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Show H L AWP SCRAP. Old Fashioned Encounter Between prominent Attorneys, Attor-neys, 0 m CONTEMPT OP 00UET. vhts of Tobogging-A Small Boy'g 4 Eeasoning-Kotes of Interest. 1 hia raov book, "Recollection of '". iDpj Gen. Reuben Davis gives lllowng account of a personal en-terheonceliad en-terheonceliad with a judge who iv patience gave way. ami I felt my- ' perfect blaze of sudden fury. I -my pocket a very fine knife with ' thin Made. As I sprang to my " ."drew out this knife, opened it and . it po'Mt foremost into the bar, steadilv at the judge all the lie'" M.v object was to induce the Ip'tootdcr me to jail and then to at-thru at-thru on the bench. The knife vt-,,ed vt-,,ed and the weight of the handle ,tcthe blaclo near the handle. Gen. "i (j,isoii Hnd several others ran ,ntli(. bench beside the judge, ordered , sheriff lo adjourn the court and car-4the car-4the judgoout of the court room, ,les number of .li-sos seized ine. Howry being withdrawn, prudent - among my personal friends con-;Mduiv con-;Mduiv action and appealed to mo Hthe matter stop. I agreed to this. Wilins 1" l'ilss "Ifaight to uiy hotel, T-fo-vf rraiw forward to- ltd Hie i)tce where I wus stnnaing. I ailptl hit approai'h aud when close to ,'a.cd him if he had intended by his mo insult me. He said "No." Ithoa ,11 had been guilty of no offense to lift-such an indignity find requested explanation. Hn replied, "I do not, .explain niy official conduct to any ha moment I had slapped liim on the y. with my open hand. By some acci-n! acci-n! a daw" hammer had been left on p floor near by; he seized this and nek at ma violently, while I got from r pocket the broken knife and opened The bloir of his hammer fell upon r head, cutting; through my hat and reral files of paper to the bone. I made other stroke at his jugular with the rner of my knife blade. This blow 1 upon liis jaw and I seized him with r left hand by the collar and pushed r head into his face. He struck again th the hammer, breaking and depress-; depress-; the outer plate of my skull bone, but t until I had inflicted three more cuts un his jaw. As we were pulled apart gave uio the third blow. I went to r room and sent the judge a message I to leave his room unarmed, as I mid attack him on sight. V Hie court met again that evening. ' 1 ii put on a fur cap', with the back part (ore, to conceal my wounds, and the 1 wore his overcoat, with the collar II drawn up, to hide the tokens of mbat on his person. I did not meet il;e Howry fur seven years after this :.ir. I had gone to Pontotoc to attend Federal court and was sitting In a m with Roger Barton and Chancellor aimers was sent for from below. He hi returned and said to me: "I sup-m, sup-m, Davis, you care nothing about that 'air between you and arddgo Howry?', iromptly replied that 1 thought noth-:of noth-:of it, that Howry was a" gentleman, d that our difficulty was casual and thout malice. Chalmers then , said it Howry was below and would be glad come up to Barton's room. He did so, 1 I met him at the door and we oted each other in the most cordial oner. Until his death no two men ild be more sincerely friendly than we itinued to bo, I shall always believe 1 he went down to hi grave without iing out what led to our quarrel that and I am perfectly certain that I "I S down to mine in equal ignor-'i ignor-'i unless he comes back to tell me. |