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Evening Capital Journal
Salem, Marion County, Oregon
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A riot erupted at the opening of a large dance house in Sand Point, Idaho, involving 300 railroaders, cattlemen, and miners. Several were shot, including two men killed and two women possibly fatally wounded. U.S. Marshal Warren and Sheriff Morley closed the venue and detained 25 individuals.
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At the Opening of a Dance House.
SPOKANE, Feb. 17.—A special says the opening of an enormous dance house at Sand Point, Idaho, resulted in a riot and bloodshed last night. Three hundred railroaders, cattlemen and miners were present. In the midst of the dancing a row started, in which one man was shot in the breast and another had his brains blown out and two dissolute females were probably fatally wounded. In the midst of the affray U. S. Marshal Warren and Sheriff Morley with five men entered and closed the house and now twenty-five of the worst characters in the Northwest are penned up in the stockade corral and guarded by deputy sheriffs.
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Sand Point, Idaho
Event Date
Last Night (Reported Feb. 17)
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one man shot in the breast; another man had his brains blown out; two dissolute females probably fatally wounded; dance house closed; twenty-five worst characters detained in stockade corral.
Event Details
The opening of an enormous dance house in Sand Point, Idaho, attended by three hundred railroaders, cattlemen, and miners, led to a riot during dancing. A row started resulting in shootings. U. S. Marshal Warren and Sheriff Morley with five men entered, closed the house, and detained twenty-five individuals guarded by deputy sheriffs.