Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-09-27
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LEXINGTON. Nv, sept ei.-Lexiny.
ton is in the throes Of excitement ~
night To-day Matthew Lane came
here from Mount Sterling and. in con
junction with D,.sha Breckinrigge,
went in search Of Owens men who had
denounced Col Brecl<inridge during
the recent campaign They met about
6oeloek this afternoon. in front of the
BreeSiuridge headquarter. George Kin
kesa- Nuung EreeisiBridge said:
he election i over now. and
want 70 tell you that you are -
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 i Judge Kinkcad- Well.
! want To tell you that you are a dirty
- AMI liar You said in one Of vour
speeehes that no decent woman would
entertain Col Brrckinridxc. and ms
sister entertained him dare yOu to
resent the Insult
kinkead demonstrated with them
that they bad the advantage Of him.
when young Breckinriige said he
would give him all the time he xsn.esl
to yo and arm himself
kinkszd finally walked Oft toward
his home and Brcekinridge and Lane
procscdesi to the Phonix hotel where
they saw James Duane Livingston.
financial manager for Kennedy Todd.
owner Of the Kentucky Union rail-
ruad- and who had b.-cn a strong
Owens man Livingston waS leaning
against the z<wS and cigar stand when
lseSha approached ard asked for =
package u sgarrttes- Livingston
nctieed Ussha ausi extending bis hand
saas- -De>ha, the election i over. ve
should ~ friends
Young Breckinrisige replied. Il
think you arr one-horse Scuunsirel-
ami viii not take your hansi-
LEviugstoa asked him ~ hat h meant.
and fs-sha explained that he thoa<hs
him twu-faeesA Livingston saisi he had
been constant Owens man azd had
never professe3 anything else. nesha
saisl- -N0u arr - liar
At this Livingston struck him
knocking his glasses IF and ssaxvrr-
ing him In an instant ps.Sha flashed
a large dirk-knife. and aiming Il at Liv-
ingstou's heart made a lun<r for his
oid-time friend Livingstsn threw up
his hand and the knife Pi-rr,..l il. in
Hieting 4 serious wounsi- Livingston
then got oGt of the nsaaiuau's way
Owens men rushed in. aad in ten mia
utes the hotel lobby was fuu - ex-
cited people
lane remained some time. declaring
that he had iasulted Kfnsead. ami
dariug him or any - hiS friends to ~
~snt H. His friends saoa saw danger
was imminent and took him away
The Owens men are very bitter in
thsir dsnnneiation of the aetion of
voung Brerisiurisiye ausi his aess.,rnplis,.-
ard declare they mast not keep NJ th..
proceedings that th-y are ,lr fc4ted
ami must tase the result ike mrn-
Tomorrow the district committee
meets at Frankfort TO osfietalIv declare
the nominee. and Il i expected there
FRlL BE more trouble. since the Breclx-
inri1ge frrves were in clcSe eonSnlsa-
flan here to-day. and the Owens men
hslieve they viii try u work through
souse protest whereby they can de-
clare krecSinridge the nominee
Feeling \ running high tonight.
and all sorts of threats can b. hearsl
IN ths streets b. partisanS % both
>iri.-s- Ee>ha l. looked uPou By Brecls-
iar.dxr parsisaas - n uzere h1T AMI
several q them have declared their
sEilijag1aes@ 10 help him in aay per
~7nal difficulty. Thas. i sss~azS. \
feed : likely u spriaz uP over the
ETeeSiHrid<e eamaAixa that wiil rival
the kentueEy venssettzs - past yea-S