The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-06-22
He Goes Cunning for Great Game
With CHASTITY and Fa-
tai Effect.
Col. Strong, of st. Joe, His Vic
tim, Shot Through the
Head and Heart.
He Next Speeds a Ball Crash
ing Through his Own
Brain.
His Victim Dead-He Survives,
a Raving and Hope
less Maniac.

st. Joseph, Mo-, June lS.-At IL o'clock
this morning as Col Jas. w. Strong, man
ager of the Herald, was sitting in the
counting room with his back to the door,
DIR. S. A. Richmond entered the doorway,
and drawing a revolver fired one shot
which struck his victim In the left side of
the neck. Col Strong jumped up and
st staggered toward the back office, when
Richmond fired two more shots. Strong
fell and Richmond then turned and went
outside and going some twenty feet from
the door placed
THE REVOLVER TO HIS OWN TEMPLE
and fired, dropping instantly to the pave
ment. AT the time OF the shooting Col
Strong was engaged in conversation with
some unknown man. He was totally I'M
conscious of the approach of his enemy
until he was struck by the first bullet.
Richmond drove up to the front of the
Office In carriage, sitting on the back
seat with the driver in front. He is said
to have alighted and coolly walked to the
Herald Office door without any trace of ex-
citement. When he commenced to shoot,
his driver
DROVE AWAY AND LEFT HIM.
1t was after turning to look for the car
riage and finding it gone that he shot him.
self. Col. Strong fell, struck by two bull
lets, one of which, as stated, struck him in
the neck, ranging upward into the brain !;
the other struck in his back and is believed
to have penetrated the heart. He said
"IAM DYING"
and passed away in FIVE minutes after the
first shot was fir d.
Richmond's bullet took effect in the left
temple and as yet it is impossible to tell
whether it will prove fatal or not. 1t is
believed, however, that he will not recover,
as he is a raving maniac at present.
The trouble is solely of Richmond's own
making. He has long been known to the
newspaper fraternity as
SAMARITAN NERvINE,"
and been extensively advertised and has
had an enormous business in his most -um.
Some year and half ago Strong was e
of the principal attorneys for him in his
suit with Harlan p. Hubbard, advertising
agent of New Haven, Connecticut. 1t is
believed that his business affairs were too
weighty for his brain and that he became
crazy. Some five months ago he disap-
peared from the community and left lot
of papers, evidently the work of knave or
helpless lunatic. They charged Col
Strong and other prominent lawyers OF
this city with having ruined him, and in
dictated that he had ended his career in the
river. At that time opinions differed as
to his condition, some holding him crazy
Others believing him simply working ruse
to obtain $4,000 life insurance. Two
months ago he turned up in Chicago
crazy, and was brought home. Since that
time he mas not been seen about town but
once or twice until the tragic event of to-
day All persons acquainted with the cir
cumstances know that Col. Strong was en-
tirely innocent, as were the other partie.
70 the charges made against them In Rich
mond's manifesto, which claimed that hs
had only been restrained from killing
Strong and others by
THE GREATEST MORAL EFFORTS.
The deed of to-day proves Richmond,
lunacy beyond doubt, or at least such
is the popular verdict.
Col Strong leaves large family consist
ing of wife and three sons, the eldest o.
whom is ]. p. Strong, editor in chief OF the
Herald. His other sons are aged respect
lively fifteen and twelve. The eldes
daughter is Mrs. VIM. B. Summer, of Wash
ington,
MARRIED ABOUT ONE MONTH AGO,
and the other is a little girl of ten years
He was sixty-one years old, a LAWYER b,
profession and a man that had been yer,
prominent 10 the republican p rty il
northwest Missouri for nearly thirty years
He was a man of violent prejudices, bu
well liked and highly esteemed by thos
who knew him best.
ANOTHER REPORT
says: DIR. S. A. Richmond, known al
over the country as the discoverer of Dl
Richmond's Samaratine Nervine, shot am
ger of the Herald, this morning at about /
O'Clock, and then attempted to kill himsel
but failed He shot Colonel Stron
through the heart in the counting room o
the Herald Office, who fell and died withou
speaking word. Richmond ran a fe,
steps down Edmond street and then point
ed the pistol at his own head and fired
The ball plowed big cash through hi
forehead and did not penetrate the brai
and he will recover.
Strong was Richmond's attorney In tn
celebrated nervine cases, and the latte
claimed that Strong had victimized him.
1t is one of the greatest sensations s.
Joe has ever had, and thousands of peopl
ere now surging in front of the Herald Of
fee and adjoining furniture store, wher
both victims are lying.
There is but little detail to give at pres
ent. It's said not word was spoken b
DR.. Richmond. He simply walked int
the Office while Colonel Strong was sittin
In his Office behind the counter, an
without saying wori, and before any
body was aware what was being done, fire
two shots, one taking effect in Colon,