Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-04-11
SENSATIONAL ENCOUNTER


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Little Rock citizens ~er,. tr-asrS4 20
another grnni1e sensation Sansizy
afternoon A. usual. Il was the cut
oosn- of legislative Discussion on the
rsilrssad commission bllI aast the caases
which lei to the defeat " the ua-aS-
ure- The trouhie was between Gov
Ci@rke 2ad Representative W l.
Jones, Of Madison essanty. wh<n
Mr.. Nane~y made his startling
statement Ca the ns-w u the hous..
Saturday Mr. Jones. who was m-u-
tanned IN e0nnectiou VITA the brib~rv.
replied 10 the charges and referred To
Cav Clarke IN very aaeonpliuaentAry
t-r1> Referring 10 the <0vernor. Mr..
Jones. szIsi-
i can tell yOu Why this charge =
made right 90 the eve Of adJpurum~nt.
s-ov- Clarke = man - hosn n few weeks
ago hsd not a warmer friend in ali this
state tAAn I. charged. when tn. Rob
in~oa commission silI was defeated.
that the railroads had inrfuene~sa the
forty eight m~mh~rS who had voted
against II he was dared and invited =,
prove the accusation. and. after al the
howl and hubbab. not a spot was fc1n,g
On any Of the memb~rs- Nov he know.
that he viii have - bsssmireh and
6iaeken the records ot these fartv-
eight uaemerrS. AMI thereby DESTROY
their influence. or hrs political carer
= endet forrver. Mr.. Yanc~y szv.
that he acted under the advice Of t.ox.
Clarke and Mr. Manning Has it eome
- this that the ehief executive of the
state viii put specs on the tracks Of
the people representatives TO see wh4s
they are DOING wh.n h. seat his
message Ia this hs-iy he did not even
Intimate that he favored a rail
roAd commission wh-a the axht
over the Robinson ball was on
be sent M special message
fzEorin< H. No. he has x0ue about
this whole matter like an assassin n
the dark. with knife up his slesxe
JeSES' sFoRf
What transPsred >uusi4y can b.-st b.
told by producing the stareuaentS of
the principals. Mr.. Jones Szid-
Il had Just left th<. siniuw rsnua
FROM dinner at tsleasBn's : hotel ami bad
taken a seat IN the office On the east
sisie. facing the east wall quietly
smoking cigar. aad not expecting
ans trOuble whatever Su.idenly 7
Heara ths fr0at door op-n
very abruptly. and. "a Iosk-
ing around. sAw Gov. Clarke
enter The ofie-- I saw FROM his eount~-
nance that be useani iroahle. Iraeate-i
my chair zboat the time De reached
me The zOvernor in a very abrups
manner saids Come back here with
mS, Al the saEHe siEn- mots0aing towarvt
the r-Ar- MAS totally unarne,s. aud
felt that he intended 10 Kill me. I sAia:
- M. ! viii not do IL. IL yoa har.
anything - say yoa can say it here
He then caught ne by the right arm
with his left hand aud repeated the
command - 20 To the rvar cf the Office.
AZ the same tlHse pulling me step or
two then stopped ami again de-
eiined his invitation IN language eza,t-
i As repeated above He ssen
deliberately spat IN my face
returned the insult by splitting
in his face. When I did this he
turned lo"se Of my arm and made
for his pistol ! then saw that nv
only chance was - knock him down.
and struck with all my might a. his
face with my left hand. He spr.ag
back toward the dcor. and nv blow
failed To reach him HE Was stiIl 90
ing tor his pistol sprznx and CRAP
pied with him and caught him around
the vast. pressing both of hss arms e,
his side, but leaving his arms FIVE -
act tron the elbow down b this tine
be had his pistol drawn Just then
Representative Roberts. of Madison.
sPrang in and grabbed the weapon.
and Immediately Representative Pop.
also got bold Of the pistol He Strur-
gied To free the gun. while the gov
ernor said Turn that pistol Ioose-'
Roberts declined. when the gov
ernor said - - you. Roberts.
turn that pistol los-e-' About thi,
time sone one grabbed ne zroaasi the
waist requested that tn. pistol D..
taken from Clarke. and then I would
release aim Roberts and Pop< de-
eiInesk then said Give me a pistol
and turn aim loose with his weapon
When the governor saw that he was
overPowerei he requested Pore tn turn
the pistol lose. and said 4 will NOT
&lii htm. ! promlse you positively that
! viii not kill him-' senator Word
then requested ne 10 r,elease nv hold
on the goxerncr. and asked that ~
70 my rool- saying that be would take
care Of the governor. Finally did 70
to my ro0m. and remained there ten
sseeo0ds. and returned to the Ocice. bus
tite governor WAS gone
GOV CLARKE EETICxSr
Gov Clarke WAS seen By your eorr--
sPoudent Sunday night He said the
statement made By Mr.. Jones was false
IN many essential particulars that
Jones did not spit IN his face. nor did
be tClArkel eater the ofiee of the hotel
Nith the view Of causing trOabgs. He
sad he saw JoEes As ne was passing TIE
hotel ard went N To tell Jones that he
must desist IN laggiag his name into
controversies arising among members
Of the hOzse- The governor declined
% discuss the subject further