The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-08-30
HIS TRAGIC END.
Interesting Details of How Judge
Savage, of Clinton, Net
Death

From the ClintJn Democrat.
No sensation more profound and no
sorrow more sincere hss enshrouded
Clinton and Henry county in all their
vicissitudes, than that which was
caused by the announcement of fatal
accident which befell Judge F. E.
Savage, Thursday evening. August
25.
He was q great lover of his dogs
and gun and took delight and rest in
tramping many a mile in order to get
. shot al some luckiess member OF the
fes,hery tribe.
In company wi b F. r. Ripper, Judge
Savage went hunting yesterday after
noon in the fields Elk miles northeast
of Clinton in the Mdjlecoff and
Bronaugh neighborhood.
After begging some game, and
when the sun was getting low the
Judge went to get the buggy and was
to meet Mr.. Piper a half mile toward
town. While the latter was crossing
a ridge in the field he cav the buggy
and driver a quarter of a mile away
coming on. The next moment he
heard the discharge of a gun and
Judge Savage arose to his feet AID
shouted that he was shot The
wounded man stopped at J. W. Mid
dlecofs and by the time Mr. Piper
could reach him. bandages had been
applied which partly stayed the flow
Of blood. Getting into the buggy aud
accompanied by messenger on horse
back, all possible haste wss made to
reach medical assistance and home
The six miles was made in about
30 minutes and Drs. johnson, Britts
and Holcomb we're in attendance
Both loads from the gun had entered
the right arm between the elbow and
shou der, tearing all the flesh from
he bone, it bang disarticulAtei At
he shoulder joint and broken within
one inch of the joint. The fish was
shredded and powder bnrut m liking
amputation imperative. The operation
was quickly and skillfully performed,
hut the nervous shock was so greai
and the fl W of blood so rapid that the
patient could not be rallied and death
relieved the great suffering just before
1 o'clock.
Deceased was corn in Mason county.
Kentucky. about fifty-six ye.rs ago
He came to Henry county in 1857 II
poor boy. He began bis most honored
and useful career by tesching dis
trict school in the Immediate vicinity
of where the fatal accident occurred.
Having studied law he began
practice in the courts of Henry
county occupying an Office with DR..
G. Y. S.lmcn, who WIS then a prsc
ticing physician.
His honesty and integrity made him
fiien g rapid y and in 1860 he was
elected public administrator.
Whea the war broke out be enlisted
in the Missouri State GUARDS for six
months under the first call of Gov. c
F. jackson. He was promoted to the
position Of first lieutenant in Capt
Thos. Owens company. When the
period for which he enlisted expired
he returned home. resigned his Office
to which he had been elected, s'raigh-
tened up bis business and went to
Kentucky and joined his fortunes
with the confederacy BY joining B-sir
Dukes division of Gen. John Nor
gan's brigade
He shared the fortunes and mis-
fortunes of Mcrgsn's historic brigade
until the end of the struggle aud WIS
out of service 10 Georgia.
He returned to Henry coun'y via
Kentucky and again begsn life in
Clinton. Since that time his history
IS sn open book to the old settlers Of
this section of the state. He filed the
Office of probate judge, dischsrging
the duties in euch q manner as to
make lifelong fIieats Of all with
whom he had dealings. He was one
Of the leading members Of the lower
hou-e of The Thirty-ihird general as
sembly, and six years ago had the
support of Henry county
for the office of circuit judge.
To set forth . moiety OF his noble
deeds would require a volume. Ali
the children knew spd loved him. ana
those who knew him beet loved him
most. He Was kind to all, and NO
man ever lived who placed a higher
value upon friendship and would sac
rifice more for his friends than he
Eighteen years ago he returned to
his native state and wooed and won
one of Kentucky's loveliest daughters.
Their mutual devotlons for each other
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