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me and endeavored to engage me in conversation. I paid no attention to him, and passed on. He followed me, mounted, and called me a "scoundrel", selecting as his opportunity a time when no one but myself could hear him. I ordered him to dismount and accompany me to my office. He did so. Upon arriving at my office his revolver was taken from him. It was a large sized Roll's Revolver, and was loaded and freshly capped.
I informed him that for calling me "a scoundrel" he had to pay a fine of fifty dollars ($50.00) or go to jail. He denied calling me "a scoundrel" and challenged me to prove that he had done so. No one was a witness to the affair, and indeed in such a case I should not consider any witnesses necessary.
I ordered the Sheriff to confine him in jail until he rec'd further orders from me. Consequently Quinan is now in jail and he will remain there until I hear from you.
Quinan was not armed when he visited my office in the A.M. He armed himself for the occasion, waited for me to leave the hotel, and then selecting the time when no one but myself could hear him, deliberately insulted me by calling me "a scoundrel" I know of no other course which I could pursue without subjecting myself to constant