The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1891-02-14

II was the most superb fighting !
ever saw. Either of his adyrrearics
was his equal i'll weight and all were
plucky; but II very demon of combat
seemed To nerve him that day, and
before the officers rot around .Jacl, was
victor, and master OF the situation
Knowing the splendid fighting quail
| ties of Buchcr and Wild Jack We wicked
sinners were very keen to see these two
lock horns and il was soon known that
Il storm was brewing between The two.
On the morning our Ohio man landed
| BuclIcr and Jack met at the boat land
ing,as did every other prominent citizen
i'll town---fOr Il steamboat never lost it>
attraction in those days | don't know
what brought on the row. but il came,
and it was the bloodicSt battle ever
fought i'll Kansas City. For thirty
minutes the two champions fought.
! Quccnsbcrry rules didn't count, and il
was up and down, over and under. The
contest was still in doubt when the city
marshal came up, and summoning n
posse. put both men under arrest
| Four strong men took hold of Jack and
as many more seized the bloody and
infuriatcd Buchrr.
As soon rs the men were torn apart
their escorts started up town with them.
Jacks escort went first, Buchcr'S fol
| lowing close in the rear.
As the procession was passing Gilham
and McDanicl's store Buchcr seized an
axe, and making Il lun@c nj Jack would
,..,I I. l.. .
been suddenly jerlsed back by his guard.
| And thus the procession moved off up
Main street, Buchcr making desperate
but vain efforts to reach his late oppo-
ncnt with the axe.
just in the rear of all this scene of
blood and carnage, with a very uneasy
look in his mild, restless eyes, marched
the man from Ohio. There was trcpid-
alton in his step, a wild look in his
face; and il was evident he was on the
verge of panic.
The two combatants were taken
before Colonel NJ. j. Payne, who was
then the mayor, duly fined and turned
loose again.
The man from Ohio put up at q
| liItlt Ioltl VII illt IOiIliN tSt WI Iltl vi
the square, and after dinner, .'pcacC
reigning in Warsaw" concluded tC
take walk.
During his pcregrinatiOns his course
led him past saloon next the post.
Office, then located on East Third street
where another exciting and blood
curdling incident occurred that seem:
to have given him lasting impression
OF the free and easy ways of the earl!
Kansas Cityan.
The fellow who kept the saloon men
toned above had n very pretty wife o
whom he was extremely jealous. HI
had come to the insane conclusion tha
Byron Scott, good looking and popu
lar real estate broker, was rohhin@ hin
of his wife's affections, and had made
up his mind To shoot Scott on sight.
On the eventful afternoon of which
write, the saloonkeeper was standing
in his door looking up the street
suddenly he espicd his enemy, scott
coming down the slrcet--but he iii,
not see the Ohio man, who was walking
Immediately in SCOTS wake. Th
saloonkcepcr stepped back to his ba
and arming himself with an oId-fash
ioncd pepper box, hid himself he
hind frosted glass window ant
awaited the passing of his enemy. III
hears the coming step, then secs
shadow passing his window. Pointin:
his terrible weapon nj the shadow h
blazcs away. There is II loud explosion
II clash of window glass, and II lou'
shout of surprise and terror on the out
side. The SaloOnkcrpcr rushcS out
hul instead of finding his arch cncm,
wrltcrin@ in his gore hcholds the aston
islIrd form of the man from Ohio
Scott bad >t,'ppcd into the pOstolfic
and the man walking in his wake ha'
been shot At through mistake. All tn
barrels nj the pepper box had gon
off nj once. One ball had playe'
..Iohnnie Gct Your Hair Cut, will
.hc thin, cray whiskcr~, another hat
punctwcd the lofty >toyc-pipr hat
While still another had shaved Il button
off hi, lowered velvet vest.
The >aiuomkcrprr haStcmcd To explain
tha! he fearful hroadsidr was INTENDED
for another man, but the man iron
Ohio only listened in Il daZcd sort o
way, which showed that his thought
were of home.
Turning in his steps he went back t,
his hotel, and inquired when the mex
steamboat would pass down the river
Being informed that one WAS just thel
coming down from Wyandottc, he pai'
his bill, seized his carpet bag ant
boarding the steamer - soon as
landed, took passage for home. | hav
never seen him since.
! PAR rARENTHESIS-Whc hen the war a
the rebellion broke out. Butcher ioine,
the union forces and was attached /,
Colonel Van Horns command rs scout
One morning in September, 1862 ,whil
crossing The Big Blue on the Kansa
City and Hickman's Mills road, he wa
shot and killed by hrickmakcr O
Independence named Ford, and uncl
of Charley and Bob Ford, the slayer
of Jesse James. Buchcr'S body wa
brought To Kansas City and burie'
with the honors of war il the Uniol
cemetery. His was the first militar
funeral the people of Kansas City ha,
ever Witnessed. Wild Jack, I think, i
dead. | saw him the last time abou
five years ago. Byron Scott went Il
Denver. The man who waited t.
blow him mp with 'spepper box' lef
Kansas City before the war.