The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-02-12
A STREET DUEL.
A Former Sedalia Editor Keeps
up His Record In
Texas.
Mike McGrath's ASSailant Fur
nishes a Target for Win
chester Practice.

Denison, Tex, February Am ex-
change of epithets ana arguments has been
going on between Editor c. NJ. Lane, Of
the New Era, and Editor c. III. Scholl, Of
the Dispatch, in this city, for the past few
days that was getting pretty heated and
Friday resulted In the editors meeting on
the streets and exchanging q number Of
shots. The STRAW which broke the camel's
hack" WAS a long piece Ia the New Era
Saturday morning deriding the Dispatch
and ending as folloss:
"rhe editor of the New Era therefore
makes the assertion public that he no
longer proposes to notice through his
columns 3 paper which deals in lies for Its
stock in trade, and is moreover forced TO
regard the editor, MIR. Charles Scholl, as q
dsslardly liar, a dirty, sneaking cur and an
| unprincIpled pOltroon, who takes selfish ad.
vantage of decency and journalism alike,
and we invite him to furnish peculiar and
physical evidence to the contrary, if be has
any"
On reading the article Scholl armed him
self with Winchester and called at the
New Era office, but failed to find Editor
Lane in. About noon Lane was standing
10 front Of NOthoff's harness shop, when
Scholi came down stairs out OF his Office
| and started across the street. Suddenly be
tnrned aud went back to his Office and
shortly after came out with Q Winchester
rifle. In the meantime Lane had stepped
back into the door out of sihht. Scholl
crossed diagonally towards where Lane
stood, and as he reached the walk, Lane
appeared around the iron column of the
door with a revolver, which he at
once discharged on Schoil. This
was followed closely by Two
other shots and by two from Scholl, who
advanced AS he shot toward the door of
Porter's grocery store. After bring the
shots Scnoll's gun was empty and he dodg-
ed into Porter's for self-protection while
ne reloaded. Just as be disappeared Mort
Scholl, brother OF the man with the Win
ches'er, appeared, coming running across
the street toward Lane. As he came Lane
turned on him and fred TWO shots. As he
did so Mort lodged bshint pile of -four
Just iu time to save himself, as the ball
passed through his hat.
At this juncture the police interfered and
both editors we're arrested and placed under
boRd for their appearance to-day, before
Justice Cook.
Later in the day Lane appesred on the
street and got into difficulty with barber
and went to his pocket for q pistol. The
officers happened to be near and secure him
before he could pull a weapon. On search
ing him, two pistols were taken from him
and he was placed under another bond Tor
carrying pistol.
| Lane is the same man who had an en-
counter with Secretary of State McGrath
at Sedalia, Mo-, about eight months ago,
while he was connected with the Sedalia
Democrat, of which McGrath was at the
time editor, and which resulted in the Sc
we're chastisement of McGrath. Both men
are ranked as good shots, and the fact that
neither we're injured is regarded as mir
acle. The affair is thought to be not yet
ended, IS both men are desperate.