The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-06-22

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Colonel Strong breathed but minut.
and half then all respiration ceased and
the doctor pronounced him dead.
DIR. Richmond was left lying on the
pavement some minutes till his brother
James Richmond. came, when he was
picked up and taken into the store room
just west OF the Herald Office.
How DIR. Richmond came to be down
town is not known at this writing, only
that he came down in a buggy with a
driver.
1t was known that he was becoming vio-
lently insane, and it was the intention OF
the family to have him placed in the asy-
lum, his brother James having come from
Carmargo, Ill, for that purpose. Ibis is
sad termination to a difficulty that it is
widely known.
STILL LATER.
St. Joseph, No., June lS.-Yesterday
morning Col. Strong, as had been his daily
custom came to the Herald office TO at
tend TO whatever business might be await
ing hIm. About 1890 Mr.. E. +. Hartzell
an insurance man came in and he and Col.
Strong became engaged in conversation.
Mr.. Hartzell was sitting on a settee that
stands along the east side of the front OF
the office, and Col. Strong was sit
ting in front and few feet
TO the south i'm a
cane bottomed office chair. While they
were talking carriage was no
ticed coming south on Sixth street, north
of Edmund, and when it had passed the
center of the street, coming south, ii was
noticed that it had two occupants.
DIR. S. A. RICHMOND AND HIS DRIVER.
The driver turned his horse around the
corner at Edmund street and drew up in
front of the Herald Office where DIR. Rich
mond quietly and quickly alighted
and stepped quite briskly towards the
Office door. Richmond went through TO the
Office door. Mr.. VIM. NJ. Sheppard, bust
ness manager for the Herald, recognized
him and paid no further attention
to the matter, having merely glanced up
from his books to see who had driven up
in the carriage. Col. Strong and Mr..
Hartzell busy talking as they were,
ONLY LOOKED UP
as Richmond passed the Threshold and
with sudden impulse both rose TO their
feet and turned toward Richmond. Mr..
Hartzell says: At this point Col. Strong
and saw Richmond at the same time,
Just as he was coming in The door
and we both got up on our
feet, prompted by similar impulse. Rich
mond's eyes were glazing and his whole
face had
DEMoNICAL EXPRESSION
upon it, so wild and frightful that it alarm.
ed me, even before the revolver had been
drawn, as We knew what Richmond's
intentions were. | was on the eve of say
ing something TO the colonel about Rich
mOnd's appearance when the latter, who
had, it seems, kept his eyes fixed upon the
colonel all the while, stepped few
feet inside the door and sud
denly drawing a revolver from
his hip pocket, with his right hand aimed
it directly at Col. Strong, the latter had
not yet got quite Strengthened up from his
sitting position and was standing erect
when
THE FIRST SHOT WAS FIRED.
The first was the fatal sho
passing through Col Strong's neck, sever
ing the jugular vein, as / afterward
learned. The wounded man started Il
sink back into his chair, but rallying fol
an instant, Strengthened himself up anC
with the support of the chair, started
to retire. had no time to count ten aftel
the first shot was fired before
TIKI SECOND SHOT CAME.
This shot is the one that struck in tn,
wall. 1t grazed Colonel Strong's lip
cutting it slightly, and grazet
his cheek and went into the wall very clos,
to me. At the second shot Richmonc
was so close to his victim that the latters
cheek was badly powder burnt. TIL,
wounded man wa dead to all intent ant
purpose after the first shot, but he releaseS
his hold upon the chair after the second
shot and began struggling backward
toward the rear of the Office. 1t was
AHALF sTAGGER AND HALF FALL,
for by the time he was midway of the room
He was nearly PROSTATE upon the foo
supporting himself on his left elbow as h.
reached the floor. He turned on his sid
partly, and then Richmond, who had fol
lowed him, raised his revolver for the las
shot, which took effect in Col. Strong
back while he was on the floor with
4 Ms SA~h ONL1 n Thh TEEl IN Nun
OF him. In fact, the entire three shot
were fired at exceedingly short range an
in an exceedingly short time. w
do not think more than ihre
seconds elapsed between the FL
ing of the first until the firing of tn
last shots. 1t was so sudden and over, an
Richmond out of the office before we coul
realize what had happened and prepare ouI
selves to act IN the premise
This is the testimony of th
only man who was witness to the Who'll
affair. Mr.. VIM. Sheppard, business man
ager, from behind his desk heard the fir
shot fired but he could not get from benin
the railing and offer assistance. Richmon
was gone, so also Mr.. c. Rof6ngton, VIII
was in the middle room. This gentlema
heard the first shot and only turne
around in time to see Col. Strong weller
ing in his own blood and gasI
inc for his breath The oant1ema