The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-03-29

Billy Harrah Hits q st. Louis
Drummer q Terrible Blow
in q Hotel ROtunda.

Lou candy house.
Eye witnesses state that Temple
and Harrah h I'D some sharp words in
! front of the Office counter, and HAr-
rah pulled from his pocket murder
oue-!ooking pi>toI, when Temple
walked away to smother part of the
rotunda and the loungers went
out of every door accessible, and
one young man barricaded him
self behind an iron post and shut one
eye.
FIGHT RENEWED.
Temple walked to the west door of
the hotel Office and Harrsh TO the
south door. When reaching the west
door Temple turned around and took
two or three steps toward the center
of the room and talking-not in . loud
tone, which probably Harrah over
heard and turning walked quickly up
to Temple, not far from the middle Of
the rotunda, and after applying several
severe name pulled his pistol and
struck him on the left side of the head
. severe blow, telling his antagonist
to the floor. Harrah walked
quickly away and out of the
room to Third street: and the wound
ed man was taken to his room, where
DR.. w. ]. Ferguson attended to his
injuries.
of the trouble is unknown to anyone
but the parties in the difficulty, but is
said to have commenced before they
met in the rotunda.
Harrah has the reputation of being
quite handy with his pistols, and has
figured before in the gun exercise.
He should call halt or trouble Of o.
serious nature will overtake him.
Temple Va. intoxicated at the time,
but drinking or sober. has the reputa-
ton of . quiet and inoffensixe man.
DR.. Ferguson reports that the blow
on Temples head 10 . severe contu-
sion, fracturing the outer table of the
skull, and while no serious results will
probably follow, it will prove . pain
full and dissgreeable wound.
A warrant was out for Harrah's
arrest soon after the occurrence, but
ct last accounts he had not been ap-
pretended.
O. r. Temple, the st. Louis candy
drummer who was struck with . pistol
By Billy Harrah yesterday afternoon
At Sicheris hotel, was visited at his
room BY . BAzoo reporter this morn
ing. i
He was confined to his bed, and
exhibited evidence of having spent . |
miserable night, though his condition
is somewhat improved.
Solicited for . personal statement
of his trouble, Mr.. Temple said: II
want to cay at the outset that I
have been grossly misrepresented
BY the l'cal pres, particularly
in the instance where am charged
with being . professional 60 mbler and
where it Was intimated that ! had
used unfair means even when did |
play cards.
give you my word of honor, and |
the statement can be substantiated,
that I never visited poker room in
sedalia prior to month ago.
Now as to yesterdays trouble
Shortly after IL o'clock, myself and
Harrah we're engaged at . game of
casino. In the course Of the game,
Harrah ''built," without .'calling,
whereupon l said: Billy cali your
build This he refused to do,
nd I arose with the remark
vt would no longer play. 1 then
vet to Sicher's hotel shortly after
war We, Just as I bad paid my hotel
olll p uaratory to leaving for War
IenecurA and faced about from the
Ieg'ster, observed Harrah, who
steoo wlthlnten feet Of me and ad-
dressed me thu: "Come over here.
Temple: l repied, 81 want nothing
me alone"
1 then started to cross the rotunds.
when HarEah drew his pistol on me
and used come ugly worda Here
Charles Conrad interfered and ;ndnc.j
him to 90 away. I then proceeded
ACROSS the rotunda, and was talk;nc to