The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-09-28

s"""I u"sh" urecktnridge On the W.,
pa'" Hunting for scalp~ of Those who
opp"sed isis father-He uses "A D,r.' ,1
an Owens Man at Lexington.
LEXINGTON, Ky. sept. el.-Irxin.
ton - in the throcs Of excitem.n,
night. To-day Matthew Lane cam.
here from Mount Sterling and. In .on.
Junction with Desha Hreckinriag..
went In search of Owens men VIII, In
denounced Col Breckenridge durtn ,
the recent campaign. They mot oho,,
O'Clock this afternoon, in front ~ NM,
hreekinrldge headpnarter. George Kin.
kead. Young breckenridge said:
me election il over now. and n
want To tell you that you are n
liar and u coward"
Judge kinkead said that he va. ~.
armed and that there were ,,.o
them, when Lane put in with:
And this is Judge Kinkead Wei
want 10 tell you that you are a dirt,
= and liar. You said in one of vou,
speeches that no decent woman xyoulJ
entertain Col. Breckenridge. and INV
sister entertained him. | dare yo, ~
resent the insult"
kinkcad demonstrated with than
that they had the advantage Of him
when young BreclS inridgc said n.
would give him all the time he wanted
To 60 and arm himself.
kinlead finally walked off to,x,r1
ms home and Breck nridge and Ian.
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 stronu
owens man. Livingston was lcaniny
against the news and cigar stand when
besha approached and asked for !,
package Of cigarettes Livingston
hoticed DcSha and extending his hand
said: |Desha, the election il over. *,
should be friends"
Young Breckenridge replied. ~
thlnk You are a one horse scoundr,l
and viii not take your hand"
Livingston asked him wha, he meant
ana Desha explained that he Thought
nm two-faccd. Livingston said he had
been a constant Ovens man and had
never professed anything else. Desha
said' on are a - liar"
AZ this Livingston struck him
Knocking his glasses off and stagp.r.
ing hiin- In an instant Dcsha flashed
a large dirs-knife. and aiming il atI.iv.
ingston's heart. made lunpe for III.
old-time friend. Livingston threw IN
his hand and the knife pierced Il. IN.
nicting serious wound. Livingston
then got out of the madman's vav
Owens men rushed in. and in ten min.
utes the hotel lobby was full Of ~.
cited people.
Lane remained some time. declariny
that he had insulted kinkead. ana
daring him or any Of his friends To r.,
sent II. His friends soon saw danrer
was Imminent and took him away.
ne owens men are very bitter in
their pronunciation of the action ot
young lircckinridgc and his accomplice
ana declare they must not keep up the
Proceedings that they are de fcatcd
md must take the result like men.
Tomorrow the district committee
meets at Frankfort to officially declare
ne nominee, and il i expected there
VII be more trouble. since the IrecIx-
nridge forces Were in close consulta-
ION here to-day, and the Owens men
'elieve they will try to work through
one protest whereby they can de-
lare breckenridge the nominee.
Feeling is running high tonight,
nd all sorts of threats can be heard
n the streets by partisans of both
ldes. Desha is looked upon by Breck-
lridge partisans as mere boy and
everal of them have declared their
'illingness 10 help him in any per-
onal difficulty. Thus. it seems.
eud is likely To spring up over the
campaign that will rival
ne Kentucky vendettas of past years