Show QUARRELED OVER TENTS FOUGHT OUGHT WITH PICKAXES fatal affray occurs in san francis co as result of two men claiming the same camping ground san sall francisco refugees in dis over tent rights dueled with pickaxes in columb a square the battle was to be to the death and ended only when edward kilcline Kllc line f tell ell mortally wounded by william bell kilcline Kllc Kilell line ne lay upon the rain soaked sward award the blood gushing from his wounds all the ribs on the right side were fractured and the boinard like point of bell bells s pick had pierced his side puncturing the lung bell was arrested as he stood over KII dines cline s prostrate form v with ith his weapon poised for another blow no charge w will ill b be e p place 1 e ag against a in h him until th the e act rat ini 0 outcome u co m e 0 of f the he a affray ff t Is s known w b but u t the physicians think kilcline Kllc line will surely die the battle arose when the rain came on and each man claimed the right to move his tent to a plot of ground higher than the rest and affording dry flooring during the storm each seized a pick to drive the other from the coveted site and half the other campers realized that there was a quarrel the steel points of the picks were clashing as each combatant t swung for a vital spot before e they quarreled it is said the men were e the best of friends |