Salt Lake Tribune | 1902-09-02 | Page 5 | Same Old Peacemaker

SAME OLD PEACEMAKER Ho Tried to Settle Fight in Saloon and Himself Became Storm Center Robert Simpson essayed to play tho role of peacemaker In a freofornll fight In a saloon at the corner of West Temple nnd First South streets yesterday afternoon and but for Lhe prompt arrival o Chief Paul and sevem 1 policemen would In all probability have boon beaten Into Insensibility Insen-sibility There were I dozen men tIng t-Ing for all there wan In them whon Simpson Simp-son went Into the saloon and attempted trt bring tins scrimmage to an end Without With-out iinj delay the entire fighting party turned their utinorU attention to the newcomer new-comer lie held blM own for a short time hit tho odds against hfm finally turned the tide of battle He sync being unmercifully unmer-cifully pummclfMl whop Chief Paul being attracted by the noise ran Into iho place followed by = Officers Smith and Olson Seeing the officers Simpsons assailants promptly scattered about the saloon assuming as-suming such peaceful attitudes that none of thorn were arrested Slmpon was aa Iflted by friends to tho nearest drug store I whore a bud gash pn hip face und neeral severe wells on his head were attended