The Slungshot Saloon Brawl

Virgil B. Duvall, scion of an ex-governor and a general police court practitioner and hanger-on, is under arrest on a warrant sworn out by William Eggert, charging him with assault with a deadly weapon. The assault was committed Monday evening about 6 o'clock in the Turf saloon, on the corner of South Second and Washington streets. The weapon used was a slungshot, made of a heavy iron bolt tied in the corner of a linen handkerchief.

At 6 o'clock Monday evening, Duvall went into the gambling rooms over the Club saloon to start a disturbance. He was told he would not be allowed to play because he was drunk and quarrelsome. Duvall then went into the Turf saloon in a rage. He saw Eggert, the complainant, there and is said to have tried to quarrel with him. Witnesses claim that without warning, Duvall whipped the improvised slungshot from his pocket and dealt a blow at Eggert's head. Eggert ducked, but the weapon caught him a glancing blow on the side of the neck. The iron then tore out of the handkerchief and went through a window. The handkerchief and iron were produced as evidence today before Justice Neagle. Duvall has a bad reputation for using deadly weapons and is reported to have cut a man and shot another while living in California. Those who know him are of the opinion that he is not in his right mind, and they attribute this condition to the excessive use of opium.