedfrom the ensuing confusion B F Redman who had the confetti concession came Into the tnt with some of his vendors to effect a settlement settle-ment With him qaniQ Roy Condle who was anked by Gus Lyon what he wanted want-ed Condie replied that It was none of Lyons business and Gus aborted out for an officer lie had Just entered with the olllcer when the trouble began It wan pretty fast for a few moments from the statements of those who wore in tho vicinity Capt Stoll says before ho knew what was on he heard a racket and looked around Just In tlma to tee a lot of money which wan on one of the desks fly Into the ulr At the sumo I moment a man burst through the cloth I side of the tent and male a dash for tho money CapL Stol met him with u punch which sent him back ouitlde tho tent again and sent another man after him a second later Xooody Knew who was which for a tIme and all hands mixed in the fight but the situation finally simmered down so that none hut Elks and some of their friends were inside in-side the tent and the money except perhaps some scattering change was all picked up Capt Stol says there was about 3500 on the desc when the ruction started Within a few momenta there were enough Elks and ofllcera of tho law on hand to clean out tne Hob bern Tloost gang Ofllccrs Ed Davies Dick Shannon George Chase M L Park Sheriff Naylor Deputies Eld rcdgo and Raleigh and Jailer Thomas showed up In n short time but no arrests ar-rests were made as It was impossible to arrest anyone owing to the fac that someone or something cut the electrical elec-trical connectionsof tentwhen the fight began nnd the struggle was carried car-ried on in darkness Several of the Elks were slightly bruised but none the less l triumphant over their victory One man who was on the eccno before I the fight closed has n theory that the I scramble for the money a not a prearranged pre-arranged scheme Ho referred to a little altercatfon Gus Lyon had with one of 1 the confetti vendors over n settlement a J j taw days ugo and llevea It I wan this f man who precipitated the fight by at lUQdn Gus IDhen he thlnkr lQlul looters who were outside hearing the fighting within and the noise of rhc I money falling on the board floor con I eluded to scout around Inside for the money Sheriff Naylor and tha pollco ofllcers interviewed n number of RUS I piciouslooklng individuals but were unable to connect any of them with I The matter created a great stir among I those who remained late on the grounds |