The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1854-10-21
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LEXINGTON, XIV, Sept. ~. l654.--Chs
.,,l Larn.omy oi the pleasant scene IN
D.. lu,r ground. day WAS interrupted hy
h,u,sl tight. the facts concerning which
=, follows: did not witness the dyh',
:. had lett the grounds n lew minutes In
,,,~ II louk piSc~. but saw the wounded
.,,i,atsut< ns the, were brought ir"a'
~, al Of their tame fresh, and K"sy." and
,.,,,d IN separate rooms VI the Phoenix
House.
/. rppears that = personal fsud had ex'
/ ;.,.d ior uen,ly n Year between Thomas
u.,oc,. ii IA, cite c"u"ty, aud George u.
| Ilo,uss, " M"u"t Ste,l,"g, IN Monigou,>
.,y county. They were bath b.,~ oen tn.
.s,, Of twenty five aud thirty years, and
,e,,ur,d to good families. The original
@a,uIry occurred ri billiard room. They
met tbs. morning i" Lexington, and "",
d,r,and they had n hlsti>cuh hsh, !" the
n,r,unor, somewhere On the tn'r grounds,
10, wei. parted before either had bee" Sc
,iou.l, injured.
Maui Two o'clock this afternoon they
~, nraip close To- the s"I hiiheaire. IN the
..,,,, Of sh. lair gtou"tr. each AIMED with
~, Cob. t.vuivr,s. " hen within
.hou, fifteen PAGES ot one Az" hes they de-
l,.,.,.lv aimed ut excl, other aud fred.
>.,L.r .Lo, took Eject they continued
Ia stand AID hr~ "",'l ear" hat fred al,
,,nud. lulo,d's fourth fire Sen, n bali
mi, Thomas. thigh. which caused HIN to
,,.,,,t "a ve,y I,lie. though he did not tall.
,,.i Stood his ground ANA fired two more
shots at iiul",d.
u. then threw his pistol down and WA
in til. act Of drawing ms knife to advance
upon his opponent whe" u young TREND
OF his, named Ferguson, handed him nh-
other ,,istoi charged with pow der and bsll
4, II, III. luck aga,n. This WAS seen by
taplsln Buiu,d, n brother m tie young
man rngns,d !" the silrsy. Who '"'n.d'
a,.h ,I,nched lin aud i-h upon Inn, ard
Wa. in the net oi giving him avery decided
runnmlling when young iiuio,d ndvsndctd
with Ii. katie. and xs Ferguson lay o" The
g,ound. he scalped him IN uus i"d'nr
.ne.
Ills head WAS dereadfulIy cut, and the
blood Il ,w.d uoiuseiy. l" the meantime,
1h,n,xs. Who had been wound, d ~ the thigh
to the bu.,l; hs WAS shortly alter loll"wei
b, "a cnr,ias. conveying Ferguson to the
san,e place. happened TO he At the hot' |
door when the carriage drove up ami Fer.
r.sor stepped out his head ana lace were
ll,r.ll, coveted with blood lie walked
u,, to his room, l"w,ver, without ASSISTANCE,
when u ,l,, s,cian MAS seui for sud the
Wounds dressed
1hoons also had hi. physicians in at,
,r-dsnc., Who examined h,s high aud eH
uar,rd the ha!i, and bound up hts "oundS.
N.,,ber ihouas nor Ferguson, ARE dan
v.feusly hut. SO much TOR the wounded
ubo were I,a,,ica To the fight. The ss''
p,uuudn we've crow ded With p-c,i- M the
,,rir this infamous TRANSACTION" WAS going
on. aud II 10 s'"",t = m''ncle thst nuns
hu.r -. ,nuocr,t persons w.rs hot Killed ur
syri"usl, i'jatca
A.,t "". "a h,,lr negro g',i, about ten
,,al's old was shot IA the uonth hy one
OF III. men, aud Negro man who WAS a
hundred and fifty yards from the scene ne
tom, WAS Wounded In the ar" With bali.
have also heard that IL horse was h', u
Was lirst rep"ted that the negro ei'l was
kll.d, bat | have ,iuc- asc-r'rnmd thn',
although severely wouuded, she Is siiii nliv,
aud :. llk,l, t" recover
1h'tr Is grrs, deal of indignation tA>
Pr"se'd '"'" !" '"sn," =" w. "s"', ma u
h'n, sh"' '"d Killed Respectable ''"I
or T. "l''"'n" k"""" ""d 'r.i"'r'eh, ! 'e"'iS
br''v" that Tue 'hfrr e""'n"'a''s' '"""'"s'
Ferguson. ""d b"l"'h' """i' have ''ee"
hug ui h, the u.ck without Judge ~ jury.