Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1894-09-25
DESHA USED A DIRK
OIL. BRECKINRIDGE's son DOES
SOME CARVING.
He Attempts to Murder a Man Who
Had Held Out His Hand With the
Intention of Becominx Friends
After the Defeat Of Brepkiuridge.

Lexington, Ky, Sept. q - Desha
Breckinridge had 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 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: ~
"No; you one-horse scoundrel, 1 will
not take your hand. You profess to
be mans friend and then stab him
in the back"
Livingstone replied to this by say
ing that he had done nothing Of the
kind, when Breckinridge called him a
liar. Then Livingstone struck at
Desha and knocked his glasses off,
following this up with blow on the
neck. Desha reached for his hip pock-
ct and instantly flashed In the air the
long blade Of a big dirk. Both men
were pale as death. Livingstone in a
moment of desperation grabbed the
glittering blade which Breckinridge
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 right hand with his left in order to
stop the terrible flow of blood that
was dyeing the tiling of the lobby.
Desha Breckenridge seemed to desire
no more blood ana gave Livingstone
two strong kicks. The hotel clerk and
several hystanders rushed in and
seized tBEeckinridge, and at the same
instant Matt Lane, strong Breckin-
ridge man, ran up and said he would
take hand in helping Desha. Two
witnesses say that Lane also -four
tshed 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
office of a physician where his hand
was dressed. A friend then took Liv-
ingstone home in buggy, and Desha
Breckinridge went to his rooms across
the street. Just before the trouble oc-
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 Breckinridge said to
Judge Kinkead that the election was
over and he wanted to tell him that he
was a liar. He also applied several
other vile epithets to the judge, who
replied that he was unarmed and did
not want to have any difficulty in the
open streets. Desha told him to 20 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 Lexing-
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 say to
you that you are a sd 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 she'd