The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-05-10
HE SHOT 10 KILL.
Johnny Burns Fired Twice at
Conrad King this Fore
noon.
But Fortunately Both Bale Went
Wide OF Their Mark.

/ Al y f~w suinute- after eleven o'clocx this
an'.'n'": tie souni at ris'"' .h.is w.s
h. II, vide" ~ coming iror, S~eon.i
= let. Ia he entity II the 20 Office. A
u AcO p lror,. =. o. LAstr.,inx ., the .:..,;,
,''.nd So cisl De ~r Tuner ,ss 10 tn.
'ri of tsl rs rev,ivsr 4 0p -. hands Of
~ ing J-..n Bnfns, who f0rrs v worked
IL the X 4 7. -h,p-, ."d eats. 4 that il
~s Bu'' oh. al liz q ne &c. :. shot,
srs 81 t"nrsd 4 .ing. %: the ssI,-,u firm, al
in. & .owes. A: sbout ten ..'cgo,k THE
i're.Do" Burns entered the salo,.n aud en-
Z I'D in z sme ..t"fr .vze-uut" with Kiln.
ard s''us u,h~r Parties. They PLAYED
a short time. wn.n = luisInt. ,s' sn.iiny
occurred b., ~esn King ard Burns, IN
which the letter. -. ssidsn,iy tn ni ,ue.
King closed the xsn,s aud stepped b~hin.i
the counter, when Burns applied ta him .
usmbsr Of vile spi,hess, ios which king
sispped hin With bic opsn hasd. Burns
then left the house, but vas not gone more
than ten minutes. after which hs returned,
in company With some railroad fri~nds.
and the entire party psrtook Of drink.
Burns then asked King vhy he had clap
ped hin, to which hs replied The, hs he'd
cause for - doing. Burss reached toward
his hip p cke' and informed king that
unless he spolo.ised he would be . dead
men. King said shst be hsd nothing to
apologize for, and Burns left. leaving bis |
railroad friends standing 1t the bar.
lie wss sb.ent probably ten u, nutss,
wheo he again returned, 9th revolver in
his hand. He only Gene - far - the |
door. He pushed open ons Of the blind.
AMI aimed bis pissol directly ., king,
sho was behind the counter. King saw
him ins aa,ly and dropped to his knees,
when Burns 6sed, the ball taking effect
iu the counter and passing through II. Al.
Ter the nrst shot, Killing arose to his feet,
bot ON seeing that Burma wss preparing to
Ere again, he dropped > second tune, and
hi. ball -slso took eject in the counter,
passing between and within q
lev inches Of Jia and Pony
sso~er., vho vere standing 1t tho bar.
Burns Ma preparing To ire . thi.d time,
shen Officer Turner appeared and took
hin, in custody. tie va taken To the
.al.boo'e, wh<r. . BAzOO reporter called
ipon him.
He stated that he did not regret his
action. aud was only sorry he had not
killed Killing. He says be vill yet do 20,
hould the opportunity present itself.
Burns 10 only about eighteen years Of age.
but he bears = remarkable unssvory repu.
s,isn. But . isv days ago be wss elected
rom the came saloon for Creating . die
y'b,-r-. Besides thee occurrences. he 10
nown ~ tough CUSTOMER. aud the BAzOO
.apxs The authorities will sss To it lhst the
oil penalty IL the Law 10 meisd out Ia
i'm ios his forenoon's work. The only
Wonder j. that some innocent party Wss not
rounded by the young rul6an' esrele~sne-s.
This afternoon = state srrans Vas sworn
ut before Squire Weber, and Constable
Collins s"dssvored to obtain custody Of the
prisoner. but the city authorities refused TO
I'VE him up. they desiring to int Try hin
N the charge Of carrying concealed
yesposs.