Show birned n dewey dewent in fist fis firlit fiah c attorney once ma mno tano only man who won cra DEWEY SHOULDERS BLAME former marino treasures letter from former admiral in which he R re e calls calla fight when lie ho was Lieu lieutenant san isedro ani william 11 II savage nu an it attorney hero here Is credited with being tho the only mail who won it fight with alth tho the lato late admiral george dewey tit the fight wits a fastic engagement and too took place on tho the quart quarterdeck erdeck of the old sloop of war mississippi in 1802 dowey was waa then it second lieutenant and savage was a private in tho the marines and on tho the lay day of his light fight with dewey vas noting acting as aa orderly to captain melanchton in ill a letter written on tile U S S olympia by admiral deavey on juno 10 1808 the original of which mr sav dav ago age treasures the hero of montla bay recalls his tight fight with savage ile he wrote in part 1 I trust I 1 have my temper more in hand now tells of the fight 41 mr savage a former judge and state senator so tells tella of the light fight us follows 1 I had been instructed to take orders from no one except captain mo me lanckton lanch lan cliton ton I 1 went to lieutenant dewey to report ono one bell one bell sir I 1 said strike it lie ordered tho the captain has given me instructions to take orders from no ono one except k himself I 1 replied you strike that bell ho commanded ra 1 I wont I 1 retorted til ill mako make you do it you cant do it dewey dewcy then struck at mo me and knocked mo me to tho the deck I 1 lea leaped ato my any feet and rushed at him ile ho went down lit in n leap heap ngali against it a hatch its as I 1 struck him on the jaw end and I 1 leaped upon bilm when lie got up tip wo we rolled around tho the do dock k for moro more than fifteen manutes nl ml boford befaro being separated by tho the sergeant of tho the guard I 1 was wag thrown into the tha brig 1 I was brought before tile mast and lieutenant dowey dewey was aa there also I 1 w aiu u covered covered with blo 1 dav fang had no 1 0 wash asli vit I 1 but ut t 1 dowey I 1 himl V Wit washed shed annj changed clothing ills bilg faco face was biilly badly battered and cut and both eyes were black what tho the devil have you men been doing roared tho the captain us as lie ho looked us over 1 I had find no business striking him sir said dewey dewcy 1 1 I am alu to blame I 1 retorted dowey turned to me and said 1 I beg 9 your pardon sir but I 1 should not have lost my temper nud and struck you while on duty tile tho captein was astonished at this display of politeness from two men who had bad been so BO ba badly illy batsere d by each others lists fists and told us both to go back to duty in hla his letter to judge savage admiral dewey said how fuw few of us its who were on board the old mississippi then are alive now 11 that wits was written in 1808 and today judge says bryg lie ho ly Is tile sole ining member of the old mississippi crew judge savage was waa boru born in ireland in 1820 |