The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-08-21
LAID HIM LOW.
That's What George Davis
Colored, did for Marion
Thornton.
A Three.Handed Fight, in Which
AK Handles Figured as
Trump Cards.

Trump Cards.
The BAzoo of Tuesday referred to |.
scrspping match which occurred in Mail
street grocery, Monday, the participant
being q clerk in the store and a colore,
woman No names were mentioned, an,
the matter would never have been brcugh
MP again had it not beer for the enactmen
of the second chapter, yesterday forenoon
The parties directly interested on that
occasion, were Sallie Todd, a well-knowr
.colored woman, and Marion Thornton, /,
white man employed as clerk in Rod Gal
lies store, vi here the fracas occurred.
Mrs. Todd, i. appears, has traded with
Mr.. Gallie for years past, and has been il
the habit OF visiting the store aud picking
out what she wished, without the assist
ance of the proprietor or clerks. She die
this with Mr.. Gallie's consent, and never
until Monday, was there any trouble.
On that day she entered the store and
picked out few articles she wished t.
take home, to which Mr.. Thornton object
ed. Mrs. Todd remarked that she had
chat m amer, and as Mr.. Gallie had Of
fered no objections she saw no reason for
one of his clerks doing so.
An angry discussion ensued, and for the
0eXt few minutes there was a regular he ir.
pulling match, which ended in what the
bystanders called a stand-off that is, a
victory for neither party. No publicity
was given to the difficulty beyond whal
appeared in the BAzoo, and the matter was
finally dropped, only to be renewed yester-
day.
During the early part of the forenoon
Mrs. Todd again visited Mr.. Cables store,
carrying on her arm basket i'm which she
intended placing potatoes. Mr.. Thornton
was behind the counter at the time, and
when he saw Mrs. Todd helping herself he
protested, but TO no purpose, for she kept
at work filling her basket.
Mr.. Thornton came out from behind the
counter, and taking the basket from Mrs.
Todd, threw it, together with its contents,
into the street. This, of course, ansered
Mrs. T and she struck at Thornton, who
picked up an ak handle which was handy,
and dealt the woman powerful blow on
the right side Of the forehead, cutting an
ugly scalp wound, from which the blood
flowed freely.
Instead OF going home, Mrs Todd step
ped into an adjoining store, where she spent
an hour in washing the blood from her face.
In the meantime the news of the difficulty
had been conveyed to George Davis, Mrs.
TOdd's SON, who is almost white, and who
has been employed as porter on the K. q
L. road for some time past. When he
learned that his mother had been assaulted
he lost no time in getting down in town,
and made his way to Mr.. Cables store,
where he met the proprietor, who advised
him to let the matter drop, inasmuch as
his mother had not been badly hurt.
After few minutes conve rsation Mr..
Gallie was called to the rear portion of his
store, and an instant later Davis also
entered. Meeting Mr.. Thornton. he asked
him why he had assaulted his mother, 10
which no reply was given, but, instead,
Davis was ordered from the store. Think
ing it probable Thornton would hurl
scale weight at him, Davis walked to the
front door, followed by Thornton. At that
point both stopped and INDUCED in angry
talk, when Thornton picked up an ak han
die and threatened to strike Davis. The
latter then stepped outside the door, where
there was barrel containing a number of
Ak handles. Selling one of these, Davis
placed himself on the defensive, and, it is
alleged, warded off Thoreton's blow. Then
Davis proceeded to get in his work, and
three blows were delivered in rapid sue
cession, either one of which was enough to
lay out an ordinary man.
An examination showed that Thornton
had been cut on the back of the head, while
there was another cut on the right temple,
and third on the right arm-all of them
being ugly wounds.
Mr. Thornton vas assisted to his home
on West Second street, three doors w'st OF
Missouri avenue, where he laid in an un-
conscious condition during the greater por-
ton of the afternoon. DR.. Henry Evans
was summoned, and when Intercepted by
a BAzoo reporter, last night, stated that
Thornton was quite badly hurt, but he did
not anticipate anything serious, as it was
his opinion the skull had not been frac-
tured. The wounds are such, however, as
to confine Mr. Thornton to his room for |
several days, and he can congratulate him. |
self on his narrow escape from death.
As soon as it was learned that Thornton
had been badly hurt, state warrant was
sworn out for Davis, charging him with
assault with intent to kill, and an hour later !
he was holding forth in the county Jail, |
where BAzoo reporter met him during |
the afternoon. He said he regretted the |
occurrence greatly, but insists that he only |
ected in self-defense.
Mrs. Todd was looking for Prosecuting |
Attorney Heard later in the day, and says
If her g Jorge is to be prosecuted she also
wants a warrant for Thornton, but none
had been issued last night. The affair is
to be deplored, and it is to be hoped the
end has now been reached.
Left Her Husband.