Started Over Game Of Dice

STARTED OVER GAME OF DICE

Dixon Burchard Is Suing a Milan Saloonkeeper

HE IS A CRIPPLE

Claims to have been Thrown down and Dragged Out "Like a Hog."

The case of Dixon Burchard vs Michael Hochradel et al. is now in progress in the circuit court.

It is a suit for damages for injuries sustained and which can be traced back to a game of dice in a Milan saloon.

Burchard is a cripple, typhoid fever being the cause of bis affliction. According to his story, he entered Hochradel's saloon when the bartender, Holcomb, commenced to brag about how he had won every game of dice he had shaken that day.

"I'll throw you one to see who buys it," challenged Burchard.

The dice were thrown, and, like the tin-roof, it was on the house. Burchard asked for a drink of whisky.

"You'll get a drink of beer or a cigar and that's all you will get," said Holcomb. and after some words, Burchard was ordered out of the saloon.

He swore on the stand that, as he walked toward the door, the bartender said, "if you were not a cripple, I would throw you out." Burchard stopped and turned around. Some more words passed between them, and Burchard claims that he was thrown to the floor and dragged out "like a hog." It was for the injuries that he sustained in the process of removal that he asked damages.

"How long were you in Smith's place?" asked Attorney Murray.

"Until I went out."

"You say you were dragged out of Hochradel's place?"

"Yes, like a hog."

"By the feet?"

"Yes, by the fore-feet."

The defense had not outlined it s case up to the time of going to press.