Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-15

another TRADE OF abuse against the paper,
then suddenly closing and locking the
door of the room he said to Cockrill:
'You have brought me here to bulldoze
me, and now we are alone, and man to
man tell you that if the Post Dispatch
ever attacks me or assails my character I
will go to your Office and kill you. I will
take the life of any man who
EMPLOYS newspaper to injure and abuse
me-" He spoke of his partner, Mr.. Broad
head. who is a candidate for congress in
the ninth district, and the charges which
have been made against him, relating
several times that he would shoot anybody
who would publish such things of him.
He further said that. Cockrill would be
held to account for the course of the paper.
and declared that before the campaign
was over Slayback would go on the stump
and from house to house acknowledgement st
Dispatch and break up the business. Cock
rill assured him he had no intent to bully
him; that he had simply asked for an ex-
PLANTATION that was due. him; that he enter
tanned only friendly feelings for him: that
he had never written line against him.
and hoped he never would. After further
conversation Slayback became quiet, they
shook hands, went into another room.
drank together and parted in most cor
dial way.
OCol. Cockrill then said, from the malig-
nant attack made upon the Post Dispatch
by Slayback, at political meeting Friday
night he was satisfied he intended to exc.
cute the threat he had made to denounce
the paper from the stump, He regarded
it an open defiance and Intentional de-
fiance, which would call for some response
from the Post-Dispatch. He did not write
anything himself, but simply reproduced
letter which had been written to Stay
back by Jno. NJ. Glover year before. Col
Cockrill then gave the following:
ACCOUNT OF THE SHOOTING.
few minutes past o'clock I was sit
ting at my desk talking with Mr.. McGuffin
business manager of the paper, and Mr.
Cole, foreman. The door was closed. NV
pistol was lying on my desk, for had in
tended to place it in my pocket on chang
ing my coat and leaving the Office. Sud
denly the door opened and two men en-
tered, closing the door behind them. was
facing the door. I recognized Col
Slayback and M. Clopton, a lawyer who
had, few days before, assaulted two mem
bers Of his profession in private office. ]
realized was to be assaulted, and rose
from my chair. Col. Slayback's bearing
was that of man bent on violence His
first words were: ''Well, I'm herev He
started as if to draw off his coat. I was
IN the corner next te
the front window Instinctively
1 moved my hand toward the weapon OF
the desk. He saw it, and suddenly read
justed his coat and said Is that for me !?
at the same time throwing his hand to hi
hip pocket. My reply was: No SIR but
secured my weapon as he drew his. H,
presented it at me. and heard him cock If
shouted don't do that At the same time
while his weapon was pointed at m,
breast, 1 fired, believing my self at teh
| moment dead man. 1 knew nothing O
| the effect of the shot, for at the same tim
he closed with me, and thrust a revolve
against my side. At the same time Clop
ton caught me from behind, and tried t.
wrest the pistol from my hand, which wa
hanging by my side. I shouted to Nc
Guffin, don't let these men xii
me- He tore Col. Slayback's pisto
from his hand and pointed it at Clopton'
head, under the impression, I presume, b,
was trying to shoot me. At that instan
Col. Slayback released his grasp upon me
and realized for the first time that he ha,
been hurt. I left the room, while M,
Clopton went for doctor, my head bleed
| ing from cut received when was force,
against the window in the scuff1e. I wen
in the lower Office to wash myself"
THE VERDICT.
! The jury, after being out half al
hour, returned verdict that Col. SIay
back came to his death from the effect o
internal hemorrhage, caused by a gun
shot wound in the chest, inflicted from ,
bullet fred from revolver in the hands O.
Jno. A. Cockrill. Physicians, who mad,
the post mcrtem examination, testified
thatthe ball passed through the lungs from
left to right, and severed the aorta on it.
passage, which produced the hemorrhage
After the verdict was rendered Col. Cock
rill returned to his cell in the calaboose
where he will remain until Monday, wher
his counsel will make application for his
release on bail.
Comment OF a st. Louis Journalist.
A st. Louis journalist, now residing in
st. Paul, favors the GLOBE with the fol
lowing comment upon the lamentable
affair:
THE RED SLAYER
Many hasty opinions have been formed
concerning the killing of Col. A. W. Stay.
back on Friday by John A. Cockrill, man.
aging editor of the st. Louis Post Dispatch
Col. Slayback had number of acquaint.
ances in the Northwest by whom he was
accredited with great amiability. The col
onel enjoyed similar reputation at home
among such of his acquaintance as he
never came in conflict with, but in his
legal career he had antagonized many
people aud he had never done things by
halves. Whether his adversary hap
pened to be corporatiop or