Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-10-13
a Democratic slackguarsl Mar
row Escapes Losing His
Life.
Hen, % Ed Campbell Shot by
w. w. Junkin.
Campbell Assails Junkin's
Wife Through n Democrat
ic Paper.
And the Latter Uses his Pistol
Instead Of his Fist.
III He Didn't Deserve Shooting
He Deserved u Pounding.
Special Dispatch to the HAwK-EYR.

FAIRFIELD, Iowa, Oct. 8. 1S75.--W.
w. Junsin. editor of the Ledger. shot
Ed. Campbell. Jr. Chairman of the
Opposition State Central Committee.
on the street here, about one o'clock
This afternoon. The atlray grew out
of a bitter newspaper war between
the parties.
Two years ago, when Campbell was
defeated for the Legislature, most
intense and deplorable personal fight
was carried OH between him and jun
kin in the papers and by circulars.
In the Ledger of this week an allusion
was made to Campbell, and in the
Democrat of this morning, he replies
in this communication
FAIRFIELD. Iowa.
October It'll, 1875.
M. Nj. BLEAKMoRE: The Ledger has
an article in praise of its candidate
for Sheriff, charges that you have at
tempted to blackmail him.
Junkin, thus wantonly switches of.
and to get chance for Safeguarding
me, prints the following:
Ed. Campbell went to the organ.
and, with the insolence of slave
driver of olden times toward poor
slave. compelled the editor to suppress
his vile abuse, and the cringing. fawn-
ing. cowardly, sycophant scrvilely did
his masters bidding. The column of
abuse dwindled to a few lines of dark
insinnation. 1t is distasteful in lis to
alludc to the organ, but its relation
to the Democratic party, including
DIR. Clark. leaves us no option.
And why should the Hon. Ed Camp
bell, ,Jr.. assume such lordly airs and
dictate to his craven tools the course
they shall pursue
This miserable wretch .Junkin. some
time ago, published his own wife as
IA sfrunpct and her children rs bas-
tards. He afterwards published q
wholesale charge of want of virtue
against a company of young lady
school teachers stopping in your town.
again coarsely abiding to his wit'e's
chamber.
These filthy practices Of Jumkin alb
solves all from taking notice of him.
| therefore. content myself by saying
that in the article quoted above,
JUNKIN LIES.
! know nothing ut all of the matter
referred 10 by the low brute. new
erspoke to you about the man Hughes.
and certainly l asked you to suppress
no article about him or any one else.
William W. Junkin knows he is a
very sublime liar; he knows l so
branded him in public hotel among
his friends. now repeat the brand.
II remains to be seen how many of
the decent men and saints of Fairfield
viii endorse the wretched bawd. wife
insnlter and cowardly liar.
ED. CAMPBELL, .Ir.
Soon after noon to-day. Campbell
was standing with some friends in
rro,,f 81 49, WV t,..,s- ~, az.
east side of the Park. Junkin came
along. returning from dinner. with n
market basket on his arm. As he
passed Campbell he took u revolver
from his basket. and turning around.
said to him: "You dirty scoundrel
defend Yourself" and with that fired
at him. cooked the revolver to fire a
second time. when he was arrested by
Sheriff Beck.
The shot struck Campbell on the
left hip, just at the lower end of the
pocket slip. and glanced outwardly
from the hip bone. lie refused to be
taken away for a time, but Dir. Mohr
was called and probed the wound.
failing TO find the ball, which is prob
ably lodged among the muscles in the
vicinity of the wound. A very small
variation of the ball would have
caused instant death. Campbell was
able to move around with cane, and
about half an hour afterward was
standing near the same place when
Junkin came along again and asked
him if he wanted any more. lie
brandished the revolver in his face,
but did not fire.
Soon after the first encounter Char
lie Junkin. son of w. w. Junkin
got revolver and endeayored to
shoot Campbell, but was prevented
by the byslanders.
Campbell has gone to his home, six
miles east of town, and Jmkin has
waived examination and given bond
to await the action of the Grand Jury
Junkin wishes it to be understood
that the provocation for the shooting
was the allusion to his family, which
he denounces as baseless lie. That
Campbelrs abuse Of himself would
have passed unnoticed. but he was de-
termined not 10 permit the insult Ia
his wife and children he unavenged
A. ID. T..