The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-19
A FURIOUS TEXAN.
Congressman Grain Attacks
OBrien Moore,
NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT.
VINO Had said Hard Things About Him-The
Journalist Has Glorious Fighting
Record in Missouri,

Especial to TIE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Dispatch
New YORK, Jnly 1S.-A Press special from
Washington says: The Kincaid- Taulbee
tragedy came very near being repeated at
the capitol yesterday afternoon during an
encounter which occurred between Con-
gresham w. H. Grain, of Texas. and
OBrlen Moore, correspondent of the St.
Louis Republic. Grain drew a revolver
upon Moore, and had friends not interfered
the correspondent would no doubt have
oeen shot. The controversy was provoked
oy dispatches sent by Moore rejecting upon
cram, though the latter claims that the
correspondent has been pursuing him for
ten years.
During the silver and federal election
battles In the HouseMoore criticised Grain.
Stahlnecker and other Democrats for their
absence. On one occasion he telegraphed
his paper that the Texas delegation was a
strong with one exception, and that was
Craln, wnom he charged with being drunk
ana therefore disgrace to his state The
olspatch was circulated IN Texas and it is
understood has injured Grains chances for
denomination. However this may be.
Grain rushed into the press gallery yester-
day afternoon brandishing a pistol and de-
was not to be found. A few minutes after.
however, Grain met the correspondent mid
way between the Senate and House cham
DerS and bouncing upon him he showered
upon him profane epithets and wanted to
know why he had attacked him.
Moore was interrupted in the middle
Oh MS explanation by the dwelling
OIL revolver at his head. Elk Congress
man Tim Campbell and others seized Grain
ana dlsarmed him. Then Moore, who has
been IN several smuggling matches BEFORE,
exclaimed: Il em not armed, and this is
no place for row. If you will come out
side L will give you all the satisfaction you
want" Grain replied he would meet
moore elsewhere at any time he might
name.
The report of Grains actions spread like
wlldt1re about the capitol, and there was
great excitement among congressman.
several OF them expressed their sympathy
1or Grain, among them being Speaker Reed
who has reason to hate Colonel Moore. as
ne mas been informed that Moore once at
tempted to throw an inkstand down at him
from the press gallery because he did not
Ike some of the speakers rulings.
He also knows what Colonel Moore in
augurated movement to have the Demo-
Gratis ostraclsed by the speaker Every
one predicted that Moore, wao has one of
the best hghting records in Missouri and
Iexas, would kill Grain. Moore is as fine
a man as Sullivan only not so tall. He
onceE took pistol out of the hands of the
famous Bill Thompson, of Texas and beat
him over the head with it, although he
knew Thompson had killed dozen men.
After being terror in Texas, Moore
moved to Missouri and became correspon
dent at the state capital and while acting
in that capacity he thrashed a leading
member OF the legislature. Then he moved
on to Washington where he has made the
reputation of being the most abusive
writer of any man doing newspaper work.
Grains friends are trying to convince
him he has acted foolishly, but he still I'M
AGNES he will shoot on sight. The fiery
Texan succeeded Colonel Thomas p. Ochil-
tree in Congress and was chum of Mayor
Grant at st. Francis Xavier college,
Before leaving for New York last night
Moore denied that Grain had drawn q
revolver.