Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-23
BLOOD WAS DRAWN
Representatives Hall and Money in
a Personal Encounter.
A BATTLE With FLYING INKWRLLS
The Gentleman From Mississippi
Was Badly Worsted.
EXCITEMENT AT THE CAPITOL

| ing between members of the House of Rep
| resentatives. Representative Hall of Mis-
| souri, and Representative Money of Mis-
| sissippi, now United States Scnator-elect,
| were the participants. The outcome of
| the affair that Mr.. Moneys head,
| face and hands were seriously cut by
| glass inkstand, thrown by Mr.. Hall. Mr..
| Hall is one Of the most powerful men,
| physically, in the House. and Mr. Money
| is a slender man of medium height.
| Shortly before ~ o'clock Mr.. Money and
| Mr.. Hall were in the House committee on
| naval affairs Informally discussing the bill
| for the reorganization OF the personnel of
| the navy. There were only a few other
| persons in the room and no attention was
| paid TO the two gentlemen at the ond of
| the table until angry eXclamations were
heard. One of the men was seen to strike
| the other and in another moment the air
was filed with inkstands, paper weights
and other missiles hurled by the TWO COM
| batantS.
A Lively Battle.
THE room was fairly alive with flying
| objects" said an eyewitness of the scene
afterward, and the language Used was
such that l would blush to repeat it,
The battle wagcd but few minutes,
when the bystanders managed to separate
the two enraged Congressman and keep
! them from infiicting further injury upon
each other.
1t was then found that Mr.. Money was
! bleeding profusaly from a great cash on
| the side of his head; that his face was cut
| ard one of his hands also laceratcd. The
| glass inkstaad had caught him full on the
! side of the head, and it is supposed that
| the flying pieces Of glass, after the missile
was shattered, inflicted the minor cuts.
Mr.. Money was led down stairs to an
| other committee room, broad trail Of
| blood over the marble stairway marking
| his movements. a messenger was hurried
| ly sent for q surgeon and Nr. Moneys
| wounds were washed by his friends who
| lad him in charge.
DR.. Bayne responded to the call and hur-
| ried over to the Capitol to dress the
| wounds. 1t was said that the cash on the
| head did not seem to be of serious Ea-
| ture. Mr. Money was very cool and col
| leCted after the trouble was over and dis
cussei the affair calmly with his friends.
| The Lie Passed.
His version of the unpleasant incident
was that in the course of the conversation
on the Eaval Reorganization bill he had
| remarked that what certain of the officers
wanted under that bill was rank, Fay and
| some command.
Mr. Eall was said to have replied that
the man who made that statement did not
| believe it. Mr.. Mercy construed this to
| it is said he promptly labeled MIR Hall as
| d liar and more.
With this the trouble commenced. An
| other account says that Mr.. Hall threw
| the first missile and hit Mr. Money on
| the head. The blow staggered him for an
| instant, and it is said that Mr.. Hall threw
| two more inkstands, striking Mr. Money
| on the face and hand, and that in all this
| time Mr.. Money had not been able to score
| upon his adversary 1t is said that the by
tod fhEy, nd
! being dragged apart Mr. Hall hurled an
| other inkstand, whereupon Mr. Money fired
| ore at MIN, but it did not infict any dam
| age.
Tried to Get Together
Representative Meyer Of Louisiana, a
| member of the naval affairs committee was
| one of the first 20 rush between Mr. Money
and Mr.. Hall, and to keep them from COM
| ing together. The warfare up to this time
| had been conducted at long range, but both
men were apparently preparing to get closer
together, with the purpose of making hos
| tilities more effective. Gen. Meyer sue
| ceeded in keeping them apart until Others
| came to his assistance and hustled the two
| men into opposite ends of the room
II IS claimed by one Of the eye-witnesses
| that both OF the men drew knives This
| however, is denied by Mr.. Money, who sa rs
| he did not draw a kuife. 1t is claimed that
| both were unarmed, as far as deadly weapons
go.
! After the fracas Mr. Hall washed tho ink
from his hands and went upon the floor of
| the House, where he took his seat appar-
entity unconcerned. After Mr.. Moneys
wound had been attended to by Dr. Bayne
| Mr.. Money went to his rooms at the Metro
| politan Hotel. 1t Is said that the wound on
| the head made by the heavy glass missile
| is not likely to cause him any serious
| trouble.
Doorkeeper Coakley's Version.
| bers of the naval committee. The commit
| tee was not in session at the time of the
| fracas. Thomas Coakley, the messenger
| of the committee, who was standing at the
| door, heard the two members talking rath-
| er loudly. They were evidently both very
much oused.
Suddenly Mr. Coakley heard Mr.. Hall
say: 'Ill allow no man to call me liar-'
| With the words he reached over and plant
| ed his fist in Mr.. Moneys face. The blow
| staggered the Mississippian. Before he
could recover himself Mr.. Hall grabbed a
| large glass inkwen from the table and
hurled 1t at Mr.. Money. The latter al
ready dazed, could not dodge the missile
| and it struck him behind the ear, cutting
| an ugly cash. Mr.. Money fell back against
| the wall. At this juncture Mr.. CoakIey,
| who had been making his way toward the
irate Congressman, crowded between them
|
| was with difficulty repressed from continu-
| ing the assault Mr. Money stood against
| the wall, faint from the loss of blood whic h
| was streaming down his neck from the
| wound in his head. He was hurriedly taken
to committee room on the floor below,
| while Mr.. Hall walked calmly along the
| corridor to the hall Of the House.
MIR. Hall Refused to Talk.
| Mr.. Money was conveyed to his hotel by
| friends. Mr.. Hall remained at the CAPITOL.
Mr.. Hall. when seen Immediately after
| the fight, said he did not desire to make a
statement. 'It was a personal matter"
| said he, land 1 do not desire to say any
thing. I do not suppose Mr.. Money, either,
| will care to make a statement. Mr. VIII
son, a member Of the subcommittee, was
present"
| What 1t Was About.
| There were present in the committee
| room, in addition to the two combatants,
! Commodore Fithian, Gen. Meyer Of Louis
lana and Mr.. Wilson of New York, men,
| bers Of the committee. The alteration vas
over Mr.. Wilson's bill for the reorganiza-