Show DEADLY WORK F AN EA TERN EDITOR He Kills His Assailant and Two Bystanders WAS ALL OVER APOLITICAL A-POLITICAL FUSS A Young Wife Suicides Because She Is Deserted ColdBIooded Statement Made llY a Villainous Hnshand The Mystery of the Gedncy Honsc Bloody Battle Bat-tle in Mexico The Alleged Irre n laritics in Letting Contracts Ex AsNisant Secretary of State Quincy Quin-cy Makes a General Denial Kosciusko Mo March 3This place was thrown Into great excitement today to-day by a deadly encounter between W H Ratcliffe editor of the Alliance Vindicator and S A Jackson the newlyelected state representative from this county in which the latter was killed Sam Russell a bystander received a stray shot in the mouth lulling him Instantly and Will Sanders San-ders another outsider was shot in the thigh and will die The two latter were young farmers The affair grew gew out of a reply by Jackson in the Kos ciusko Star denouncing Ratcliffe for publishing in his paper that he Jack son voted in the caucus of the legis legs lature for a Populist for United States senator Jackson and Ratcliffe met in front of the sheriffs office A fight ensued in which Ratcliffe got Jackson down on the floor The crowd pulled Ratcliffe away and as Jackson arose two shots rang out one It Is thought from Jackson and one from Ratcliffe without effect Before themen had time to fire again Sheriff Love caught Ratcliffe and was taking him across the yard when Jackson came out and came upon the party with Ratcliffe Then began the duel to the death each firing about three shots one of which hit Jackson in the head killing him instantly and two other shots supposed to be from Rat chIles pistol killing young Russell and mortally wounding Sanders |