Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1901 — A DISGRACEFUL AFFAIR. [ARTICLE]

A DISGRACEFUL AFFAIR.

Two Men Get Into a Bad Fight at a School Entertainment. Last Saturday night, at. Fair Oaks, one of the most disgraceful affairs that lias happened in Jasper county for some time took plaoe. The Fair Oaks schools were giving a public entertainment for the benefit of the library. The entertainment was largely attended, the house being crowded. In the audience was Riohard Meyerp, a young man badly undfer the influence of liquor, who, with loud talk and vulgar language, greatly distnrbed tlie exercises. Towards the close of the entertainment his conduct became especially offensive, and Ed. Griggs started to eject him from the building. Meyers struck Griggs, and the latter then lost his temper, and gave Meyers a beating that he will not soon forget It is said that Meyers was rendered unconscious by the blows received. The fight almost caused a panic in the building, and one lady fainted. The curses of the fighters and the screams of the women anJ children added to the confusion. The fight put a stop to the entertainment, which would otherwise have been the most successful one ever held in Fair Oaks. Griggs has been arrested for assault and battery, and Meyers for provoke and for disturbing a public meeting. They will have their hearing in the circuit court. ■