St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-08
TT ENDED IN SHOOTING
A Quarrel That Frank Meade and Frank
Farnsworth, of Mandan, Had Last
Night.
Meade Shot Farnsworth in the Lobby Of
the Merchants Hotel, in
st. Paul,
The Bullet Entering the Victims
Stomach With Possibly Fatal
Effect.
How the Quarrel Started Something
of Mystery-Both Mems
Statements.
ltcaused a Commotion.

Caused a Comm OtiOn.
Frank Meade of Mandan, OAK, shot
Frank Farnsworth, also of Mandan, at the
Merchants hotel in st. Paul last night, the
built taking effect in the bowels. Physi
clans. who were called at once,
said that it was question
whether Farnsworth would die. A
GLOBE reporter was standing at the
desk of the Merchants hotel at the time of
the shooting, cOnversng with the night
| clerk, James Shearen. 1t was few min
utes after II o'clock when he heard the sharp
report of a revolver behind him. Four
men were seen scuffiing together. These
men were Meade, newspaper correspond
ent. and FarnswOrth, young dry goods
merchant, Alva II. Warren, of the jObbing
firm of Blabon, Warren Il Chipley, and G.
| w. FiSke mail agent on the Northern
Pacific railroad, who carries the mails to
| New York Mills.
Pm shot; great God, I'm shot in the
stomach, cried Farnsworth.
| A. H. Warren struggled hard with
Meade. from whom he wrenched ass3S-cali-
bre Smith IL WesSOn revolver. Farnsworth
lifted himself upon his tiptoes and brought
his right fist down upon Meades face
with terrific force. Then he
rushed into the bar, while Meade lay
doubled up as if dying, with his face to the
floor A number of guests rushed forward,
none of them knowing which was the
wounded man, but many suppOsing it was
Meade, who lay very still. G. III. Warren
rushed after Farnsworth, who returned
with him. shouting:
''OH, I'M SHOT.
Don't yon see Pm shot, right here in the
stomach? That man there has shot me
that man lying there. Look here-look at
this hole" and he lifted up his vest dis
closing bloody hole Immediately
above the navel Aid. Hall, of
Fargo, took FarnswOrth to his
room, No. 1876, and Mr.. Warren ran to the
door ard called the police. Officer Pendy
responded, and Meade got up and walked
toward the desk. Mr. Warren. Stanley.
| PrOudft and some others immediately went
for doctor. Drs. Murphy. Hoyt and Quinn
soon arrived.
While Meade was standing at the counter
with Officer Pendy's hand upon his Shout
der, he raised his hand to his nose to wipe
off the blood. Then he broke into sob.
My God" he cried, ''What have l done.
Let me go; won't run away"
| He was sharply questioned as to what
was the reason for his deed. He said:
''That man struck me. He hit me first.
| He spit in my face.'
Raising himself up he exclaimed: 'Now
| Americans, IriShmen and other gentlemen,
| you know that we can stand a good deal,
| but we can't stand it to be struck in the
face"
He broke down again and sObbed: sob,
boys, don't want to say anything. L
can't say anything. There was no trouble
between u.s."
The patrol arrived and he was taken to
| the police station.
| Farnsworth was lying upon his bed in
| room 1914 previous to the arrival of the doc
tors Aid. Allen, of Fargo, was doing
everything in his power to ease him. ITO
think that Frank Meade would shoot
me-" he said. ''Oh. how can it be? l
have not seen him before for almost four
months. Oh. send for the doctor quick
Will this kill me? Oh. my Mabel, my poor
little Mabel. l can't die; L can't leave
MY LITTLE FOLKS
this way. Take me to hospital Send
for my mother and sister. Send for E. A.
Young and MI Wesley of Charles street
| Oh, what pain do suffer-
Then friend arrived, and Farnsworth
showed all ugly hole, from which hardly
any blood flowed DR.. Murphy soon
came and assured him he would not
| die. He was then removed to
an adjoining and largerroom. DR.. Murphy
examined him, and finally found where the
ball had glanced around the right
| side and lodged near the hip
| Mr.. Farnsworth wanted to have Drs
| Wheaton and Stone called also, and they
were sent for. Dr. Murphy said he did not
| think the wound was necessarily fatal.
| Frank Farnsworth is a brother of George
| FarnswOrth, travelling salesman for Auer-
| bach, Finch & Van Slyck, of this city, and
| his mother and sister live at Tenth avenue
south and Sixth street, Minneapolis. He
was in st. Paul purchasing dry goods and
notions for his Mandan business. He is
| about SO years old and has wife and two lit
| tie daughters at Mandan. He had just come
| from the Grand Opera house and met A
| H. Warren in the Merchants rOtunda.
Frank Meade came up and said something
| to FarnswOrth, who answered sharply.
Farnsworth and Warren left the hotel
| together. They returned but shortly before
| the shooting was done.
MIR. wARREN's STATEMENT
is that when Meade came up and spoke to
Farnsworth, Farnsworth answered That's
enough of that; l don't want to have any
thing more to do YOU" Meade retorted
you're a ------. You're a
thief. If only had all the money you
have stolen from me-" ''Farnsworth and 1
then went out, said Mr.. Warren.
when we were going Farnsworth
said, I'll have trouble with
that fellow vet. He will call me
| few more of his pet names and I'll try to
get to the elevator and go to bed We re-
turned again and Meade came up and again
said to FarnSworth: You're a
- - This he repeated. Farms
worth spit in his face. Meade stepped
back and put his right hand behind
him. oh you have a pop said Farms
worth. Yes replied Meade. and I'm
going to use it, He pulled it out and l
rushed up to him to stop him. seized the
revolver but it went off. He was trying
to discharge it again, when got it away
from him."
This statement is confirmed by G. W.
Fiske, the mail agent. A Milwaukee COM
mercial traveller said he saw Meade at the
bar before the shooting, acting nervously,
and looking very pale. Mr.. Warren said
he knew FarnSworth eleven years ago in
| New York. He has brother-in-law
named Wesley living at No. 242 Charles
street here. He was connected with Har-
wood & Co. for long time.
Frank Meade is about 10 years old, has
a ford face, blue eyes and sandy mus
tache, and is a heavily built man, He
came from Indianapolis to Minnesota
twenty-eight years ago, served in the First
Minnesota regiment as private,
and was a second lieutenant in
Hatch's brigade during the war OF
the Rebellion. He first lived in Mortified,
and has since resided in Pennington,
where he published the Telegram, and in
Hastings, Saltwater and Minneapolis. He
did reportorial work on the st. Paul Pho
neer with j. Fletcher Williams. He was
city clerk of Minneapolis for four years.
Then he removed to Mandan,
where he was senior partner