A Bullet To The Editor
True Crime Historian
Richard O Jones
4.4 • 729 Ratings
🗓️ 14 June 2024
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Episode 247 strikes a little close to home for me. Having spent 25 years working in a newsroom with very little security, the possibility of an indignant individual bursting in with a gun and opening fire because he didn’t like what was printed, was a constant (albeit low-grade) fear. In this case, when the bullets start flying and witnesses start ducking out the door, it’s hard to tell who shot who.
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| 0:00.0 | Popular.com |
| 0:03.0 | The National Republican, Friday morning, January 13th, 1882. |
| 0:17.2 | Antonio M. Soteldo Jr. and Colonel James Francis Keegan are alleged journalists. |
| 0:24.1 | The former is well known here, having been the Washington correspondent of several journals. |
| 0:30.2 | He is at present the head of the Washington Bureau of the Times of Baltimore and clerk to the |
| 0:35.9 | Committee of Railroads of the United States Senate. |
| 0:39.3 | So Teldo is a native of Venezuela, South America, and was once a sergeant in the United States artillery. |
| 0:47.3 | When managing editor of a great daily in this city some years ago, he distinguished himself by giving the naked news to the public without |
| 0:56.3 | any suppression of facts, just as the Republican does this morning. Mr. Sotelo cannot complain of this. |
| 1:06.6 | Keegan is not so well known here as in New York. He was educated at Georgetown College and several |
| 1:13.6 | years ago was southern correspondent to the Daily Chronicle of this city. He is a literary bohemian. |
| 1:21.8 | A few weeks ago, Keegan arrived in the city, having served out part of a term in a New Jersey penitentiary for criminal libel. |
| 1:30.3 | Keegan and Sotelo happened to meet a short time ago in a house south of the avenue. |
| 1:36.3 | The former, it is said, insulted a female, which so roused Sotelo, that he proceeded to fresco the face of the colonel in the most artistic manner. |
| 1:47.0 | Blood flowed freely and chaos reigned supreme in the Banyo for at least a few minutes. |
| 1:54.0 | During the melee, James Francis attempted to seize Soteldo by the throat and a handsome scarf ring which the latter wore came off in Kegan's hand. |
| 2:05.4 | Kegan was finally fired out of the house. Thus ended part first. Later, Kegan applied for a warrant |
| 2:14.0 | charging Soteldo with assault and battery. S Soeldo retorted by having his quantum friend arrested for grand larceny. |
| 2:23.3 | The parties were arrested last Saturday night. |
| 2:26.3 | Soeldo deposited $20 collateral for his appearance at the police court. |
| 2:32.3 | Kegan requested to be allowed to go out to |
| 2:35.1 | procure bail. The request was granted and he departed in charge of an officer. |
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