The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-09-29
USED A DIRK.
Young Desha Breckenridge On the War.
path-Hunttng for Scalps of Those Who
Opposed His Father-He Uses "a DIRK On
an Owens Man at Lexington.

1OuuS 1bctnh brtcklnEtuSe On inc war;
path-Hunting for Scalps of Those Who
Opposed His Father-He Uses "a Dirk On
an Owens Man at Lexington.
LEXINGTON, KY, Sept. 21.-Lexing-
ton is in the throes of excitement to-
night. To-day Matthew Lane came
here from Mount Sterling and, in con-
junction with Desha Breckenridge,
went in search of Owens men who had
denounced Col. Breckenridge during
the recent campaign. They met about
G o'clock this afternoon, in front of the
Breckenridge headquarter, George Kin
kead. Young Breckenridge said:
1.-THE election is over now, and 1
wan to tell you that you are A.
liar and a coward"
Judge Kinkead said that he was not
armed and that there were two of
them, when Lane put in with:
"And this is Judge Kinkead. Well,
j want to tell you that you are a dirty
and a liar. You said in one of your
speeches that no decent woman would
entertain Col. Breckenridge, and my
sister entertained him. / dare you to
resent the insult"
Kinkead demonstrated with them
that they had the advantage of him,
when young Breckenridge said he
would give him all the time he wanted
to go and arm himself.
Kinkead finally walked off toward
his home and Breckenridge and Lane
proceeded to the Phoenix hotel where
they saw James Duane Livingston,
financial manager for Kennedy Todd,
owner of the Kentucky Union rail-
road, and who had been a strong
Owens man. Livingston was leaning
against the news and cigar stand when
Desha approached and asked for a
package of cigarettes. Livingston
noticed Desha and extending his hand
said: "Desha, the election is over; we
should be friends"
Young Breckenridge replied: Il
think you are a one-horse scoundrel,
and will not take your hand"
Livingston asked him what he meant,
and Desha explained that he thought
him two-faced. Livingston said he had
been a constant Owens man and had
never professed anything else. Desha
said: you are "a liar"
At this Livingston struck him.
knocking his glasses off and stagger-
ing him. In an instant Desha flashed
a large dirk-knife, and aiming it at Liv-
lngston's heart, made a lunge for his
old-time friend. Livingston threw up
his hand and the knife pierced it, in
hicting a serious wound. Livingston
then got out of the madman's way.
Owens men rushed in, and in ten min
utes the hotel lobby was full of ex-
cited people.
Lane remained some time, declaring
that he had insulted Kinkead. and
daring him or any of his friends to re-
sent it. His friends soon saw danger
was imminent and took him away.
The Owens men are very bitter in
their denunciation of the action of
young Breckenridge and his accomplish,
and declare they must not keep up the
proceedings: that they are de feated
and must take the result like men.
Tomorrow the district com mittee
meets at Frankfort to officially declare
che nominee, and it is expected there
will be more trouble, since the Breck-
forces were in close c~onsulta-
ton here to-day, and the Owens men
believe they will try to work through
protest whereby they can de-
clare Breckenridge the nominee.
Feeling is running high tonight.
and all sorts of threats can be heard
on the streets by partisans of both
Desha is looked upon by Brock
lnridge partisans as a mere boy and
of them have declared their
willingness to help him in any per-
sonal difficulty. Thus, it seems a
feud is likely to spring up over the
breckenridge campaign that will rival
the Kentucky vendettas of past years.