The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-10-01
INNS. 3. YOUNG l l


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70, ~ 500. last night. The vouud
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m, Mr.. Young Is lying on q cot az the
A.. X. A t. hospital, 10 an unconscious
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the angel OF death noVeting near Mo'
Manivnl "a In the steel cage al the county
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A iew minutes before y O'CLOCK las
night word came TO this ONCE that there
had baen an affray Al the IfyOli saloon,
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found ths sidewalk blocked Win men
and the front portion OF the saloon
u---. p..htan ,hronyh ,ha crowd.
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tue reporter ionnda wei aresseo "au'
wearing the badge OF the confederate
eamo Of l-Aainaton. living on the floor Of
.,taal. =, n roon,
'ne ss'oOu' neAi 'ue
Close TO b east wall DE was
by A crowd Of men, none of whom APP
49,. - ,honght m his needs.
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Two OF three oouieue'A1e Ne'"' "'s
kneeling beside him, and they asked that
thu crowd be cleared away, so that air
mioht rsach the wounded soldier. The
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shsi prsntioe and his aids.
As the Cani,al man stood near the end
oi the har. John Cooley, the bartender,
Wa taIIins how IL occurred.
TThe wounded man came up to the end
nj the bar annroaching from the rear OF
the saloon " he said: "He ordered a
gIass N heer. AID as he stood waiting for
ma IL draw Il, lac The did not say Me-
ManIealI came M, too, and stood beside
lin. There was no quarrel, and not
more than three words passed. Then
suddenly Mac struck him. was not ex-
necting anything. and did not see that
there was anv cause for the blow"
Mr.. Cooley told this version Of the
di1iculty two or three times in the Capt.
tai mans hearing, but refused to speak OF
the matter alter being spoken TO by sew
eraI Of the patrons OF the saloon.
A veteran Of the coniederacy, with one
sleeve hanging loosely to his side, was
standing In the crowd. He was in the
building At the time the blow was struck,
but aid not see il, 81 was in the wine
room. and there were two women there"
he said. THE CAPITAL man asked him IL he
Knew the names Of the m and he
replied that be did not-that II he did he
wound not tell them,
nhoxa -ora .,ro ,rouan and turn man In
the wine rooms OF the Tiyoli saloon lust
before the stabbiug Of Thomas Young.
One yersiou OF the affair is that Young
and his comrade were In the room with
the women, and that McManiga! passed
and made aome remark, Others saw that
Young was not iu the wine room, aud
That he passed and made some remark at
which Mechanical took ~offense, but the
most plausible story is that Young and
his COMPANION were called Into the wine
room by Mrs. Dooley and her daughter,
Birdie HAYES, and that while they were
taking 10 the two women, McManigal
passed and looked iu, Mechanical was
drinking. Yesterday was his birthday,
and he was celebrating. Twenty minutes
before the fatal affray he was eating hot
tamales on the corner OF Second and Ohio.
Ne seemed in n jolly mood. But all
stories OIL the AtAODluR Oh 1Ou0E Iall TO
show that he had any p%royocation what.
ever FOR his deed. Young did not follow
aim iolo Inc saloon: ne followed Young.
| Younp made no motion To draw 4
veapon. Although he carried a revolver
and 4 knife, but leaned the elbow Of his
| one arm on the end OF the bar, and wa,
waiting for his drink when the blade OF
McManioaps knife was driven into hi,
bosom. lust above the heart,
The oidcers were notified of the stab.
hing soon after il occurred, and found
MoNianiRal at his home on East Third
street. In bed, and took him to the county
iail, He was PLAID enough TO get into tn,
strong steel cage, for rumors of ven.
geance were In the air. The very quiet.
ness OF the Qrizzled veterans seemed omi
nou.. and ,n, officers refused to TAX,
HcMauigal before the wounded man 70
ideutiBcation. fearing that they coult
never get him back alive,
Feeling among the confederate veteran
was Intense. Young was old and had bu
one arm. His ~assaiiant is young, 10 tn
foil ylgor OF manhood. and would hav
been able To play with his victim at will
The citizens Of Sedalia, mixing with tn
visitors, expressed their deep regret
such an occurrence at any time woul
have been deplorable, but Just at th
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