Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-06-19
DR., MORRISON MUNFORD SHOT.

Last Tuesday afternoon, about o:oo
O'Clock, Dir. Morrison MunfOrd. man
aoer of the Times, of Kansas City, was
shot aud seriously wounded by w. u.
Carlile, a lawyer. The trouble grew
ont of certain articles recently publish
ed i'm the Times charging that CARRIE
had induced a young lady, an heiress,
named Crute, to leave her home and
live with his wife and family, that ne
had succeeded in defrauding her OF a
large amount of money and had obtain,
ed such influence over her that she nao
consented to take and had taken two
trips with him to California. WINE
there the articles charged him with
representing himself as a retired oank-
er and introducing the lady as a near
relative. Charges Of improper intlma-
CIV were also made. AT the time OF the
first publication OF the charges Garlic
was absent from the city, but upon his
return he wrote a card denying all that
was alleged. The lady also published
a card saving that Mr.. Garlic was a
friend in whom she trusted and who
had never betrayed that trust.
The shooting took place in a cable
car at the junction, and the story IS
most accurately told by Mr.. G. =.
Edwards, of the Journal staff. He
says: 81 was standing on the rear
platform of the grip car when DR.. Nun
ford stepped onto the front platform OF
the passenger car behind and passed
in toward the rear. Just then l saw
Carlile running through the crowd on
the street, and supposed he was in a
hurry to get OH the cars. When he
reached the platform he called'Dr. Nun
ford.' The doctor turned half round
and as he did so, Garlic said: you
have traduced my wife, presented his
pistol and fired. l had reached over
from the grip and pulled him back as
he fired, which caused the shot to miss
Garlic then struck at me with the pis-
toll, and as he crossed the platform fired
again through the open window, the
shot striking DR.. Munford. He ther
jumped to the ground and fired three
more shots through the side window
into the Car which was filled will
women and children. He then raj
toward the front of the grip car, where
he was arrested. Munford had by thii
time reached the ground and drawn hi.
own D He leveled il ut the
prisoner and asked the officers to give
him a chance, but friends INTERVIEWED
and Munford was taken to the Office o
DR.. Mcdonald"
Munford's wound was in the let
side of the abdomen and ranging acros
1t a distance of seven inches. No vita
part had been struck. When tn
smoke of Carlile's revolver had cleared
away two of his shots were found t.
have taken effect upon innocent passen
gers of the car. Miss Jennie Streetel
was struck in the left breast. He
corset steel had caused the ball to de
fleet and intlict only a slight wOun'
near the nipple. The stay had savet
her life. Mr.. John E. Hale, of tn
firm of j. r. Steller & Co., stock com
mission men, was struck in the RICH
cheek, neal the nostril. The ball ha
not been removed. A painful AM
probably fatal wound was inflicted.
The excitement caused by the wantol
shooting into a crowd OF defenseles
passengers was SO great that a move
ment was started to lynch the prisone
but the police hustled him into a CARR
age and conveyed him to Jail. Th
wounded are doing well with the ex
ception of Hale. Erysipelas is teare'
in his case with fatal result.
Garlic is a Virginian by birth. FL
, married in Chicago and has practice
law in Kansas City since 1877.