The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-07-11
Tim Dunnigan and John Pit
man Maliciously Assault
Strangers.
They Beat John Yandille, Of
Green Ridge, Thos. l..
Walker, of Pleasant
Green, and a
Stranger.
How the Veriest Roughs of the
City Concluded the Celebra-
ton of the Fourth.

Yesterday Tim Dnnnigan and John Pit
man, two of the most noted Migrants and
cowardly thugs of the city, were together
at the park. They jostled decent people.
but did nothing openly so that they could
he arrested. There were too many people
and officers not afraid TO do their duty in
close proximity-hence they were very
careful not to lay themselves liable.
LATE HOURS.
About o'clock this morning they were
on the street i'm half drunken condition
and were made to leave by Officer Barnett,
who encountered them. They left, going
in the direction of Stringtown.
THIS MORNING
The train from the north arrived few
minutes late, bringing in some Kansas
City passengers who were LETT
as the west bound train had gone. These
passengers sat around the union depot
awaiting for time to get breakfast and for
something to turn up by which they could
get away.
THE THUGS CANE IN.
The first seen of Dunnigan and Pitman
thew came to the union depot in company
with policeman (said by our informant,
Mr.. T. S. Carter, editor of the Sturgeon,
Mo-, Leader, that he was told by bystand-
ers to be named Fessler) and went into a
saloon with the officer and drank While
i'm the saloon Dunnigan told the officer
that he had knocked one son-of-a-bitch in
the head already this morning, to which
he made no reply.
Subsequently the officer left and the
still hali-drunken rOwdies remained.
THEY ASSAULT A YOUNG MAN.
A young man named ThOs. Yandille, of
Green Ridge, an unsophisticaied youth
was standing on the platform paying ne
attention to what was going on around
him.
Pitman AMI Dunnigan seeing the boy,
went to him-one on each side, and took
him into the saloon and introduced him as
"MR. OSCAR WILDE"
and insisted on his treating. This Yardille
refused to do, whereupen Pittman struck
him, followed by blow from Dunnigan.
Iandille went away short distance and
sat down Oh box. Not to exceed five
minutes later, both the roughs, without
saying word to him, or Yandle to them.
smiling at their tiendish conduct, went Ia
him, and Pitman struck the unoffending
man again several times, knocking him of
the box. Yandille got up and showed re-
sistance to Pitman's assault, when both
roughs commenced to beat, kick and pound
him numerically.
Several strangers who were witnesses to
all this were about to interfere, fearing
that Yandille would be killed. Bystanders
who knew the desperate characters of Dun
nigan and Pitman told the strangers that
they had better not interpose as they
WERE DANGEROUS CHARACTERS.
Several strangers then shouted for the
police Justify. Officer Fessler was i'm
sight and got up as he was sitting down
and went up stairs. A few minutes later
he came down stairs and went in an oppo-
site direction.
SEVERAL KNOCK DOWNS
When the strangers shouted "police" Dun
nigan and Pitman left and started UP
Ohio street. Before reaching Main street
they met I. l.. Walker, of Pleasant Green.
Without saying word to Walker, who was
stranger to them, thy knocked him
down. He got up and left hurriedlv.
Being beyond their reach, one of the men
d
then proceeded up Ohio street. Then they
met a man, "a stranger, wearing straw hat.
They knocked him down. He was stunned
by the fall and did not stir.
Then they ran, leaving their victim, as
they supposed, half dead, and took refuge
in or behind a building ON West Main
street.
In a few moments the last man
struck sufficiently recovered, got
up and left His name could not be learned
by the reporter.
DUNNIGAN ARRESTED.
LATER.-Dunnigan and Pitman came
out of their hiding places and became
obsterperOus on the streets, using obscene
language, when Officer Barnett arrested
him. Dunnigan resisted desperately,
and it was with difficulty that Barnett
and Ex-officer Whelap, who was present,
succeeded i'm getting Tim to the cooler,
where he was locked up TO sober of. When
he gets up he will find several charges to
answer to, and, no doubt, will get his full
share of justice.
Pitman, who is a noted sneak thief,
in the near future.
GOT DOSEB.
LATEsT.-This evening Dunnigan was
arraigned before Judge Fraker on the
several charges, drunk, disturbing peace,
an officer, and carrying concealed
weapons. The fellow plead guilty, and
was very Justly fined 500, which amount
he did not possess and he
was returned to the cooler
to sweat it out He was very abusive to
Judge Fraker and Officer Barnett, which
tongue luxury he did not indulge in until
he was out of the judges presence.
Now let the stone pile be augmented.
Work will be good for the fostering va