Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1878 — A Venezuela Episode. [ARTICLE]

A Venezuela Episode.

A letter from .Caracas, Venezuela, South America, says Jose Miguel Barcelion, President of the House of Representatives of Venezuela, was shot dead by Eduardo Scanlon, editor of the Tribunal Liberal. A dispute arose between the two men in consequence of a political difference. Shortly after the dispute Barcellon met Scanlon in the street and fired at him several times without effect Having emptied his own revolver, he borrowed that of his friend, Gen. Juan De Marta Gusman, and fired again. Scanlon then fired two shots, both of which took effect, and Barcellon died that evening.