The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-02
CUTTING TO Kill
ALEX. SAMPSON, A SENATE CLERK,
SLABS TOBIAS MITCHELL,
ATTAOHE OF THE
st. Louis GlObe-DemOcrat-The
PrOvOcation Being a Bur-
lesque Sketch.
The Occidental Saloon is the
Scene of the FracaS-
Fearfully GaShed

Between the hour of 10 and IL last
night very serious stabbing affray
occurred almost in front of the Ave-
nue. Hotel. The principals were Mi.
Tobias Mitchell, correspondent of
the st. Louis Glohe-Democrat.
and Alexander Sampson, the calendar
clerk of the Senate.
THE ORIGIN OF THE ROW
seems to have been about the carica-
ture of Sampson, that appeared in the
Globe-Democrat of the 25lh inst,
which reached Austin yesterday. Late
issues of the paper above named have
contained burlesque pictures of MEM
beers of the Legislature, with some lit
tie &C :ompanyIng description of
the man. The last one had SIMPSONS
along with the likeness of Col. GOree,
Capt. Andy Faulkner, Prof. Damos
and other noted personageS. Sampson
was not at all pleased with 1t-onl.
rear view being presented-and his Ii
temper was remarked upon by a good
many, WIN while having an equal
right TO complain at the artist who
pictured them, nevertheless, laughed
off the matter in the
SAME GOOD HUNDRED
way in which it was intended. The
following is the brief biographical
narrative accompanying the cut:
This presents yieW Of the hand
soonest part of Maj. Alex. Sampson,
the Calendar Clerk OF the Senate. He
is the only representative of the Israel
ties in that body, and has great repu-
tation for "being sean," as he terms
1t, or shaping tie course OF leglsla-
tion for a reasonable consideration.
He is a daisy at securing free
railroad passes for himself and
particular friend" or none at al.
Like all OF his race, he is possessed oil
strong ability to look out for number
one, and it is g cold day when Seoa-
tor caHget him to calendar Il bill
conveniently"
AS before stated this
aroused the ire OF the clerk.
other men-men occupying far more
honorable positions and with perhaps
quite as much reputation at stake.
were hit equally as hard, bo+h By pen
an picture, and yet did not consider
themselves inSulted.
1t was a rather difficult matter for
a STATESMAN reporter to get at the
details of the unfortunate occurrence.
The man who did the stabbing could
not be found, and his side of the story
could only be taken at secondhand.
To the officer who arrested him he
stated that he and Mr.. Mitchell met
on the sidewalk near the Avenue
Hotel. He told the latter that it
WAS A ROUGH DEAL
that had been given him in the paper,
and cursed the man who did it in
terms not fit to be printed-in way
that no living man on earth who has
a spark of manhood about him ever
fails to resent. AT this, he says the
other drew a knife, whereupon
he endeavored to do the same,
but it caught some how in his pocket,
preventing him from pulling out the
instrument. Then he ran, Mitchell
after him. He entered the Occidental
saloon, as did also his pursuer, and the
difficulty was renewed. 1t resulted
In thesevere stabbing of the CORES
pondent. The weapon used was a
paper knife, or eraser, double
edged and sharp as razor.
Policeman Jim Williams came in and
arrested both men. Sampson was
taken to the Police Station and re-
leased on a bond of $3.50. The only
charge was disturbing the peace.
The wounded man walked to his
room Just back of Swindell's printing
establishment. He was bleeding ter
ribly, and. Drs. Swearingen s. Nc
Laughlin were sent for. They did all
they could for him, and when a
STATEsMN man called IN shortly after
midnight, their patient was resting
quietly. The blade had entered at the
point of the left shoulder and
passed downward in the direction
of the axillary artery. The artery
was probably severed, the doctors
thought, from the great flow of blood.
They would not allow him to be talk
ed to.
TPE OTHER SIDE
Was obtained from a friend
who heard it from the wound
ell mans lips. 1t differs
from the previous statement in one I'm
portant particular. He admitted
having gone into the saloon after
Sampson. but his better judgement
began to asser itself, and wishing TO
avoid a scene, was turning to go when
the other man suddenly Sprang for
ward and stabbed him.
THE MEN.
Mr.. Mitchell is a gentleman well
known in Texas journalism. lie was
managing editor of the Houston Post
before its demise, and is at present
engaged on the Globe-D Democrat. He
is well-built, muscular man,
weighing about $50 pounds, and
IL man of great nerve He