Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1898 — Punch Got Punched. [ARTICLE]

Punch Got Punched.

Late Thursday afternoon a disagreement between Dave Platt, otherwise known as “Punch” and George Strickfaden, reached a hostile stage. It that a few loads of dirt were needed to finish up some few low places in the public square, and Platt had been engaged by Delos Thompson to receive and properly place the dirt. According to Platt’s story, Mr. Strickfaden’s team was to begin delivering the dirt promptly at one o’clock, but did not cpme until three, and in the meantime Platt had got another party to haul the dirt and refused to receive Strick’s. According to the other side of the story, Platt was mad at Strick, for having been refused liquor, and refused the dirt to get even. But whatever the true cause was, they quarreled awhile, and then Strick knocked Platt down, and then proceeded to thump him quite severely, blacking both his eyes. Strickfaden was tried for assault, before Squire Burnham, who will render his decision Saturday.