Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-09-17
Kentucky Picture

lhqulrlng as by FeaFing them converse viii
each other, when the evene was the almos
exclusive topic of those we mef Until to
wards evening the day of the barbecue wa
not marked by anything uncommon, thougi
1t was known that there were desperat,
men there bent on mischief in s1me form.
A man by the name Of Haley, his two so4'
one only about sixteen years old, and, as
understand, son-in-law of Haley, aud tu,
others whose names did not learn (six il
aii), acted in concert aiding and encoura gin.
each other in some petty broils, which wer,
merely preparation of worse scenes to
come.
Whether these six had any special cause
10 quarrel with those afterwards attacked,
could not learn. The elder Haley wa.
armed with u bowie knife weighing eight
pounds, aud knives were then, as in mos,
OF these atfrays favorite weapon Whisky
did its usua! work through the day, and at s
O'Clock in The afternoon, or two hours sun, ~
as the phrase is, not man ON the ground,
as they said, was sober. Haley was the
hero OF many previors battle-a desperate.
nan, and feared by all. Towards the clos e
of day, in an alteration with one whose
name did not learn, H4ley struck al his
opponent with his cleaver-llke knife, missed
il+tn and received severe cut in return FROM
the bowie knife OF his adversary. A man
by tire name OF Movre then rushed ie4 ,s,i
attempted TO part thea, and was struck
down by Haley with fatal blow He the ~
encountered man by The name OF Zones,
who wa too' n.sseb iestoxicated. to- offer much
! RS ilfa I,,F,
men SO that his entrails grshed out An en-,
derby man then interlered, and Haley stab
BED him in the bach. Haey's eoafederstes
were shouting amd cheering Ifi;s~ o. in his
savage work. III ,st were TOO drunk to in
lerieres and the rest were intillsidated, and
Haley and his tvieRds ragged round the field
like tigers, chasing an bet6re them
sn useantime an elder brother Of the
batchered Jones, who had departed for home
Lreasing that his brother was killed. Felur ned
and went directly up to- bailey. ard said -
"Yeu have billed my brother, have you!''
YES" said Haley with borrid oath, land
will kill you,' and raised his arm to strike
when Jones man OF great strength though
drunk, siezed his hand and wrench ed the
the knife away, and was aiming a fatal
blow, when Haley's two sons, from opposite
sides, struck each bowie knife into Jones'
side, and he fell lnortaliy wounded. Haley
then sought out Moore, who, with his bowels
fallen out, had dragged himself to the foot
sf u tree and was supporting himself in
dying state. The worse than savage rnffian
Ihensteok up his entrasls On the point Of his
knife and towed them, about, and when the
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hun by the hair, bent his head deliberately
back, and cut his throat with blow that
severed even the spine. Another oi the
wounded had crawIed up rocky ascent,
endeavsring TO escape when the monsters
seized him and dragged bin down the hill
by the feet, cutting him with their knives
Us they went, until he was not only dead,
but, TO use the phrase Of the narrator, =" he
was cut in pieces" From one, it is said
they cut of the kneepans. after this work Of
ulurder and muiilation, they were permitted
to traverse the field they pleased, boast
ing of their work, and then to depart I'M
mUlest ed.
The "details Of the fight were ohaiRed, as
have said, not by Isakitg inquiries, there
fore they weGe not tales ol horror invented
to- make strangeE stare, but they were the
relations which ;hev gave TO eacb oiher,,
heard at various tunes we passer.- along,
from the lips of various persons. In the
nsain | have 10 doubt the statement is COR
rect. Some of the details may be inaccu-
rate, but they were thus stated and believed
near the scene CT tie bloody transaction -
The elder Haley and etie otiser uian were
l., ,l,o L
reached Mount Vernon they were there in
prison. When we alightcG from the stage,
we found u young maIs ~ his shirt sleeves,
standing there with double bar+e4ed s4snt
gun, one of the guard Toess were
tiaIcen.ins ali, and while tarrying for break
fast, propositions were nude 10y the ciliz=us
to GO up TO the j4il aud cut off Hairy's
head. The majority, however, seeu,s.dP 1st
cned to let the law have its course, deGlar-
ing, however, as a thing settled beyond re-
call, that by the law or otherwise they
would have his lie.
Travelling among the mountains, ir aihtes
where newspaper is not frequent visitor,
q know nbt what account may have been
given OF this frighIiui slaughter, but such
was the statement of those who lived
the spot. Its peculiar atrociiy aroused the
whole country refund, and lis very terrible
ness may awaken healthier, moral feeling
and show the people oil Kentucky the na-
t,i+e and influence of some OF the htS-3F5F ut
the interior. A lew miles frutn Nj. Yer
non, an intelligent man Informed me that
within six weeks, in Il circuit ut twenty four
miles, ten murders had been colhlaittet--
i a,
one was IN the city where then was, three
at once, iR' the aflHning county OF Clay,
in difficulty cOEternin.k Gla2E. to- land
end three others, the particulars .ot winch
he did not give me. Adj 10 these the mnr-
der of the wife near l4.xlngton--a most
brural ohe-7ise pRrder oI ttsA M'INuS ut
Lexington, the shocking death oi tase ns'sr
derer at the hands of the mob, aIu those
alssost constantly occurring scenes, the rec
ord of which is, "Anoiher shooting or stab
hinus case" and is il nct traF tI.Ht k-ntuckv
deserves even yet the Iialne ct "Fhe dark
and bloody grouud.' b r u htsd of Violence
and blood, at beast ia ) Dme of its dbseriets,
aud thropg such region and aW,oHg such
raen IT was INV fortune to travch- IN q most
exciting time. L,w much OF nl this is due
to its peculiar institutions! will attempt
an tssrtrHer 10 the question hereafter, and
and also give some lacts, that were al leaer'
amusing 10 me connected with ;l.e' elective
fran chiSe.
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There are forty-six persons in' V gland
who have hscomre OF E45o 600 year,
quail 10 two millions aud IA cr,"rter OF doilars'
while four hundred aud iurly four persons