Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-16
LEEDOM'S WRATH.
He Takes Offense at a Couple
of Statesmen.
AND GOES VISITING IN WAR PAINT.


Cause of His Anger-The Congressman.
Ignorant of Their Peril. Satisfy the
Irste Ex-sergeant- at-Arms. who Is In
Pitisble Condition Over His Troubles
-Jehu Baker Makes a Contest-Gener-
al Capital News.
WASHINGTON CITY, Dec 10 The Chicago
Herald's correspondent telegraphs his paper
as follows: The fight of Silcott, late cashier
in the office of the sergeant alarms of the
house. has nearly led to a most sensational
tragedy. Thursday last the report Of the
committee Of investigation was read in the
house. 1t contained severe criticisms on the
methods OF ex-Sergeant-at-Arms Leedom
On the floor Payson, in making motion
concerning the custody of the funds in the
safe, used language offensive 20 Leedom
Chairman Adams, of the investigating com
mittee, in addition To the criticisms of Lee
dom's methods which he had made in the re-
port was that day quoted in a New York
paper as saying that Leedom must have been
cognizant of the forgeries of Silcott last Au-
gust and September.
Went Cunning for Statesmen.
All these things combined to provoke Lee
dom into a rage. Having been under great
mental strain for nearly week, he finally
lost control Of bims.,f and ON that after
noon after the sdioprnmept of the bousa
started ont with a pjstol in his pocket deter.
mined 10 sacure a withdrawal of some Of the
statements made concerning him, or vindi
cate his good name by shooting his detract
ors. He found Adams i'll the capital and APP
preaching the CONGRESSMAN with his hand
upon the pistol in his overcoat pocket. de-
manded a ret,actiop of the statement msde
in the New Work naner Adams renIiad that
having never maia snch a statement he
could not withdraw il. bu, that he would be
Glad to sat IaA3o,,, robt a. wall as binsalf in
any nroner manner
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Adams said saturday niybt that pbile
IaaJo,, was obviously nuch axc;,Aj n, an
,,,oacbipy him he did NOT know that the ex-
sarsyaant al arms had a weapon in his over
coat pocket and did not suspect hat refusal
10 comnlv with the demand of the uufortun-
ATE man might lad 10 . tragedy AT this
interviews II was arr.pOad that Iaeiom
shou1d call a, Adams botsl at q O'clock that
avaring with a ranrasapta,iva Of a nrass as
sociation 70 nrenara the denial Mr. Taedom
saau,ad unch relieved On Adams a,raaino
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house in Capital Hill, Leedom told Of what
he had DONE and declared that II the two
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