Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-07-05
PARSON AND POLICEMAN.
elimination of the Election
Day Difficulty.
Pastor McDermond Causes the Ar
rest of officer Marshall for
Assault-Complete His
tory of the Trouble.

The &dlfhculty between oilicer
James Marshall and Rev. G. II.
at the polls on Local
Option election day, eliminated in
he arrest of the police officer
Thursday. The arrest was made by
Baskin on a warrant is
sued by Squire J. J. Winscott.
Information was filed yesterday
by the minister, OF which the fol-
lowing is copy, emitting parts
not especially interesting:
j; x x C. II. McDermond states
upon his oath "that one James Mar
shall, on the 22nd day of June,
1888, in the county of Audrain, in
the State of Missouri, in and upon
one c. II. .McDermond, felonlously,
on purpose and of his malice afore-
thought, did make an assault and
with a deadly weapon likely to
produce death and great bodily
harm, to-wit: A cane or stick Of
wood of the length of three feet, of
the thickness of two inches and the
weight of one pound, him, the said
c. H. McDermond, then and there
feloniously, on purpose and of his
malice aforethought, strike, beat
and wound, with intent then and
there, him, the said G. II. McDer-
mond, feloniously and on purpose
and of his malice aforethought to
kill and murder, against the peace
and dignity of the State
The police officer appeared in
Squire Winscott's Court this
morning for a preliminary hearing.
A motion was made Immediately
by the defendant for q change of
venue, which was granted, Squire
Winscott naming the court of
Squire Harris. Mr. Marshall was
released on his own recognIzance.
HISTORY OF THE AFFAIR.
A reporter for the LEDGER this
morning obtained statements of the
trouble from its beginning to its
present stage. The first of the
principals seen was the preacher,
who talked as follows:
~ will begin with this matter
away back. The trouble COM
menced when that darkey spoke at
the Opera House just before the
election. l opposed that portion OF
our programme from the start,
thinking it would not be expedi-
ent. Well, on the night in ques-
ton, the colored man spoke and
while he was talking [ heard cries
and cat calls in the rear that dis
turbed the audience. Some of the re-
marks were::FPut him OUT Put the
d-n niger out l with several
others, went back, thinking that
my presence, accompanied by a
word, would quell the disturbance
When | reached the entrance | saw
officer Jim Marshall standing there
and I at once asked him to keep
order. He refused, straight out
saying that he was present merely
as a spectator and that he only did
duty on the streets. We only had &
few words then and the matter was
dropped until election day. Or
that day the same officer tried te
keep the children's procession ou
of the Court yard, and after the
little ones were admitted he want
ed to keep them from singing. A
leading pastor of this city [whos'
name is omitted at the request o
Mr.. McDermond had some words
with Marshall about the voting o
colored man and had come owe
to where | was standing and wa.
telling me that Marshall hat
cursed him, at which | remarked
rather quietly: well, now,
think Jim Marshall had bette
keep still, for from what I'v'
heard there was a time when the,
couldn't attend certain schools.
A relative of Marshall was stand
ing behind me as spoke and whel
| had finished, said: You'll hav'
that to prove l didn't know thu
other Marshall was there or
would not have hurt his feeling
by the remark, but when he Motif
ed me of his presence, l simpl,
answered: All right. I'll Civ
you my authority right away.
He consented to 60 with me ant
we started through the Cour
House. While in the corridor
some one stopped us and while
was talking Marshall stepped t.
jim, who was standing near, ant
said something to him. Jim I'm
mediately came at me with tn
question, Did you say I was hal
niger ? at the same time strikin!
me with his club. / did not realiz
that he intended to do me injur,
until he had hit me. | inten'
pressing the action just begun
! MARsHALL's SIDE or IT.
"My first difficulty with Mr.
McDermond," said officer Mar
shall, "was at the Opera House
when q colored temperance lectur
er made speech there--just be
fore the election. The boys in tn
rear kept crying, Take the nigge
out; take the niger out,' and
tried to quell the disturbance.
was not succeeding very we'll
there was such a crowd OF them
when McDermond came up t
where | was and asked me why
was not keeping order. told hir
1 II