The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-02-21

asked MIN: Is mat not falr lie SAID
"Yes." He came at me again, and I
brought him down the second time. l
asked him: as that fair" He said
ayes" He then came at me the third
time and knocked him down. He then
came to and clinehed me at the fourth
round and
said: 81 thought this was going to be fair
fight, but you are acting the dog over it,"
I hollered to the boys: take him off :;
he is whipped. and Is acting
the dog" Carpenter and Boyd told
him: "If you cannot fight Grogan without
acting the dog, you had better quit" Thi.
was said after McKimzie had been pulled
drew pistol and called me q bad name
and said: Il will shoot you" ! then said:
This WAS DONE FAIR,
and YOU had better not shoot" then ran
to the top OF the hill, and, while running,
heard the shooting. i had gotten about
about POO yards from the crowd when
heard the first shot, hence did not hear any
remarks made was still stripped To the
waist, although l had secured all nv
clothes but my hat. He did not pursue.
No firing took place while was in the
crowd. | was not armed. was 80 ex-
cited that left my hat and hallooed to
John Seigel To bring il To me. He started
toward the hat and that is the last | saw.
THEN WENT TO NY HOME
ut Garth's coal bank. am
a coal miner. McKimzie Nwas
also miner and worked at Jordan's bank.
| have known Mckimzie six or seven
months. Did not know he had pistol.
DO not know what became of Mckenzie,
as did not go back tn the crowd don't
know on what terms Mckenzie and Seigel
were. There was no betting on
THE RESULT OF THE FIGHT.
John Boyd, sworn: | was present in the
eastern portion of the city ut the fight be-
tween Mckenzie and Grogan, and heard
the conversation between them. 1t was
about as already stated by Grogan. After
the fight was stopped, on account of
McKimzie's unfairness, McKimzie went to
his coat, and, drawing his revolver, said he
would kill Grogan. Grogan lodged be-
hind bystander and avoided Mckimzie
told Grogan to run, which he did. After
Grogan had left the grounds, Mckenzie
turned to Carpenter and said:
"fLLKILL YOU"
He drew and pointed his revolver at Car
penter, who lodged behind Tom Patter-
son. McKimzie followed him up, saw
ing he'd kill him. Patterson was be-
tween them, and McKimzie shot at Car
penter, who, in turn, drew his revolver
and they exchanged several shots, during
which Seigel was killed. Carpenter was
not shooting in the direction of Seigel, but
McKimzie was. Mckenzie fired the
first shot, but had only fired once when
Carpenter fired. Think
MCKENZIE FIRED FIVE SHOTS AND CARPEN-
TER THREE.
looking at Mckenzie. Tom Patterson
was nearest to Seigel when he fell. DO
not remember anything that was said
after the shooting. Mckenzie said, after
Seigel had fallen: "I've killed that old
man and now I'll kill you meaning Car
penter). heard some one say: "Mac, you
have killed this old man." / then looked
around and saw Seigel living there. Nc
kimzie kept on shooting. Carpenter and
Mckimzie were about fifteen feet apart
when the first shot was fired. When Nc
kimzie saw that
CARPENTER WAS GOING TO SHOOT,
he commenced retreating. Carpenter did
not draw his revolver until after
McKimzie had fired the first shot.
Don't know whether Mckenzie was
hit. He fell twice, but NAV
have done so TO keep from being hit. Nc
kim1e, after shooting, ran east, up the hill.
4 portion of the crowd remained, and /
was OF the number. saw McKimzie when
he was nearly at the top of the hill. where
he stopped and looked around. No one
tried 20 arrest him. McKimzie used a
Smith d Wesson revolver, 3S-calibre. l
think he emptied his weapon. / am salts
fed Seigel was killed by the ball fired from
McKimzie's revolver, as Carpenter was fir
ing in another direction. Seigel never
spoke after being hit,
DEATH BEING INSTANTANEOUS.
+. ID. Moss, sworn: | witnessed the
prize fight east of town, and was present
while the shooting was going on. | saw
John Seigel there After they had stopped
fighting, McKimzie said he'd rather die
than be whipped. He ran for his coat and
drew out his revolver, saying: "I'll kill
you, Grogan." l said to Grogan
"Pick up your clothes and get away"
He did so. leaving his hat, and
asked John Seigel to bring it to him. Sell
gel stopped over to do so. when Mckenzie
said to him: 'Let that hat alone" Sci
gel did not heed, but
PICKED UP THE HAT,
when McKimzie fired After firing, he
said: "rhere, Cd d-n it, I've killed
that old man instead OF YOU speaking to
Carpenter). He was trying to shoot Car
penter. Grogan had gone out of sight. 1t
was McKimzie's first shot that killed Sci
gel. l told Mckenzie that he had killed
Seigel sure enough, but he did not say ANY,
thing. Mckenzie, after firing the first
shot, and seeing Carpenter about to draw
his revolver, said to him: III you draw
your pistol, d-n you, I'll kill you" Me-
Kimzie was shooting direct at CARPENTER.