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A Fatoram* Rirort.—A fow day* 1j «bf district attorney «f \ew Or-: low* tiied an information gainst Hon. Mr. OgJcn, speaker of the house of representatives, for carrying concealed weapon It i* said the speakers pi* tol fell from his pocket and exploded while the house was considering a hill to provide moro stringent penalties wr*inst carrying concealed weapons. If so, as Charles Vdlowplush would say, we can “ Fancy Hamliok's fccl-niks when the bill wet such a favorable report from the speaker's chair.The City Item says, “That explosionin the Speaker s chair yesterday is Uie cause of many mysterious surmises. |Sas it a pistol ? was it dynamite! was it a torpedo! The believers in dynamite appear to be most numerous, but as the result was not very damaging ;! tie quantity must have been extreme)v j small, or was counteracted by some biologic force. It could not have been a pistol, for the House was at that time considering the propriety of increasing | tie penalty for carrying concealod ; weapons.”
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The Lake Charles Echo
Lake Charles, Louisiana, US
Sat, Feb 28, 1880
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