Show chipped VV hipp oed o denev 1 1 bewey ila 0 JL x fist fie attorney onoe once ma california i ringi rin only man who won scrap with hero DEW SHOULDERS BLAR BLAME marine tra treasures insures letter from former former admiral in which he re calls fight when he was lieutenant pedro cal william II 11 Ea savage vage san here Is credited with mth being an a attorney only man who won a fight with tho admiral georgo IL dewey tile tho ibe 1110 late into and took engagement fastic fight was ti a place on 01 the quarterdeck quart erdeck of the old in 1802 of war mississippi was then a second secona lieutenant in ill the marines ia end ad savage was a private and on the day of ills fight with dewey was acting as aa orderly to cap tab eatn melanchton in a letter written on tile tho ta U 8 8 olympic by admiral dewey on jill juno 0 10 1898 tile the original of which mr aft savage I 1 treasures tile the hero of manila buy bay recalls ills his light with savage iio wrote la ill part 1 I trust I 1 have my t temper more in hand now tells of the fight mr savage a former judge and state senator tells of the fight as aa follows 1 I had been instructed to take orders from no ono except Pap captain melanchton lanch ton il I went to lieutenant dewey to report one bell one olle bel 1 air I 1 said I 1 strike it lie ho ordered the captain has given mo me instructions to tako take orders from no ono except himself I 1 replied you strike that thai bell hocom hol com banded 1 I wont 1 I 1 retorted 64 ill make you do IV it you cant do W it dowey dewey then struck fit at mo me and knocked me to the deck I 1 leaped to tily feet and rushed at litin him ho went down oll in ill it i lacap against agal list 11 hatch as I 1 struck him on oil thes the jaw and I 1 leaped upon hini him when lio lie got up wo rolled roald around the deek deck for more than fifteen nil minutes before being separated hy by the sergeant of the guard I 1 wits was thrown into 11 ito the brig 1 I 1 was brought before tile dinst aili lieutenant dewoy dewey was there also I 1 wits was covered with blood having had no opportunity to wash but dewey dewcy had washed and cli tinged clothing ills face ans badly battered nna cut and both eyes were black alint the devil have havu you beet been doing wl lt roared tile tho captain its is lie he looked ug over 11 11 1 I had no business striking him sir 1 suld dowey 1 11 I 1 ant to blame 1 I 1 retorted dowey turned to tile 1110 mid and said 1 I beg your pardon sir but I 1 should not have lost my temper anti and struck you while on duty rhe captain vals astonished nt at this display ot from two inen who lie inid had boon beon so BO badly battered by each others ilits and told us both to go buck back to duty in it ills letter to judge savage admiral dewey suld how few or of us ua who were on oil beara boara vic tho ow old mississippi then tire alive now that was writ ton tell in ill 1808 1803 and today judge savage says lie Is tho solo sole lue member niber of the old mississippi crow crew judge savage wits born in ill ireland in ill 1820 |