The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-02
How Walter q. Bartlett Died
at the MuzZle of Umfrid's
Revolver.
Angry Passion is Allowed to
Dethrone Reason, All on
Account of a Little
Dispute.
Mr.. Behrens on His Way Home
from the East What Lin
coin Thinks of the Az
fair.

! Iru, l.lncOIn, was III the city last night
IN route to his home lie ieit much cas-,
down over the news Of the shooting. The
Warsaw Enterprise gives the following &C.
count oil the shooting:
All ri Lincoln, east, north and south,
was stirred early Saturday morning to its
center with excitement. The sharp crack
vi revolver had been heard at Mr.. Um-
irid's store, and instantly the news spread
that Bartlett had been killed by Umirid.
Decea>ed WAS man about 35 years OF age,
had been about Lincoln four or five years,
and his townspeople all say he was very
| quiet, industrious citizen, meddling in M
ones affairs; and . party-Mr. Pierce
| who knew him from bOyhOOd, says that he
was very honorable and from one Of the
hest families in Warren county, Indiana,
| and that Bartlett was in every sense . gen.
! tleman. Bartlett leaves a wife and two
children. one q baby but four weeks old.
Immediately after the shooting DR.. Sam
Orr took charge OF Cmirid and brought
him To- Warsaw, when he surrendered
himself to SherifiJeans. Umirid was very
nervous and very much excited when he
got here. and many were led to the belief
that il WAS remOrSe over the deed commit
ted, We are in doubt ~ to whether it was
regrc, or the fear OF his neighbors coming
sitter him to take him before Judge Lynch
and his sons. As an evidence of the latter
theory. he offered to hire any number OF
men To- take him up in the hills and guard
him till the excitement died down, all 70
be under the charge Of the sheriff.
There seems to have been an old quarrel
between the parties to this affair. Re
Gently Bartlett has been selling pump wind
mills, aud he had heard that Umfrid had
talked several parties out of buying it, and
told Cmfrid vi il. They had few words
over it and the matter passed of until Sat-
urtiay morning. when Bartlett went into
the Po>tofice in Behrens h Umirid's store
to get his mail Umfrid asked Bartlett il
he said he had interfered in his trades.
Bartlett said that he did say so,
and tina, he had good proof of it.
The quarrel wsxed warmer, the lie passed
from one to the other, when Bartlett gath
cred chair and started toward Cmfrid.
calling him a lying son Of bitch, but did
not strike him. umirid jumped from the
counter where he had been sitting, passed
into the post Office; coming back imme-
diately, and behind the counter and show
case, ordered Bartlett out Of the store. At
this Bartlett raised his chair again and
Immediately struck blow. Two Witness
g. testified that the chair struck the muzzle
OF the revolver and knocked it around to
to one side; that Umirid Immediately
threw it back into position again and fired.
Every one is entitled to his opinion and
ours, in this case il that Umfrid drew his
revolver on Bartlett the moment he order
ed him from the store that Bartlett, seeing
his immediate danger, struck not at I'm
frid. but ut the revolver, hoping to knock
il from Cmirid's hand and save his life.
- the evidence plainly shows that he
struck the revolver, which must have been
in position for firing, as the witnesses saw
he Immediately threw il into position
again and fired. Then, too, he was behind
q counter with show case ON top Of that.
and rs Bartlett succeeded in hitting the
pistol, Umfrid necessarily must have had
it above the show case.
by diagnosis of DR.. Magill, Of Lincoln,
the wound ranges ~ follows: BALL entered
the right upper and outer Orbital arch Of
the frontal bone, passed diagonally through
the right and left hemispheres Of the cere-
brum, and made its exit through the lower
border Of the LETT parietal bone, remaining
under the skin two and one fourth inches
from the top of the left ear.
Had Umfrid been in Lincoln at nine
o'clock We do not believe his hide would
have held coarse gravel. There was quite
an excitement and q man came from Lin.
coln to inform him Of thesupposed danger.
All is quiet now and all passion in the
matter has subsidized. reason holds the
throne and people will cody await the re-
suit Of the trial upon which they will have
an eagle eye for every crook and turn that |
ran be made.
This is a case that We shall watch with
much interest, and while We believe il |
ease OF unnecessary killing, ii not actual
murder with wilful intent, We ask that |
Justice be done to the dead and the benefit |
81 every possible doubt be extended to the |
living. An impartial trial with every !
point OF the law turned to the greatest |
benefit of each side of the cas4.