The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-18
Dispute Over An Old Cow Started the Trouble On
 the Street
KNIFE AND PISTOL ARE
 WEAPONS USED IN FIGHT
People of the Little Town Are Wild With Excitem ment-TWo Wound ed Men May Die From the
 Wounds Inflicted.

Meridian, Miss, July 17.-(Special) )-The streets of Union, Neshoba county, Mis- sissippi ran red with blood this morning following street duel in which two men were killed, two fatally injured and one seriously wounded.
 The dead: D. J. Mcdonald, Pete Me- Donald.
 The fatally wounded: Cornelius. Chish- olm, John Miller.
 Seriously wounded: Murphy Mcdonald, son of D. J. Mcdonald.
 Word of the terrible tragedy was first received in Meridian this morning in a phone message to Dr. R. l.. Turner, sum- moning him to Union, together with other physicians at the earliest possible moment. Later an attempt to obtain details over the phone from Union resulted in failure, as the telephone operator could not be found, and when located only the most meagre account of the causes which led up to the fatal street duel were obtained.
 Trouble About a Cow.
 The trouble started over the purchase of a COW by Pete Mcdonald from Joe Miller. The two men were in the Union bank where Mcdonald wrote check in payment for the purchase and an alter cation arose as to the amount. Blows were exchanged and the two men went into the street, fighting. Miller pulled his knife and attempted to stab Me Donald. Mcdonald pulled a pistol and shot Miller twice, once through the head and once through the lung. Cornelius Chisholm, a friend of the wounded man, standing nearby, came to the assistance of Miller and was shot by Mcdonald through the bowels and fell into the street. As Chisholm fell he pulled his pistol. Lying on his side in the road he fired, killing Pete Mcdonald instantly. D. J. Mcdonald, a brother of the latter, ran up and Chisholm fired again, the bull let passing through D. J. McDonald's heart and out through the shoulder, caus- ing instant death. Murphy Mcdonald, son of D. J. Mcdonald. came up, Chisholm firing at him and the bullet broke his arm.
 Every business house here has been closed and great excitement prevails and further trouble is likely.
 special train is expected to arrive abotu ? a. m. bringing the wounded men to this city.
 Luther M. Chisholm is from Kemper county.
 Business Stopped.
 It was practically impossible to get into communication this morning with Union The little town was stirred up almost fever heat over the tragedy and business had been suspended, not single business house in the village being open an hour after the tragedy occurred at 9:30 a. m. D. J. Mcdonald and Pete Mcdonald, the two men who were killed, were two of the most prominent residents of Union. MT. D. J. Mcdonald was wealthy cat tie dealer, while Pete Mcdonald was as- sociated in the livery business with his uncle, Pete Mcdonald.
 The original trouble is said to have been brewing for a long time and tragedy of the kind which occurred this morning has been expected for some months It is un- derstood that the direct cause of the fight this morning was about COW, which 1t appears was sold in Meridian some days since by D. J. Mcdonald with a bunch of other cattle. Chisholm was in Meridian yesterday looking for the COW in question and claimed to have located and identified her.
 The special carrying the physicians left at o'clock this afternoon.