The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-10-12
WHAT IS THE REASON
That Crime IL Not More Rig oronsly
Prosecut.d? Another Attempt
ed Assassination.

Oar Mober!y exchanges Of yesterday con-
tain the following as To an attempted ss-as-
-in.iion Of Major M,Ginley. of that city.
who has many warm friends in S~dalIs
who r.joice Ih.t the d.-lsri.y x>-ss-in fall
I'd to make hi. point.
--Msjr McGinley imssines that some
one has tried To assassin ate him, the fact d.
gun or p .toi wss fired, ami the bullet
went through his window at his rs-idencr,
but ne would think il WI. a Careless shot.
-Mob~rly Monitor.
We come into possession oi facts to-day
which issk.s i, apparent that a dsmnsbie
attempt nj assassination occurred in our
midst Sunday morning, and why IL Wa not
succe--iui WAS owing IL No fault al the one
vino rI'~d the buile,.
The facts sre Msj,r McGindley has Tor
.oDe lime Seen receiving threatening COM
Dunications from an anonymous source
which. lac paid no part cu!ar attention Ia.
> ,tur,iay tie spoke nj some point below
here. we have forget ~hers, srd returned
home shortly after twelve O'Clock ON the
las; train. tie stepped INTO the psrlor
q" lay aside documents he had aud To- pull
ID III. ov-rcosi. Competing the task h-
stepped into the hall and cio-~d the Il or
just 81 he did there VIE q report of .
pistol. lnv.-,ig ,,,nn M the MORNING show
ID that the bali had struck right where the
Mir vas -tan,iiug, and ihe ball Wa found
undecided la the wall, 4 np,e Wa found
sticking in the ~Indu~. .ri,,eG On IA piece
al ihin lester p,p-r. IL rr,d ,nu.: M axe
h,
you."
Msir Ms(iin,~y, - Ill know, j. a candi
date iur str"rn~y-;-n-r.i Un ,hs gre-bb,ck
ticket. tie IL conf sent that hi lac ~s|
.it~n, pied ty hired .u,tni-arie- of the hon. -
m,'ney League. liz .i". = mt for an instant
think that the a-m"cra;Ic party had any
thIrg 90 do ~i,h IL IL IL a hign handed
"u'rsg~, aud II tie VerI~trsior can be
i,,nnd he should he -t,nrg up without
judge or jIry.-M,t~rl: He ,dligh,.
A. tn who the co~sr,iiy vilIsin wss ths,
attempted the killing probably will never
be- known. IL Ia scarcely prob adj. thu, a
man about To commit a ieiib.r rare murder
wouid furnish evidence To cIiuIinaie hiUi-
self snd assist in his d-t,ciion, and IL IL
highly probable that the auonymo note
threatening him a. '.io making smother
gre~nbsck -p~ecl," va. written by some
enemy on p~rsonsl grounds, who used the
note To pu, the officer. Of the las Uff his
trail. Besides, there are not enough green
hackers IN the Il. ie To- make them danger
Gus To other party or.snIz ,,Ion-. But.
however, ii Ma a damnshIe Outrage, and
such one ~ stains the reputation OF our
-tate, and prevents wealth, culture and en-
ierpri-e from flowing into i,- limits. A. lorg
a. the revolver, whi-ke. and iswles, vsya.
bords build the history Of our s,ste, so long
wiil she will be dsrksue'i by 8 cloud, while
her sister STATES. without her natural re-
sousc~s will distance her in all the great
achievements ii life The ffice of MoberIv
should not Ter, until they bring the villain
10 Justice. sni remove the bot from the
fair fame 81 that growing city. A few
-Ich occurrences ~ the above. and the a.
-s--ination oi Mckinley, in this city, and
shooting men dawn in the streets in day
light and as-sulIing and robbing men at
night, when notwithstanding secret coroners
inqus-i., detective work, etc, nothing il
done toward bringing the criminals To lus-
iice, and VIZ need not wonder that wealth
rrpl.ce- hi- pocket book in his picket aud
hurries away from our state. Outsiders,
inimicai 70 Missuuri's Interests, can SAY with
. semblsnce Of truth ,o men who are think
ing Of enigrs'ing To thi- state, Are you
willing To risk your life and properly in
state shere mca sEe a--a-sinsied in the
cities nj the state, and b~sid.s
masking = lou, days newspaper wonder Of
il, nothing il done io bring the a~ss--in- To
justice" Until the better elements IL
society can root out and tramPle doSn this
rufisinly criminal class whose minds are
ind smed with whisky the year round, who
decide controversies by bets, revolvers and !
and knives. Missouri can never msrch up
20 the position which the eiernsl Gods in
tended her to sit down On. No matter IL |
-he has the coil, climate and productive
ness of the g,rien ii God, civilization il .
not fred from revolver, neither does COM
mercial prosperity bloom in th. elimmef Of
the s-sas-in'. blade.