The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-13
AN EAR SPIsTsiNG.
That WA the Re,uIt OF a Little Con
troy.rsy at the planters Home Sta
bic. Yesterday MORNING..

4 I!it'. q :Iiculty occurred yesterday morn
iuy about eight o'clock at the Planters House
-tfb's-s b-tSeen Mr. - Il Latin, proprietor
q; the stables, and Mr.. ID. Il. Smith, during
v Eicn the latter had his left ear split and
suiT-Ting also a bruise upon the side OF the
head. There were many conf citing rumorS
il, regard to the affair flying about the street
ai.u m order To get NJ the true taciS IN the
,.s,>e "A IIIES representative called on both
gentlemen yys,-Id , afternoon 10 Eet their
MI. LATTIS'S STATEMENT.
The representative found Mr. Latin at his
place oi business, and although that genile-
man WAS lOaIh To talk about the matter ne at
last consented To do -. sand he: Nj smith
came To The stable before / had arrived anu
asked one Of my men why his mare wasn't
Eeuer iet, saying & sae ,, waS being
enough to eat. My msn told him that he
led her all she cOuld eat and that they did
All they could for her. About eight O'Clock
he came around ana asked 10 have the AMI
NAL h!lch-d up, and gave or.eTs Tor il 10
b.. done. lie then BEGAN 10 talk 10 me about
Int. mare, and said She was being starved
aud that = nVery man had told nam that
lac didn't believe she had had any corn for
wear. told him that we ted the mare ali
She could eat, and Juat II was owing 10 the
ttrt That at the pr. sent Time she was she'd
dug her teeth, that Sue didn't look any b-t-
tel. aud to!G hlm inat any on" whJ Sai d she
Was being starved was "A liar; that II lie
thought lntLe was anOiEtr hlhblt IN town
where. tn.y VuU II treat her better ne uad
better take her Juere. Al this Time, when 1
wasn't looking Tor II, or thiuElEg that he
was EOin. To 90 anything, lac struck me in
the nIoutn and then made motion A. II 10
draw "a pistol. ! told him to
draw hIs wespou and that II he
would cume into Ine stable, would eN-
change shots with hIm. / tuen went Inlo
the office anu got my IcvoAeT- DuJ when /
came ugt saw Innt lie WAS coward "a q
wouldn't sEo,t, 80 put my weaI Cu HP ana
went IOpalu the back I'aEl ~ tut stsb4e
He pick, 4 up a DOaIu That was lEius there
anu said fie nad a good mlLd 10 AilI auy
now ana STUCK Il me, bUJ tdruB-u tine Dow
and then, 10 aNOlu Iurin-T uiuIcU4ig, lH1nj
back INTO Tia. = abIv HOout mo ivSt. Look
Iug over mr. shoulder i saw tuaL he was lot
lowing me, and Knowing InaJ lie Was m
tending To mutt me pickUg u = auO ileT bJsiTu
anu wi.vH IIe e me al me again and stTuCk
iplged Ius. DON ana hit nun on the side
OF lIit. head with the DOtId had Ia my nam.
lie lsl4 anu 1 Kicked aim thfee or IouT
tunes. l ineu HHu Iue boys 90 after some
water ami sent for a pbys.cIaH.
DI>INCLINID TO TALK.
THE TiNES representative called at room
NJ. as. PIauteTs House, and found Mr.. SanIln
Ia b-U.
... am fIum THE TIMES Office, Mr. smith,
said tle representative dLd want 10 know al
you would Ire wilii Z 10 ''gINe Iuc your NeI-
sion ol the occurrence of Inis morning."
No, sIr," replied he, 81 haven't Hur hing
to ssy TO any oyGy IrJ m / HE IiTE7 Office %
NT >mItn >eeIutd uIslnClIHeu 10 tax, and
not v IsIIug To- press lnc matter under Tie
circumstance the REPRESENTATIVE " "iihdr"N.