The Forrest City times., 1914-06-05
UNPRECEDENTED OUTRAGE
Senior Editor of The Times Assaulted by w. J. Lanier
 With Pocket Knife.
UGLY WOUND IN CHEEK
Resents Editorial in Times Which Criticised His Official Acts as
 President of School Board.

LOIHcy W J' LdIlef, ! iItelaeiI Ol
 the Forrest City School Board, read
 the editorial in last weeks Times headed Seems Queer with a good deal of interest, and the more he read
 of it the madder he became, until he reached our office about zoo o'clock,
 and with a copy of the paper in one hand, finding our Col. Landvoigt sit ting in front of the office, he demand
 ed to know who was ponsble for
 that article?" Col Landvoigt, brave
 and unseltsh as he is, said, "Why,
 VadaEin wrote it, but 1 am respon- sible," or Il will be responsible,
 whereupon MT. Lanier said it was a lie. Col. Landvoigt denied this and
 asserted that on the contrary. every
 word of 1t was the truth. Lanier
 then said, You're a D. liar"
 putting he paper in his pocket and drawing pocket knife at the same time. Col. Landvoigt rose from his seat and remarked, You call me a
 liar?' and then looking at the open
 knife, continued, You d. cowardly cur, would you hit ne with that knife?n and zip, Lanier took him across the cheek, cutting an ugly gash about an
 inch and half long, just in front of
 the left ear MT. Hanson, a compost tor on the Times, and MT Tom Joice,
 the horseshoer m the employ of Dr. C, S. Aldrich, happening to b. near,
 grabbed the com mbatants, and separat- ed them with great difficulty, Lanier
 making desperate effort 10 get in a
 more effective blow with the knife. He was finally led off down the street, and Col. Landvoigt went into th office to get his shotgun. and MT. Hanson locked him iu. Later he vas advised to go 10 Doctor, which he did. Going
 across the street, to Dr. Rush's resi- | dence, the D ctor took a couple of stitches in the gaping wound. which |
 was bleeding very freely, and dressed it. MT. Watkins phone was olt of order, and he heard nothing of the difficulty until an hour or more after | wards, when he and Mrs. Nadakin |
 were sitting in the Ardome looking 1 at the pictures. Mrs Tom Horney
 kindly inquired of him how Col. LanG- voigt was? Thinking il was some acquaintance who had not seen the Colonel for sometime, he replied He
 is very well thank you," and turning discovered Mrs Horney, who then | told him in just as few words as she could that he had had difficulty and | that the doctors were sewing up his wounds, MT. and Mrs. Vadakin | rushed over to the office and found
 Col. LaDdvoigt sitting in the same
 place, and bleeding profusely After
 inquiring the particulars, they went
 10 see pr. Rush who assured them | that the wound was not necessarily dangerous, but that the knife had
 missed the artery only about an inch. l The Doctor came over short time
 wards and dressed the wound
 again, and left him feeling as comfor- able as pos ible under le circumstan- ces. About two hours later it was stil bleeding so freely that the Doc tor had to be called again, and eXperi-
 enced considerable difficulty in check | ing the flow of blood, and took two more stitches in the gash
 This is all there was to 1t, as relat-
 are concerned. Col. Landvoigt is get
 ting along alright at this time, He | is quite weak from loss of blood, and complains some of his head hurting him. We hope he will soon be entirely recovered
 Public sentiment, so far as we have
 been able to learn, is very much
 against Mir. Lanier for his cOwardly
 act. In the first place there was
 nothing in the article 10 justify him
 In even simple assault. In the next
 place, MT. Lanier is holding a public office. His official acts are public prop erty, and We aud any or everybody
 has right 10 criticise them, and
 if he is too thin-skinned 10 bear criti- 1 cism, he ought 10 resign his office. | In the third and last place there was nothing in that article that reflected in even the remotese way upon Mir.
 Lanier's integrity and he therefore . hal no right tD assault { lDi Land