The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-01-12
Martin Biggs. Jr., Uses a Knife
On Il. w. Rogers with Deadly
Effect.
A Six Inch Blade the Weapon
The Quarrel the Result of
q Horse Trade.
Biggs in Jail and Denies any
knowledge Of Cutting His
Adversary.

| About 8 o'clock last night homi
eide was attempted and possibly will
be successful.
HORSE TRADE.
Yesterday, Martin Biggs, Jr., bette,
known as Bob Biggs, was in the city
drinking heavily and wanted to buy
an interest in horse partially owned
by j. A. Lion and partly by G. w.
Rogers. b. F. Wo5d, who was also
drinking, bargained for Rogers inter
est in the animal and paid $500 to
Rogers to bind the bargain. The
horse was then taken by Wood and
Lion to the stable on west Second
street where they borrowed harness,
after which they hitched the animal
to a buggy owned by Barney Lion,
and went riding with a view Of trying
the horse.
sCRAPPING.
When they came back to the stable
Lion was leading the horse, accom-
panied by Wood. They were dis
putting about the ownership of the
horse. The stable man got possession
of his harness, when the animal broke
loose and escaped. Rogers appeared
en- the scene here and some hot words
passed between Rogers and Wood,
whereupon Rogers knocked Wood
down and kicked him. Wood then
Invested himself Of two cats and a
vest and was ready for another tussle
with his adversary. He soon found
out he had enough and was taken to
his home on West Second street BY
some woman, supposed to be his wife
or daughter.
ROGERS AND BIGGs,
Biggs then interfered and said he
did not think Rogers was acting
fairly.
Rogers then told Biggs:
POSSIBLY you want some of it ?"
and knocked Biggs down. A young
man named E. d. Larkin who works
at the stable, interfered and sepa-
rated the scrappers and told them il
they wanted to fight they would have
to go elsewhere.
Biggs then said to Rogers:
"You - l don't think you are
any better man than / am"
Rogers struck Biggs and felled him
in the middle Of the street. Biggs
scrambled up and started to run and
Rogers ran after him. Rogers caught
Biggs and pulled him to the ground,
tearing his coat.
ALL TAKE A DRINK.
Biggs escaped from Rogers and
ran east on Second street. He had |
lost his hat in the melee and came |
back after it. Rogers was then at
the stable and had sit down
10 the office.
When Rogers came back for his
hat, Rogers and Biggs walked across
the street to lumber Office. In 60
ing over to the lumber Office Biggs
accu.ed Rogers of kni6ug him. This
Rogers denied and he told Biggs he
was q liar. The two were in the
lumber Office several minutes.
Biegs then came past the stable
and Lion, who had come in. followed
Biges up the street. When they
arrived at Hiley's saloon, Biggs asked |,
Ill in to take . drink Biggs had q
Knife in his sleeve, and remarked to
,ystanders that he would get even
nth the referring to Rogers.
COLD STEEL GIVEN. |,
Very soon Rogers came along and
he two met on the sidewalk in front
# the saloon, when Biggs put the
Inife into him twice. Rogers was
ripped BY Biggs and he was down
When knitted.
Biggs raised his hand to knife him
gain when a bystander grasred a
ock and threatened to knock bis
rains out if he knitted Rogers again.
lie desisted and then ran east on /;
'econd street to Usage street and went
o pool room. .
Twenty minutes later B;ggs was {
'ointed cut to the officers as the one |.
rho did the cutting. The accused b
ad changed his hat for cap, in the
,eantime. II
TALK WITH BIGGS.
Biggs was seen in the calabocse last
light behind the bars. He denied
moving anything about cutting
'ogers and declared that he wanted Y
give bond and get out. He said 5
9 was a son of Martin Biggs, the o
and resides about five v
tiles north Of the city. He claimed Y
nat he waa hofvoon tuonfv-ona .rJ =.