| Show A disgraceful SCENE CRNE IN A COURT A very disgraceful affair occurred recently in the criminal court at memphis tennessee just after the organization for the may term on the dinst and w when hen the grand jury was in the act of retiring walter kennedy editor of the sunda sunday y times walked in alone stepped behind the railing and approached G GP P 31 turner attorney general who sat near the ja jury ry box turner was looking toward the bench and did not see kennedy who held a cane in one hand and threw the other back on his hip spitting at turner and missing his mark the latter turned and as ne lie did so kennedy spat squarely in his bis face turner sprang up yelling like a wild mac ma and instantly drew a pistol ice lie kennedy nedy not expecting to find him armed in the courtroom court coart room became as white as a sheet and before could level the pistol at him sprang behind a big fellow named john bia bla manogue stooping down so as to be completely hidden bidden and crying dont let him kill me I 1 am unarmed A policeman and sel several veral peral deputy sheriffs sheriff seized and disarmed turner while kennedy was searched and found to be unarmed ile he left the court room while turner was still raving and was shortly to be tried for tor contempt of court while the attorney general would have to be investigated investigate bythe by the grand jury for fon carry ing concealed caa ed deadly weapons turner is also an editor pre sidia over the editorial columns of the daily scimitar metar and for several issues previous to the assault both papers had been filled with personal attacks the scene to have occurred ina lna in a court of justice was most disgraceful disgraced al |
