Show SLUGGING HATCH ill and mm tried by soon IT WAS HIS duggins discharged and hill found and fined 10 sim duggins and william hill were tried by justice noon on the charge of fighting each pleaded not guilty to the charge walker bibbing was the first witness he had seen duggins posh hill out ot the door when out struck and clinched clinch pd and the two rolled on the sidewalk hill being underneath by order of marshal bachman ne had parted them duggins went in the saloon and hill went down the street came out of the saloon with a sack and called heres your turnips brother hillhou Hil lyou might want them fo lloil came back and at bugging the two clinched and again rolled on the sidewalk y were parted this time by mayor booth and justice brown this testimony was corroborated by deputy marshal bachman and mr chambers duggins had several for his defense john homer had heard hill gay when lie came back 1 I will lick him this time or die hi the attempt or words to that effect other testimony was corroborative of the testimony of the prosecution mr hill in testifying for himself was of the opinion that dugins biad struck first in explanation he said sim had been boarding with him for a thursday evening he went into the saloon to get some money from him A dispute had ensued about the charges and both had used improper langu ye in the morning he went to the saloon to present a bill to mr duggins he wa met at the door and shoved out what he had done had been in self defense he had a burned wrist and jid not want to fight he was not now a police officer daggins stated that hill had insulted him on thursday evening at alie saloon and he had ordered him out and to keep out when h saw him coming in he went up and put him out the reason be did not put hill out thursday was because he thought he was a policeman the scramble on the sidewalk had been commenced by hill when sim was asked by the justice if hil had struck at him when he returned for his turnips be pointed to his which was as large as two noses ought to be no testimony was l to that hill had claimed lo 10 be a police officer after brur irp the testimony justice noon dehnk d anat a mans home or of his castle As hill elace ad been ordered to lep out of the baloon lie had no business to t nt r mr dughins was discharged and r hill was found guilty and lined 10 |