The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-04-18
RIDERS RAID
On James Glass, ESQ.,. in st.
Louis. on Friday
Night.
The Ex-Oonvict, "a Usual, As
saulted His Man from
the Rear.
Besides This, He Had Three Das-
peradoes at Hand to
Assist Him.

Assist Him.
/ Billy Ryder, the ex-cOnvict, is a chasae-
ter pretty we'll known in Sedalia, iron lie
fact that he came here a few days be(ose
the recent city election and remained until
it was over, taking quite = prominent part
in the same
! When il first became known that he vss
in the city, the two republican papers pre-
.unned that that he had been
sENr FOR BY PROMINENT DkAoCRAn
for the purpose Of healing the rupture in
the party, and especially u look af'er the
voters oi the Second ward. a majority of
whom are Irish.
! of the trouble that existed prior 70 the
election, all are familiar Quite number
of Emerald lslers bolted the ticket, and the
consequence was a republican victory.
! Many attributed the defeat of the demoe-
racy to the presence Of Billy Ryder, and be
/ was denounced ON nearly every hand. III
| the number who expressed their opinion Of
the noted thug Was Mr.. James Glass, the
Main street wholesale liquor dealer, and of
eourse it came TO the knowledge of Ryder,
who was being
CALLED ALL MANNER OF NAMES
by the republican press Of the city. Ryder
laid all of this abuse at the door of Mr..
Glass, but why he did 80, is mystery.
While Ryder was here, however, he kept
his own counsel. and had nothing to saw
against Mr. Glass or any OF his fellow Irish-
men who voted as he did
Tn Tuesday last Ryder lett Sedalia, and
the fact caused general rejoicing.
On Monday Mr. Glass. accompanied Nv
his wife, lett for - Louis, Mr.. q. being =
delegate to the convention OF Catholic
Knights of America. lie remained there
/ until Friday, and In the meantime had the
high honor conferred upon him of being
elected
TREASURER Or THE ORDER
Or Friday afternoon he had concluded
his business. and at :. o'clock y. m. w.s
about to leave the Laeletle hotel. on Fifth
street where he and his wife had been
, stopping, when he concluded he would step
&own To the newsstand and purchase . few
copies OF the Republican, which contained
! fnll reports OF the meeting OF the Catholic
Knights
| He walked out of the house TO the aide
walk. when, without the least warning, he
was struck behind the left ear q powerful
blow. lie turned instantly and beheld that
THE NOTORIOUS RYDER
was his assailan,, and he was accom- panied
| by three men as desperate Is himself
! Not desiring To engage i'm q street row,
MIR. Glass stepped into an adjoining drug
store, followed by Ryder, who carried in
his hand an open knife and called Mr..
Glass all manner of vile names. Ryder
came a. far as the store door, when Mr..
Glass requested that policeman be called
and Ryder placed under arrest An officer
sOon appeared. and Ryder was taken in
custody, but was subsequently released, a.
Mr. Glass did not care 70 remain and
prOsecate.
He was not hurt in the least, and imme-
distely
AFTER THE DIFFICULTY
called q hack and with his wife was driven
to the depot and arrived home yesterday
morning.
Yesterdays st. Louis Republicas, in
speaking Of the affair, says:
Gen. VIM. Ryder caused little excite
ment ON Fifth and Chestnut streets last
evening at O'Clock, and from the amoent
of talk INDUCED In, it appeared that gore
would soon be inundating the streetz-
The first indication the quiet pedestrians
had that blood was about to be spilled vas
when the general walked up to . six-foet
stranger and struck him in the face with
his inst
The stranger turned to see who the ~
sailsnt was, when he discovered The gen
eral standing with his right hand in his
pocket and with the other making the
widest gestures. From his mouth vas
issuing
| vOLLEY OF OArHs
mixed in with something like this
"Ah, YOU called me An eX-convict, did
you? You are dirty dog, a liar, THE,
and you will never b
imprisoned for Sighting! You are coward
and dare not lay your hand on mew
A policeman appeared on the scene, when
the stranger asked him to arrest Gen. Ry-
der. The general said that could not b
done without warrant, and he did not ~.
but proceeded to heap on the party he -
saulted abuse couched in original il nse
elegant language He finally walked away
with friend, and the stranger stepped
aside.
A reporter asked him for his name and
the particulars Of the difficulty. and he
MADE A STATEMENT:
my name is James Glass and my hone
is at Sedalis. That man Ryder vas in oar
city several days before the city election Ne
had last week, having been taken up there
to use his influence in carrying . close
ward for the democratic ticket. We lost
the ward, and the Sedalia Democrat stated
that Glass b Co., meaning me, were the
cause of the defeat. published card in
the other papers, saying that Russo, Rydes
d Co. were responsible for the defeat Mr..
Russell is business manager of the Ssdalia
Democrat. That must be what
MADE RYDER ANGRY At ME-.
/ had no idea that he intended assault
ing me until he walked up near the cosnss
'. of Fifth and Chestnut and struck me With
his fist. looked around and saw who It
| ,xas and heliexell he had a knifo 4