The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-22

formerly of New York city, IN the
Phoenix hotel this evening. Livingston
was standing at the news stand, read
ing, when Breckenridge came in and
bought a package of cigarettes. Liv-
ingston spoke to Desha, and extended
his hand, saying:
IT'S all over now; we ought to be
friends; shake hands,
Breckenridge, with an angry look on
his face, replied:
mo. YOU one-horse scoundrel, 1 will
not take your hand. You profess to be
a mans friend and then stab him in
the back"
Livingston replied to this by saying
that he had done nothing of the kind,
when Breckenridge called him id
liar
Then Livingston struck at Desha,
and knocked his glasses off, following
this up with blow on the neck.
Desha reached for his hip pocket and
instantly flashed in the air the long,
bright blade of big dirk. Both men
were as pale as death.
Livingston, in a moment of despera-
ton, grasped at the glittering blade
which Breckenridge aimed at his heart.
Inc hIllle went DttNeSn lhS oCCOllu
and third fingers of LivingSton'S right
hand, cutting the third finger to the
bone,
Desha Breckenridge seemed to desire
no more blood, and gave Livingston
two strong kicks. The hotel clerks
and several bystanders rushed in and
seized Breckenridge, and at the same
instant Matt Lane, a strong Breckin-
ridge man, ran up and said he would
take hand in helping Desha.
Two witnesses say Lane also -four
ished big knife, but Lane denies this.
Livingston was hurried into the wash
room and then taken to a physician,
where his hand was dressed.
Another Scrap.
Just before the trouble occurred,
Desha and Lane met Judge George B.
Kinkead on Main street. Kinkead
made several speeches during the cam
paign denouncing Colonel Breckenridge
in the most scathing terms.
Desha Breckenridge said to Judge
Kinkead that the election was over,
and he wanted to tell him he was a
id liar.
The judge replied that he was I'M
armed and did not want to have any
difficulty on the open streets
Desha told him to go arm himself,
and he would meet him anywhere or
at any time. He repeated this several
times.
Then Lane, who is a comparative
stranger in Lexington, having recently
come here from Mount Sterling, said,
/ addressing the judge:
This is Judge Kinkead, is it? When
you said decent people would not enter
tain Colonel Breckenridge, you lied. NV
sister entertained him in Woodford
county, and l say to you that you are
a - - - -r
Judge Kinkead again said he wanted
no trouble on the streets and that he
was not armed. Lane threw his coat
back and said he was not armed.
either. and then repeated the offensive
language. The judge walked away.
Later in speaking of this affair." Lane
said:
Yes, did call him a Cd d s.
Of b., and 1 will fight him any
way he wants to, and what's more. if
any of his friends want to take it I'D I
will fight them to-"
James Duane Livingston is a man of
about 80 years, and is the financial
agent of J. Kennedy Tod, owner of the
Kentucky Union railroad. He was a
strong Owens man and worked night
and day for the victorious candidate.
While he says he believed he saved
himself from a fatal stab by grabbing
Deshas knife, he thinks he will have a
sore hand for some time.
More Blood Will Be Shed.
Judge Kinllead is grandson of
Isaac Shelby, the first governor of Ken
lucky, and is a first cousin of John t.
Shelby, Colonel Breckinridge's law
partner, who slapped Attorney John
| son in the face during the famous
Pollard trial. Judge Kinkead is about
AZ years old. He has always been con-
sidered a man of the highest physical
courage and everybody expects more
blood will be shed before this trouble is
over.