The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-11-11
THE FACTS

A shooting ARRAY took place
on the Missouri Pacific passenger
train yesterday afternoon just before
the train reached Georgetown, In
which Judge John p. Higgins, Judge
of the Pettis county court from the
western district, shot Col. Thos. B.
Price, OF Avondale farm. Both gen.
tlemen are highly respected citizens
of Pettis county.
The news Of the occurrence on the
train created a great sensation and
wide spread and profound regret at
such a tragic affair, between two Of
Pettis' most prominent people. Long
into the night, the hotel rotundas and
public resorts were filled with anxious
and inquiring citizens cleaning infor-
nation, and knots of citizens were
seen long after the orb of day had
retired, congregated on the streets dis.
cussing the events of the evening.
SUMMONED AS A JUROR.
Col. Price had been selected as one
of the petit jurors for the criminal
court, which is now in session, and
was duly summoned. Having served
as juror within the last year. which,
according to the statutes is sufficient
cause to be excused, he did not think
it would be necessary for him to
appear In court to be excused and
consequently did not appear. Tues
day, Judge Ryland, judge of the
criminal court, instructed the sheriff
to bring Col. Price into court. Ac-
cording to the instructions, Deputy
Sheriff Dixon went to the colonePs
residence, near Sweet Springs, that
afternoon and they returned to Soda
liza in the evening, arriving here at
10: 10. Yesterday morning Col. Price
went before the court and explained
matters and was excused.
HOLDING COURT.
Judge John P. Higgins was in the
city yesterday on the bench of the
county court where he served until
about 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
Both gentlemen took the Lexington
branch passenger train, which left
Sedalia at 4:30. Col. Price entered
the car and took a seat just behind
Judge Higgins. Col. Price was en-
gagged In conversation with a gentle
man on some business matter when
Higgins remarked to Price that he
had "granted that bridge, referring to
some action that had been taken by
the county court, and he chopped that
the people would
QUIT TELLING LIES
about him now" Col. Price
told him he had not
been telling any lies about him, and
continued his conversation with the
gentleman to whom he had been
previously talking on matter of
business. Higgins again remarked
that good many lies had been told
about him. To this Price remarked:
1I have not lied about you and /
don't like to be called liar"
After this conversation Price got
up and started to leave the car when
Higgins called him ga d liar. Price
then slapped Higgins with bis open
hand and a shot was then fired from a
revolver in the hands of Higgins,
which struck Price about two inches
above the navel and penetrated his
booy, lodging under the skin about
two inches to the right of the back
bone and about
SIX INCHES LOWER DOWN
than where it entered the body.
After the shot had been fired a
scuffle ensued between the partici-
pants of the aff'ay, but they were sep
arated by friends before any further
harm was done. Col. Price walked
in the next coach and returned before
he was aware that he had been shot.
He became weak, and an irvestiga-
ton showed that he had been shot, as
stated above.
1t was not thought that the wound
was much, and nothing was done un.