The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-02-24

Al. Wood Still in q Critical
Condition.
A Full and Relic BILE Report Of the
Encounter that May Result
In Hcm eide.

The report in c'reul .iion yesterday morn
ing. 10 the effect that Albert Wool, eho, =
Lau,onis. On Saturday light, i- in = d,in,
condition. il rot correct. The latest Lulle
tin IL that while hi. wOnId IL Q Yer,
dangerous onr, tie chances are ih.i IT.,
! N "a sill recover from i,a Effects.
The true account Of the shooting il o
follow:
Bob Sharpe and Jesse Swope keepa res
taurxnt nj Lamonte. II coneists If To-.
rOom.-a iron, room for the e.ie Il conisc
iion-iies, c.nmd good. and nick-nstk-. ans
= rear room which IL the restaurant proper
Wool was in Sed.Iis all Of Saturday
returning TO Lsmoa'e On the 6 p. M. train
lie drank heavily. while la this city, and
when De s,rivsd in Lamclte he vac SO r.,
uns!er the !, 6nrnce Of liquor tina, he did
not know ~hsi he Vac about. tie visiie.
tie restaurant, vent INTO the back room
picked NJ. chair and threw IL across the
estirs table, not aiming. ho~evsr, 10 hi,
any person. Jesse Swope said to him
"Wocd, I Con-, allow even town. boys to gu,
up that way. You are welcome TO efay
here ~ long - you behave-if you wYG'l
t'easve, you must leave" Wood, there
upcn. left and vent over to tie postoffice
lie went ont by the west door. lie, how
ever. quickly returned and re-entesed the
Restaurant by the north. CT from,
door. hurried 10 the inner doc,
that opened INTO the eating roou.
pulled his revolver and commenced
to fire-it il supposed tina, he .imei to hi,
Jesre Swope. Two men. Joe Patrick ard
n. Carton, we're seated Al one al the table,
Getting supp-r. One Of the ai,ots fred by
Wood s,rurh Patrick in the wrist, hflict.
ing slight wound.
Jes-e swope rushed out of the eating
room, occurred his revolvors. from drs YER
in the front room, md then sen, into the
sireet, taking position about twenty yards
south 81 the restaurant; ss Wood came
outside, Swoee ol&ned On him, firing two
aho,s-one shot missed him. Bu, the
other struck him in lie face. iuss he.
low the left eye; tie ball lodging
Ia the back Of the besG. Wood fell "a the
ground. aud w.s taken To Dr.. J.ynes' Office,
%here the wou,.d Was examined. Fnm
thence he was carried 10 tie Scuii.e,n
House, where DR.. Jaynea and Cow ~ did
all in their power to- ease 81. ,ufferirs..
DR.. J. w. Trader, in response TO telegram,
received about midnight. went cut 10 La.
monte md give HE kill TO the wounded
man. On Sunday morning. ahou, ii
o'clock. Wood IVES renewed TO his farm.
some three esi.es northeast from, Lamonte.
Al. Wood ie a M Of the late Clifton
Wood. In this city The wounded man hs.
~any friend, ~ho deeply regret the occur
renee. They cry ihs, he il ~ quiet ard
orderly m,n. when soter, ~ any man in
the county. Unfortunately, when deep in
iiqro. ais passion entir.ly oser-rides hie
orderly way-then he became will ard
reckless. czrinR liii.e. "r nothing for the
consequences of liz rash aciion.. He has
a devoted w,fe and six children, the Ulde.i
child icing under ten ye,rs Il .ge.
Mr. swcPE sURRENDERs HIM-ELF.
jesse Swope AMI his father, Mr.. NJ X
Swope. n ~eIi-,o-io ard respected cid fer.
mer, .ising near Lsmcnt., arrived in the
city this morning. They called u,o..
Prosecuting Attorney jackson and other
officers and announced that Jesse Vas will
ii"c &" surrender himself ~nd prepared, il
required, Ia give bond for his appearance
Z" answer snv charge that should he IN st!s
against him. The office,s told the swops.
that No sciion was required on their pss,.
The officers Al Lsmorie took the ssms
view oi the situation std declined TO xrre-:
>w"ps. on the ground that the shooting
VS. jn-tifyable. THE, the BAzoo ~ IT,.
formed. Il the general opinion ia and sbou'
Lsuonte.
The Gaze row rests with the next grand
jury.
THE LATEST. .
A special dispatch 10 the BAz,o, for.
~arded from Lsmon,r, Al 2o'ciock this o.
,ernoon, rel or,s that Wood il improving
and the chances are largely in favor q hi.
recovecv