The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-09-07

Frank Bell, Co'ored, while Assist
lng the Police, - Stabbed
by . Peace Dis
turber.

Slor,ly after ten O'Clock lac: might in
I, n-r excitement was caused over in Lin
e".n, lie, n-nr the Catholic church by .
c"Ii,-i"n t,.~.-n the cul"I-d policeman
ioi'.,isv and -u,nr co.nisd us-n whom he
hal called &, his assistance On one side and
,Lrr~ hoi-,-ro,,s negro peace di.,urb~r- on
th. ether.
Officer Holiday, though he haI been on
the force but comparatively u short time,
has shown himself ,o he . courageous and
.tbcirnt officer.
Hearing the noise - oi . street tight, he
nur.ie,i 10 the -cerr ard found Smith Hutch
in-ou. who IL hard character, together
viii. Geo. Dsvi. AMI II. Taylor, ali col
Or,d end inll OF lighting whisky, snt bois-
tsruGs ON the stIsets.
Holiday ordered them to keep quiet,
which only .x ,-perated them, and they con-
tiuued their yelling. a crowd in the mean
time had assembled, and Holiday, calling
ON several hy-tandrr~ TO assist him, proceed
81 tn srre-i the drunken trio. Tw9 colored
men pitched in Ia s--is; the officer, and
tree ugh, took plsce with three on . eide.
Frank Bell, ~ho drives one OF Hind .le'-
transfer sgon-, went ior Smith Hutchinson,
Who appe AIRED to le ~ the trio While
-cuffiin- Hutchinson shipped out pocket-
knife AMI stabbed Bell IN the breast Bell
cried our. ale il knitting me" when the
others csassd struggling with the other
peace disturbers. AMI came To h,s assist.
snes. The "nippers" Sere PLACED on Hutch
in.on, and Fell VA carried 10 the house Of
Marion Mack, we'i-su0wn negro, xher.
. pi,ysicIan ws- summoned.
Hutchinson when brought to the calaboOse
was 'oliowed by an excited crowd, his pals
Davis and Taylor b~ine among the
number. Both were pointed on, and ar
rested by the officers.
Though Bells wouui ble,i profu-ely. it
wr- not considered serious. Bell deserves
gr-a, cre,ii; Tor responding AZ promptly Ia
the call III Odic.r holiday for ss-i-tan
and deserves bssis!rs The thanks Of all Law.
abiding citizens ior his nerve and courage
Hutchinson, who Is hard character, de-
! serves and will no doubt receive the full
pen atty ior sn assault with intent to kill.
A BAzpO reporter called, this morning,
! AZ the residence oi the wounded mai, Bell
near tine Catholic church, to which place
! he had been c,rried from Mack's house.
lie Was in bed, resting easy, and cont.
dent OF being able to be out in sho:,
| time.
/ There was great indignation among the
better elass nj eolorea people ai the ont
! rage.
! Shacssiford, the pastor Of the Baptist
! church, tcoiored), and many other. COM
/ plsibed to the reporter that the colored
roushs were becoming bold in their de-
( f,nce III law tina; Holiday, the only po-
IiceD,sn in l.incolnviile. wss powerless to
preserve order, aud that their nightly,
! drunken casoasais mike II dangerous icr
! law abiding ci,izes. To walk the streets.
/ They ask tor more policemen aud say
b .hat IL the CITY will not furnish them they
sill he COMPELLED to erglnize police
foice mt private expense, to preserve order
ard project their property.
/ Our cItv council should investigate ~ to
. the truth ii this complaint, and IL true,
( the iorcs should he increased 81 that order
NAV be preserved in that suburb Of Sc
,ial'~.
Hutchinson was fined 81 by Recorder
f-aker, thi- morning, fer breach OF the
peace. and was al-o hound over 20 the next
; term oi crimin~l court to await the action
I 9; the grand jury and answer to the charge
/ oi assault wnh intent to kill.