The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-04-25
HER BIG BROTHER.
Who, After All. Was Not a Fatch
for the School Teacher.
DAYTON. Ohio. iIemOcrai.

DAYTON. ohi", Democr,i.
A highly interesting little "tragica
comedy" occurred last Monday in the
Shiloh school. near this city, the
teacher, | h. Buntain, being popu
lar member of the Dayton rifle teams
A couple of Buntains large scholar.
(girls) have been di>obedient for a
couple of months past. About two
weeks ago the younger one left school,
and last Friday The older one got par.
ticularly unruly. Buntain let it pass
unnoticed, and on Monday she did no
better. He bore with her till noon.
and after dinner told her she would
have to move from the seat in which
she was sitting to one further from
the other girls. She got saucy, when
he threatened to whip her if she did
not obey him. She said she would
GO home first. Buntain told her to
obey him or take her choice between
a whipping and leaving school. She
took her books and left.
I'm about an hour her brother came
boiling into the school house and
rushing up to the desk where Bun
tain was standing, brought his fist
down on the desk and told Buntain he
must apologize before the whole school
for insulting his sister. Buntain had
switch i'm his hand at the time,
which he shook i'm his face and told
him to get out Of there. as he had
only done his duty, and he didn't
want anything to do with him. He
persisted in an angry way, and when
Buntain put up his left hand to shove
him away he knocked Buntain's hand
away. Buntain stepped to one side
and picked up the poker, strip of
iron about three feet long, an inch
wide, and about quarter Of an inch
thick.
As Buntain arose with the poker the
brother stepped back, and drawing
large Smith & Wesson revolver, 80
calibre, presented it, cooked. full at
Buntain's breast, and said: "Now,
You apologize" Buntain threw back
the lapels OF his coat and said /:
"Shoot. The brother hesitating a
moment, Buntain seized the revolver
i'm his left hand. with his middle finger
between the hammer and cartridge,
and held the pistol pointed above his
head, while he hit the brother three
times over the head with the fat side
of the poker, the brother struggling
ali the while with both hands to get
the revolver loose SD as Ia shoot. The
third blow Buntain struck him he fell
over on one side of the desks and
Buntain fell on top of him. From
there they fell TO the floor. when, in
order to get the revolver loose, he bit
one of Buntain's fingers clear to the
bone. Bmtain let his hold 60 for an
instant. but quickly grabbed again,
and just in time to save his life, for
the hammer descending, caught the
end of his third finger, tearing part of
the nail off and thus preventing the ex-
plosion of the cartridge. AT this juno
ture one of the large boys ran up and
wrenched the pistol from the brother
and jumped out of the window and
ran home with it. As the fracas had
occurred near the door, most Of the
scholars had jumped out of the win
dows Immediately on the brother draw
ing the revolver. !
After the revolver was taken from
the brother, Buntain pounded and
choked him awhile, and then asked if
he would go away and leave him
alone. He said: Eyes, long enough
to have you arrested" whereupon Bun
tain gave him another round of pound
ing and choking. Making signs that
he wanted to speak, Buntain let him
get his breath, when he said if Bun
tain would let him 60 he would 60
away and never bother him again as
long as he lived.
Mr.. Buntain called his scholars in
and went on with his school. In a
few minutes the brother came back,
and this time he was careful to knock
at the door. Buntain went to the
door, and the brother stood there.
crying. with the blood running down
his face. and said he was sorry for
what he had done, and wanted to
come in and apologize before the
school, but Buntain wouldn't let him.