Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1880-12-04
The Mason -Forsythe Shooting Scrape
At Milan
A Detailed Account Of the Affair by
an Eye Witness.
Especial to the Grapbic.l

.About six o'clock Friday evening
EJ. rorsythe entered Tom Turner's 81
: loon. on the east side Of the square: h
walked up to the bar and called 70
drinks for three. Ed. Turner. ba
} tender, gave them to him. He thel
turned around to look for book t.
settle some business with one OF th'
parties that had drank. Forsyth
again called again for liquor. Bucl
Mason, one OF the proprietors of the
house. was writing at the head of the
bar. Forsythe asked him if he had NJ
bartender telling him he had called
for drinks and didn't get them.
Mason SAID: Ed. what viii you
have"
He replied, Il have called and didn I
get il: if you don't want to give me
anything You can go to h-l!"
Mason sad, Ed. you can have any
thing YOU want; tell me what you
want
Forsythe then said, Buck, you cant
give me anything haven't got; | can
match ANYTHING You can show up,
and put his hand on his hip pocket.
Mason said. Ed. YOU don't want TO
fight me: you ar. drinking, you arr
foolish. have nothing against you.
ForSythe replied. Buck, l can whip
you. you id -otca-b-h. you bas-
tard."
Mason said, ED, if you will lay
down youl revolver, your knife and
coat l will whip you in a fair fight
Forsythe replied. Il will
Mason pulled his coat and started to |
so from behind the bar, but Just as he
laid his hand on the gate to ret from
behind the bar. Forsythe struck pow
ertul blow. which he knocked off with
LETT hand and struck Forsythe in the
face with his right Forsythe then
ciinched him and they fell behind the
bar. Mason on top. Here Mason held
him for some fifteen minutes. telling
lim Is many as three times, Ed, be-
nave yourself; don't want to hurt
you. For>ythe kept saying, L viii
get out OF this. you can keep me here,
Finally Mason SAID to his bar tender
sho had stood and looked on and seen
air play ali the time. to put him out.
5 lie didn't want TO hurt him. For
ythe grabbed the cloth on the back Of
ne bar and jerked down about s5o
worth Of bar fixtures and ornaments 7
which made terrible crash on the ,
oor. Forsythe and Mason then walk :
Ut into the middle OF the house, and
'orsythe again jumped on him. They
lIEcnei and fell with Mason on top
orsythe got his finger into Mason
ght eye and his thumb on the same
and in his mouth. which seemed to be
lie nam holds. They fought for some
} minutes. when Squire Witter order n
/ Mason taken OF. Everybody tried n
quiet Forsvthe. but he Only charged :
-ound the house and got chair. Ma i
II went behind the bar and put a re- b
Diver in his pocket just as the mar h
al came in; seeing Forsythe charging s.
'2und he ordered nm 10 stop: he said Il
. wouldn he arrested The marshal if
lei assistanc. aud took him out. 81
hen Grani-on Payne came up and n.
ID 70 let him go boiae, and be would ri
e that it was all right Mr. Payne let ia
n 20. not knowing that he had been cc
:h;ing Mason Forsythe then went -
Hart hardware store and called for
revolver; they Gld not want to let him =
We Il but lie sad. Unjust have 1t: :.
J sober. and don I want to hurt any -,
jy. TOOK It and went outside. bur :;
mt back and got box Of cartridge. -
Z next came INTO tie saloon again =
me up to the bar with a laugh on his -,
e and asked Mason from behind the
7, he came out and For>ythe then
,ed him 10 come outside and tall the -
ng over, telling other parties to
nd back. Mason said I'd. come tn
,und ii the morning and | will talk ~
OVER with YOU. but not now Sew DO
i parties SAID, Don't 20, Buck; he
nts 70 hurt you Tom Turner and 70
sral other parties tried to quiet him
replied Tom Turner. what d. you X
nj? 10 away: | Will shoot you if
l want any of this Upon the ap- IS
zach Of Squire Writers, be said:
eer back. Squire, for fear | might
h & mistake and get you first. > OF
then had his back TO the wall and
the crowd and ,dason covered with oa
cooked revolver. The marshal and
riff. Nove Winters. told MIN to stop.
tried to get up TO min, but he SAID.
en- back. Stav away, Move Hlntrr,. ,