Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-10-09
A Outrage.
From the Paris kcutuckjan.1


The most di>graccful and brutal
outrage that eve stained the annals of
our CITY occurred on FRIDAY night last
in which an infant. TWO wears old. the
son of Henry Week, Il German who
keeps Il saloon near the Kentucky
Central passenger depot. was killed
by a pistol shot, fired by some one in
Il drunken mob that made All assault
upon the saloon. The structure is a
trail fabric, and affords no more
prot, ction from a pistol or a rifle
sho. than Il common dry goods box,
ONT ofthc shots passing through the
door and out side of the house next
the planning mill, and showing that
the weapons used were of a heavier
cable tina ! n common pocket pistol.
The cause of the occurrence is sup
posed to have originated from this:
On Thursday evening previous to the
tragedy, Il negro comcubiue of Weeks
pass,l the door of the saloon, when
Mrs. Week Informed her that if she
ever came around the house again she
would kill her. y war of words then
commenced between them. when Mrs.
w. drew a pistol and fired upon the
negro III Both parties in this
quarrel were promptly arrested. tried.
aud fined. and in default of payment
r. mamdrd to Jail, Week refusing to 90
his wifc's bail. The next day the fine
was RENTED provided she would paw
cost. which Week did, and released
his wife from Jail.
1t is thought that this treatment of
Week to his wife, and his outrageous
conduct OH other occasions, stirred
up the Indignation of 4 set of men,
who, it is presumed, went to his house
with the intention of taking him out
and ducking him. in order To make
his conduct more decorous in the
future. or cause him to remove from
our midst. But when they arrived
ut Weeks house, being so reckless
from the effects of whisky that they
,lid.net scrupie at the means emploved1
in securing him. they immediately
b. yan to fire into the house.
1t was now about half past ten, and
Week and his wife and child were in
bed asleep in the rear part of the
house. At the first fire Week AMI his
wife lcaped out OF bed, leaving the
little chilli. Week ran into the front
OOH of the saloon. from which di-
rection the shot was fired, and re-
turned the fire with q pistol. About
this time both the back aud front
doors of his house were broken open.
At this jhncture Deputy Marshal
Burton. hcariu" the firing. fastened
to the scene, aud had just turned the
coruer abOye-the gas having been
shut off in the street lamps, the whole
scene was enveloped with dan kness.
The Deputy Marshal shouted, "Stop
that firing" when the crowd imme-
diatcly dispersed and ran off. Nine
shots were fired, two of which passed
through the partition separating the
bedroom from the saloon, one of
which struck the child behind the
ear, entering the head, making n
CHASTITY wound, from which the brains
oozed. The child's death was instant
and painless, the breath leaving it's
sinlcss little body ere Il pang could
disturt its features. The sight of the
murdered child and the piteous walls
and means of the mother moved many
a stout heart. OF course the shot
was not intended for the child ; but
away with idle speculation, the deed
is done, and a mothers reason is de-
throned by the result of Il cruel shot
that has taken from her, her only
earthly comfort. In her lucid inter-
walls she states that she was standing
near the child when the fatal ball
struck it. Seeing her child fall dead
she rushed towards the back door
screaming Murder" One Of the
men was standing in it with n pistol
in his hand. She exclaimed-"You
havo killed my child !: You have rob-