The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-04-18
A COON'S CRIME
As Dished Up on Main Street
at 1890 O'clock Last
Night.
A Collision Between Three
White Men and an Equal
Number Of Negroes,
Resulting in the Shooting of
Charles w. Goodman by
Nelson Frazier.

A few minutes after 10 % o'clock last night
or jus, before the Lexington branch train
arrived, and while number of people
were congrega.ed st the depot, pistol
shot was heard on West Main street, and
An instant later : negro started OH Il ran
from in front of Charlie kleuber's saloon.
making straight line Tor the railroad
followed by no less than twelve or fifteen
people, several Of whom were hallooing.
police. "Catch him" etc.
When i'm front of the Garrison house.
the negro ran west, closely followed by Of-
6cers Holiday, belong, MasonhaIl, Dep
When back of the Pacific express office.
and in front OF the Mcisorey house,
THE FLEEING MAN
was Overtaken by Holiday and ,ic~say.
and little later Was landed IN the Gala
boOse
At this time q BAZOO reporter entered
the building and found the prisoner en-
gagged i'm washing his face, which. to-
gelher with his clothing was covered with
blood. On his forehead, almost directly
over his LETT eve, was cash fully an inch
in length. from which the claret was
oozing, and which presented an ugly spec
tacle, indeed.
Alter stopping the How Of the
cell, and gave his name ~ Nelson
ployed As laborer ON the farm Of VIM
NJ. Gentry Being asked Tor statement
regarding the difficulty, he gave it. as iol-
| lows:
In company with two other negroes
named Jim Warren and Geo. White. H.
was leaving Charlie kleuber's Main >tn =,
saloon, and on the sidewalk
MET THREE WHITE MEN,
whose names he did not know. He acct
dentally ran against one of the men. who
called him a vile name. a dispute arose,
when one oi the white men laid down a
/ bundle he Vas carrying and stepped To
| the street and picked up rock.
At this, Frazier reached for his pistol. and
was i'm the act oi drawing 1t. when the
white man threw the stone, which caused
the cut on hi. forehead. Frazier then fired
his Smith X WeSSon revolver, -. calibrc
but with what effect he knew not, for he a,
once He'd, a. did his two comrades.
While he was relating his story, Detec-
tive hl.ong and Officer Holiday and Jim
Gossagv arrived NJ the cooler with two of
the three white men. One of them. Char
lie W. Goodman. aged twenty-one years
and nephew OF Officer Holland, was
COVERED WITH BLOOD.
and on removing handkerchief from
his face, a gun-shot wound was visible
The other party gave his name as L. Il
Nichols, also aged about twenty -one years.
On being asked for n statement, Nichols
told the following story:
Himself, Goodman and Jas. McMurtry
were proceeding along Main street. when
they met the three negroes Frazier rau
against Nichols, nearly forcing him from
the sidewalk. On Offering some objection,
Frazier became abusive, and started To pull
his pistol, when Goodman picked up q
stone. Further discussion followed. and
when Frazier wss i'm the set of using his
weapon, Goodman struck him with the
rock A second later Frazier fired, and
then ran, being followed by the three par
ties interested, together with
A P,~>E OF OFFICERS AND oUTsiDER>.
Goodman and Nichols pursued until
Frazier was captured. and then came up
town ~ have the former, wound dressed,
and il was while DIR. Boyer was making an
examination that they were taken in Gus
tody.
The ball entered GoOdman's left cheek,
knocking out three teeth, and was spit
from his mouth while en- route tn the cal
aboose. The wound is not dangerous, and
will probably heal in few days. Both
Goodman and Nichols remained at the cal
aboos- short time, and then Proceeded
home, giving security for their appearance.
McMurtry was lost in the chase, and
Frazier's two pals were never heard of af-
ter the shot was fired.
Frazier's wound was dressed, and he il
STILL IN THE CALABoOsE.
He will have determination Tomorrow
The blow dealt him by Goodman WAS
severe one, for The stone cut through the
brim of heavy felt hat, and entered into
the flesh to quite depth. Both of Fra
,ier' pals work with him at Gentry's
Goodman came to Sedalia last fall from
Galloway county, and Nichols arrived here
about month ago from the same section
of country. Both have been hard working
boys, and this is the first difficulty they
we're ever engaged In. Goodman worked
at Kipper's mill, while Nichols was en,-
ployed by Geary, the house mover. All
the parties concerned are of about the same
years.
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