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A F'ttvraiim; T{tpoKT.~A few daysI thr- district »ttom,'y ,.f \cw lt;r. low* filed sn information against Hon. Mr. Ogden, speaker of the bouse of j rcpresenUlives, for carrying concealed Weapon*. It is ggj,! the spcskcr’s pistol fell from his pocket and exploded while the house was considering a hill to provide more stringent penalties •gainst carrying concealed weapons.' If so, as Charles Yellowplush would I say, we can “Fancy Hamlink’s foel-mks when the bill met such a favor*| al,lc Port from the speaker’s chair. The City Item says, “That explosion in the Speaker’s chair yesterday is the cause of many mysterious surmises. 'N as it a pistol f was it dynamite I was it a torpedo f The believers in dy-i Burnt? appear to be most numerous, but as the result was not verv damaging , tbe quantity must hare been extremely ‘•mall, or was counteracted by some biologic force. It could not have been a pistol, for tbe House was at that time considering the propriety of increasing i the penalty for carrying concealwl j weapons.”( RtTELTT TO AsiMALtL — Tli attire
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The Lake Charles Echo
Lake Charles, Louisiana, US
Sat, Feb 28, 1880
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