Ray County, Missouri - Miscellaneous - Elijah McDonald Knifed Richmond Missourian 1932 Richmond Negro Knifed. Elijah McDonald, Richmond Negro, received dangerous knife wounds about the face and neck in a brawl at this home in South Richmond, early Tuesday night. According to officers, a picnic was being held at McDonald’s house, and Wesley Yoakum, Sam Riddings and Herman Yoakum, Swanwick Negroes, precipitated a fight when they instisted on violating the unwritten law of serving the ladies first. Warrants were issued for the arrest of the three, and they were in jail last night. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Jenna Zunker USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or their legal representative, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------