Vigilante Sentiment Grows After Sunday Violence

That the time has come when Fairhaven needs the benefits of incorporation was fully demonstrated last Sunday. For the past three or four weeks, the city has been overrun with hobos, toughs, and other disreputable characters. After 11 o'clock at night, the lower-class saloons are filled with members of this element waiting until closing time to commence their midnight prowling. On Sunday, Harris Street was the scene of seven separate fights. In the Gilt Edge saloon, a man named Murphy was severely beaten with beer glasses by the bartender after becoming abusive; he may lose an eye. Another man, Charles Grover, a powerful laborer, knocked down a small man at Ninth and Harris streets, then proceeded to kick his helpless victim in the face. While many citizens are now calling for a vigilante committee to drive these men out of town, some urge that the city government must step in and enforce the law to prevent further disasters.