Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-09-22
DESHA USED HIS KNIFE
Young Breckinridge Hunt 'ng F
 His Fathers Enemies.
LEXINGTON IS AROUSED AGAIN.
,. ID. Livingston Narrowly Escaped Death at the Hands of tho InfurIated Young Man. and Judge KInkead, Another PoIit- icaI Opponent, Was Challenged.


 Man. and Judge Kinkead, Another PoIit. ioai Opponent. Was Challenged.
 LEXINGTON, Ky, Sept. ae. - Desha Breckinridge had a sensational hltercas tion with James Duane Livingston, for. merly of New York city, fin the Phoenix hotel. Livingston was standing at the news and cigar stand reading an after noon paper when Dcsha Breckinridge came in and bought a package of ciga- rettes- Livingston spoke to Desha and ex- tended his hand, saying:
 Ut is all over now. We ought to be friends. Shake hands
 Breckinridge. with an angry look on his face, replied:
 No, you one horse scoundrel, I 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. Then BrecSinridge called him q liar.
 Livingston then struck at Desha and knocked his glasses of, following this up with a blow on the neck.
 Desha reached for his hip pocket, and instantly there flashed in the air the long, bright blade of big dirk. Both men were pale as death. Livingston, in q moment of desperation. grabbed at the
 
 aimed at his heart.
 Tho knife went between the second and third fingers of Livingston's right hand, cutting the third finger to the bone The cold steel sent q shudder through Living ston's frame, and he grasped his right hand with his left in order to stop the ter rible flow of blood that was dyeing the floor of the lobby.
 Then He Kicked Him.
 
 more blood and gave Livingston two strong kicks The hotel clerks and sev. eral bystanders rushed in and seized Breckinridge, and at the same instant Matt Lane, a strong Breckinridge man, ran up and said he would take a hand in helping Desha-
 Two witnesses say that Lane also flour ished big knife, but Lane denies this. A friend then took Livingston home in q buggy, and Desha Breckinridge went to his rooms across the street. Just before the trouble occurred with Livingston, Desha and Lano, who were walking up Main street in front of Brock inridge's headquartcrs met Judge George B. kinkcad, who made several speeches during the campaign denouncing Colonel | Breckinridgo in the most scathing terms Desha Breckinrldgc said to Judge Kin | kead that the election was over, and he wanted to tell him that he was n liar. He also applied several other vile epithets to | the judge, who replied that he was un- armed and did not want to havo any diffi- l culty in the open strcets Dcsha 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 a comparative stran- l ger in Lexington, having recently come hero from Mount Sterling. said, address | ing the judge: '' So this Is Judge Einkead, Is 1t: When you said that decent people would not entertain Colonel Breckinridge, you lied. My sister entertained him in woodford county, and say that you arc | a -"
 | Judge Kinkcad again said that he 1 wanted no trouble on the street, and that he was not armed, when Lane throw his coat open and said that he was not armed either. and then repeated the language that he had previously used to the judge | kinkead then walked out on the street to- ward his homo.
 When seen by n correspondent, Lanc said: Yes, called him a--, and will fight him any way he wants to fight, and. | what Is more, if any of his friends want 10 take 1t up will fight them too By this time n number of strong Owens | men, at least one of whom has already killed his man, began to crowd into tho l lobby of tho hotel. One of Colonel Brock inridge's friends. fearing that there would be trouble with Lane. got J. Breckinridge Wiley. a strong Breckinridge supporter, to go in and persuade Lane to leave tho hotel.
 More Trouble Expected.
 At first Lane refused to gu but after taking n drink with Wiley he listened to l the latter's advice and went home. Then the Owens men began to talk, and one of them, who has the reputation of not know ing what fear Is, said: If Deshn Brock. inridgo and his friends intend to exterIni- nate all tho men who worked for Owens, us they seem to want to do they will have to enlarge the cemetery. This sort oi thing won't do no matter how sore they are They may just as well tako their medicine
 J. Duane Livingston is a man of about 30 years and is the financial agent of ]. Kennedy Todd, owner of the Kentucky Union railroad. He was a strong Owens man and worked night and day for the victorious candidate He Is from New York city, and it is said h0 there belonged to Tamnany hall.
 When seen by your correspondent while his wound was being dressed, he said; Il took Desha's abuse and made no attempt to resent 1t until he called me liar. Then 1 had to hit him. think l saved myself from n fatal stab by grabbing his knife. '
 Judge kinkead Is great grandson o Isaac Shelby, the first governor of Ken lucky, and is the first cousin of John T. Shelby, Colonel Breckinridge's law part ner, who slapped Attorney Johnson ir the face during the famous Pollard trial.
 Judge Kinkead is about 42 years of age He has always been considered a man O tho highest physical courage and every body expects that more blood will Do sheS before this trouble is over.