The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-24
One Man Dead and Several
Others Are Injured
In a Saloon Row in the TOad-a.
LOup District.
FREE FOR ALL FIGHT.
Climax to Feud Among Kansas
City, rs, TOughs.
Sunday Evening Disturbance at
Belt Line Bridge.

Kansas City, KaS., March PAS a
result of a drunken row in Henry
Schultz's saloon at the east end of
the Belt line bridge, in Toada-Loup,
Kansas City, Kas., Sunday night about
$50 O'Clock, George Thompson was shot
through the head and died within 80
minutes; Ike Patton was dangerously
stabbed in the abdomen, receiving a
wound from which he may die, and
William Inskipp. Patton's brother-in-
law, was stabbed on the forehead. and
kicked about the head and face. losing
nearly all of his front teeth. In g. pre-
vious encounter. John N. Patton. Ike
Patton's brother. was knocked down
and kicked all over the saloon. Sew
eral others were slightly injured.
among these Thompson's two brothers,
Frank and Freck, and Joe Fitzgerald
Just who fired the shot that ended
George ThOmpSOn'S life is unknown as
yet, although Ike Patton, John n. Pat
ton and Inskipp were taken in custody
by the police. Ike Patton was taken to
St. Margaret's hospital after his in
juries had been dressed by Police Sur
geon J. L. B. Eager. and the other two
We're placed in cells.
The tragedy was the result of long
series of rows in Sehultz's saloon,
which is one of the most notorious re-
sorts in Kansas City, Kas. Toad-a-
Loup is one of the worst sections OF
the city and the bad men of the place
1oiter around Schultz's saloon. Last
Friday night the men who participated
in last nights row engaged in similar
conflict, it being alleged that the Pat
ton boys and their friends We're the
aggressors. Last night, according to
the story Thompson and his brothers
and friends started out for revenge,
and they went to Schultz's saloon look
ing for trouble.
Immediately after the shooting the
police were notified and several Off
GERS went to the scene of the trouble.
When they got there all the partici-
pants had fled with the exception of
George Thompson, who was lying in the
yard back of the saloon, gasping for
breath. Several men and women stood
around him, and one gave him a drink
of water. Thompson died a few min
utes after the officers arrived, and
made no statement. The bullet went
through his head, piercing the brain,
and the appearance of the wound indi-
Gates he was shot from behind. The
officers learned that the others injured
in the fight had started for Missouri,
and the officers were notified.
The Pattons and Inskipp were found
in the house of DR.. ]. W. Allbritain, at
1105 West Twenty-fourth street, where
they were being treated. DR.. Allbrit-
aims office is at the least a half mile
from the scene of the tragedy and the
injured men walked all the way the
blood from their wounds making a track
that was easily followed After the
mems wounds had been temporarily
dressed they were removed to No. L
station, in Kansas City, Kan, in the
police ambulance.
George Thompson, who was killed,
lived at 705 Pawnee avenue, with his
wife and three children. He was about
80 years old and six months ago was
the owner of the saloon in which he
was killed. Recently he had been en-
gagged in cattle buying in a small way,
he being a member of a firm known as
Thompson Hooper & Wilson. Chief of
Police thinner says that Thompson has
always borne fair reputation and had
never been in any serious trouble be-
fore.
The Patton boys are teamsters and
their police records are confined to cases
of drunkenness and disturbance of the
peace. Inskipp is foreman at the barn
of the Schlitz Brewing company in the
west bottoms. All the men have fam
lilies.