Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-09-27
DESHA USED "A DIRK
OIL. BRECIkINRIDGE,s SON DOES
SOME CARVING.
He Attempts to Murder Man who
Had Held Out His Hand With the
1rtenttOn of lsccoIninw Friends
After the Defent Of Brecktnridgs.

After the Defeat of Breckinridgs.
Lexington, Ky, Sept. % :. Desha
Breckenridge had q sensational alter
cation with James Duane Livingstone,
formerly of New York city, in the
Phoenix hotel last evening. Living
stone was standing at the news and
cigar stand reading an afternoon pa
per when Desha Breckenridge came in
and bought q package of cigarettes.
Livingstone spoke to Desha and ex-
tended his hand, saying:
Its all over now; we ought to be
friends"
Breckenridge, with an angry look on
his face, replied:
not take your hand. You profess to
in the back"
Ing that he had done nothing of the
kind, when Breckinridge called him q
liar. Then Livingstone struck at
following this up with blow on the
neck. Desha reached for his hip pock-
ct and instantly flashed in the air the
HSA5 OAeAoO VI u OAS DULL AlcA
were pale as death. Livingstone in q
moment of desperation grabbed the
gltttering blade which Breckenridge
had aimed at his heart. The knife
went between the second and third
fingers Of Livingstcne's right hand,
cutting the third finger to the bone.
the cold steel sent shudder through
LivingstOne's frame and he grasped
his riUhf ho nd with ic 1af% ~, IN
stop the terrible flow of blood that
was dyeing the thing Of the lobby.
Desha Breckenridge seemed to desire
no more blood ana gave Livingstone
| two strong kicks. The hotel clerk 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 that Lane also -four
ished a big knife, but Lane denies
| this. Livingstone was hurried into
the wash room where his wounds were
bathed and he was then taken to the
was dressed. A friend then took Liv-
ingstone home in buggy, and Desha
Breckenridge went to his rooms across
S1S SCASCSs - uoC UCAOAS lAS I1OuOAC W
CURED with Livingstone Desha and
Lane, who were walking up Main
street in front of the Breckenridge
headquarters, met Judge George B.
Kinkead, who made several speeches
during the campaign denouncing Col.
Breckenridge in the most scathing
terms. Desha Breckenridge said to
Judge Kinkead that the election was
over and he wanted to tell him that he
was liar. He also applied several
other vile epithets to the judge, who
not want to have any difficulty in the
| open streets. Desha told him to go and
arm himself and he would meet him,
anywhere or at any time. He repeated
this several times. Then Lane, who
is comparative stranger in Licking
ton, having recently come here from
Mount Sterling, said, addressing the
| judge: $50 this is Judge Kinkead, is
it? When you said that decent peo-
| pie would not entertain Col. Breckin-
ridge, you lied. My sister entertained
him in Todford county, and I say to
you that you are a cd id liar.
Judge Kinkead again said that he
wanted no trouble on the street and
! that he was not armed, when Lane
threw his coat and said that he was
not armed either, and then repeated
the language that he had previously
used to the judge. Kinkead then
walked on up the street toward his
home. There will no doubt be more
blood shed