UNKNOWN
PEEVISH POLITICIANS
FIGHT AT A MEETING
•-» S s Associa"cm- !-:iectrio TeleHrapb—Coevri" - (Received Wednesday, at 12.40 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Wednesday. A fight which arose between Senator .Johnston, of Kentucky, and Attorney Shields, broke up a meeting of the House Committee which was dealing with Columbian matters. The quarrel arose over a trifling question. The men struck each other several blows. Other committeemen then separated them, Johnston shouting at the top of his voice, "Get me a pistol, and I'll kill him."
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 11884, 21 January 1914, Page 5
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