The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-10-12
HOUCK'S HIT
And That 10 tho Sort of Cat
He IL.
An Interview With John Dunn.
Who was Shot 1t Holden.
The Habits Of the Vicious Rob
ert Houck. the ShoStist.

Thnr-.i.v night Holden. an sn,bi,ions
iowa sn the ~r-tesa D.,s.irr Oi JVbnrs'u
cou,ty, w.s thrown into = fever al rxci;e-
meni over the -hooting a.
John o.
by one Re- Houck, a drunken aud mir
cradle wr~ici.. ~ho - = b.r-k--l'er 10y ,ssu-
patton. Thr si""tirg occurred q; the si.po,
where Dunr n.d gone to- .n-,i n brother,
whom he bal expected TO rive on the it,
cunning tram from ksn-ss City. lie stood
there ~ itL q cou-in taking when
HoIcE, THE >HoorI>r, FAs>kD-
Damn laid To ilouck, ''gusai evening,
SIR" ~ 4 pleasant way, when Houck ~hip
ped cat t. pistol, without saving 4 ~"ri
and tir-i. and then A. he .i-fi.miy walked
away, he remarked la hyst~n.i.r.
That Is the .yri of cat | sm :"
N-ry so,n al, r Msrrhai Still arrested
him and Tor safety brought him la Sssiai;..
where he WA all isy Friday, ruminaiII.
over niS terrible crime.
Dunn ~. taken to boarding house in
Holden, NJ, lar from center of town,
aud his ". nd dressed Dr-. l.. r. Mur-
ray and l. L. Bolton.
pVNN's WOUND
!. a,mo.t reces.arii, ,aIsi. The ball EN-.
t.r~,. t',e outer corner 81 the right eve, car
rying AWAY the sight anI making terrible
havoc with the bone, which went crashing
through ,he brain, frnciuring al c"ur-e the
skuli, the iez,lrn messenger coming cu' moi
Ia excs~d three inches from where u en-
tered.
Houck, while IN the S~dsiis jail, wa-
v aited on ty . RAZV reporter, who elected
some statpunent from him ~ regards Ca the
-hootiry. how IL occurred or the cs'i-e or
cau-es which prompted h,m a. attempt IL
TAX. the life IL John Dunn, . man wi,";u
he did not know.
Houck thinks he If smart, u" doubt.
lie gave the reporter ND iniormaiicn
about the shooting. lie doggeiiy refused
10 talk ahou, hu- da-tardiy crime.
4 reporter il feared by the guilty, the
vile and ccwardis miscreants who would
.hor; . defenceiess and unsuspeciing man.
of course Rob.rt Houck would not talk.
"My ATTORNEY ~ill zee you." -sid Houcx TO
the reporter, sho no doubt will feel ~ IL he
is injured 10y this publication.
HANpvFrED, HorcK
vac taken 10 Warrensburg on Friday night
ard turned over "a the authorities. Thsi
..me train took Prosecuting Attorney
Bripker, acc. smpxnied by q BAz'O Tepr"-
sentative, to Holden, to take Dunns onts-
morton statement.
The party accompanied BY Ma,shsi Still
of Holden, arrived NJ the place where Dunn
vas. The wounded man was lying in bed
his face swollen almost beyond recognition
by his friends.
THE INTERVIEW.
DIR. MURRAY "a. there and acted as
spokesman, and said:
John, the prosecuting attorney OF John
son county IL here and wants To talk To
y"u.
John Ounn-Weil I will talk the best
car. Whist does ne want,
Doctor-He wants to know il you think
you will &c, we'll
John-Ye<. think will, doctor.
Dcctor-Then sou have no csus. To think
Ia AZ you are near your hnai end?
JOhn--No. | Am not 40 easily killed n
that. 1 am going TO get we'll.
Prosecuting Atto.ney-There cannot IKE
any ante mo,tem statement taken uniesa the
man thinks he will not recover.
Doctor reporter for the Sedaiia
BAZoo is here and would like 10 hear
wha, y,n have to say about the shooting.
John-I WAS Al the depot standing near
the door when that fellow came along. |
laid, Good evening" He d,d not say
word bu, jrrked oui Q pisto. and >iio; ne,
| an That Va all of il.
hr
fore?
John--Noi that l know al.
Doctor Did you kno-' his name,
joint Was Bob ching. ] cant
tell what
Doctor 1ob Houck?
John-Ye-; that wAs il.
Doc;or-pid you ever 49,. the man who
shot YOU in ! e Huber'- saloon?
Jobn--Don't rememher-hAve not t'een
in there much.
Doctor Did Won have any trouble that
dav with anybodv?
John-No. Not harsh word with any
body.
D.cior-Do you know George Camp
h-I,?
John-No, I do not know him. Va hr
there?
R-,mairr-l heard he was present al III.
depot when the shooting occurred.
THE CHANCES
"are gerry much xgzinst the recovery Of
Du.n," said = physician who ~a- IN at
isnc-, hat still he NAV recover. Tie
has -ymp;ou,- 81 brain trouble which may
carry him fl.
Dam T. q native of G-orgia, s"d resides
ia Walker county that state, about
twenty miles from Gin s,tanooga, Tenn. lie
L. on a welt Ia friends q. Johnson. He IL
t~enty ---vrn wears of s.e AMI unmarried.
R,ber, I:ouck Is about twentv flour years
al age. r.. h.r lived in Holden about
three wears liz gcis drunk occasionally
and hen he does he carries knife and a
,.isiol. aud il vicious enough la use them.
Twice before has lie attempted the lives al
others Abcnt one year ago he shot at
William Bolmer, cigar maker a, Holden.
The pistol bsll took effect in his finger.
Abou, Christmas. 1873, Houck shot ate u.
Lipincott through door but did not hi;
him. For thee attempts at lie he has
never bten arrested until now.
The authorities 81 Jahns,n county owe
IL TO the g;.od name Of their community
that THE man HoUck s.e punished in mercy
Tor hi. crime. A term ~ the IeEIientiarv,
AZ Damn rrcuvers, will po-~'hiy learn him
something, learn him how to csnduc. him
self in Q community Of law-sbidiny Peo-
pie.
Reckless Driving.
Yesterday Afternoon, reckless iezmster