FISTS AND A PISTOL.
ANGRY SCENE IN THE ILS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ■>;.■£;■#;£ By TelceraDh-Pross AGaoriaUon-Oopyrieht Washington, Jamiarv 20. '.'" A fisticuff fight between Rcpresonta-' five Johnson, .of Kentucky, awl Attorney Shields, broke up a meeting of the House Committee on District of Columbia matters, in the Hrfuse of Representatives. . \ Tlio quarrel arose over a trifling question. The men struck each other several blows, and ■ other committeemen separated them, Johnson shouting at the top of his voice, "Get me mv pistol; I'll kill him." '.■.'#■. .' Johnson ran off for his revolver after, the quarrel with Siiit'lds; ...The-' entire committee then took to its' heels, and' whon_ Johnson returned onlv the'clerksremained in the building. He attacked, them for interfering, but refrained from shooting. ~-,. . .':.;:. 'jif;. The quarrel arose over the : subject."of" increasing policemen's salaries.- Johnson then accused Shields of. graft, and. tho lawyer retorted. Jnlu:snn 'then 1 ; struck the lawyer, and a fight followed.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1964, 22 January 1914, Page 5
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149FISTS AND A PISTOL. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1964, 22 January 1914, Page 5
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