Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-10-29
bloody TrnsedY at the tennessee state Fair

Bloody Tragedy at the Tennessee State Fair
Greunds-
We are called upon this morning to re-
cord one of the most borrid afiraye which
ever occurred in QUA city. !
Fron what we can learn, the cause of the
dificnky was occasioned BY a family frud of
long slanding. For years. the parties have
been al war, and the hatred eff one toward
the oaher has confused to increase from
Tive tiEae it commented. s
She particulars beginning yesterday, are
stated thus: Early in the morning Sam
Co8aD saw lanes Owen, in company with
his wife approaching in the direction at
which be was locdieis when they mel Cow.
an spit in Owens face. Owen said ii was
wrong time to settle the quarrel, and imme-
diateIy seated his wife, told his brothers
and friends of Whit had pissed. and after.
terward prepared 10 make all attack. At a
bvBt II O'Clock The large crowd in attend
ance were started by a report Of a pistol,
the ciashing OF sticks and a noise and con-
fusion generally. How 1t commenced no
one IS able to tell, but it occurred on the
outside promeuade VI the amphitheatre,
where hundreds OF people coDgregated. 1t
1S B11Rt tH4A oOf41G NCA VI
twenty were engaged in the melee, some Of
whom, how ever, were endeuVoring to SUPP
press it.
On one side, Sandy, James and John
Owen, and W. A Davis, were nolieed, aud
ON the other side, Samuel amp Geo w
G5ewan, Joel q Battle and son. Pistols
were fired, sticks were used freely, and it
appeaFedy say our informant, that men
were being knocked down on all sides
Owing 10 the crowd and The intense excite-
tnent, IL is Difficult. to tell by whose hands
me victims fell. Sam Do@an had Colts
repeater, and on examination, it was found
that every barreIl had been diszharged.-
several others had fire arms, but 10 what ex-
tent they we're used we cannot say.
By this horrible affair, Sandy Owen wa;
Killed. and Sam Cowan, i~nor,ally wounded
Jno. Owen shot in the side and thigh, the
wound supposed TO be mortal. Joel A. Bat
lies skull badly fractured. Thus. Battle
shot in the wrist; Jas. Oven, w. A. Davi;
and others Slightly hurt.
Gen. Bate, we understand, eDdeaYored a
6rst so create peace, but being used pretty
yoDghiy, he commenced upon his antagonist
IN Head earnest. He is an uncle OF the
CowaDs,
Mr. Bate who was shot in the wrist wa
not o party To the affair, bSi received hi
wound accidentlv-
Mr.. Sandy Owen was shot through tn
, hcart and died instantly. Sam Cowan re
ceivea bis injuries by being beat with sticks
HIS skull is badly fractured, and his hea
terribly MISUNDERSTANDING Gazette
iCcrrespondence St. Louis Rcpubfieaal
Love and Murder n Lousiana A Sabine aEal
. tsi Esa7 ria=o
NEW OknEANs, Oct. 8.
In the Parish Of Calcassieu, a few day
a ago a desperate named lie Bieu was kllle
under extraordinary circumstances. FIJI
8 newspapers of this city have published ii
: occurrence but there are particulars, oi
o tanned from u private source, which have, n
? appeared in print and witch add material
10 The. interest o. The affair. 1t appeare
from early manhood lie Bleu, had been
e the habit setting the laws at defiance ~hel
Q ever they conficted with his own passion
2 or desires, and otter did SO out of pure wal
. ~sonness, or 10 crafty the deyilish spin
wbicn must have been strong within hin
o Some time ago he murdered two lawyers
e the stfeets-of Lake Charles, and on one Q
ca5ion he compelled one of his negroes
q 81 at himself by the side of the District Jud!
: while the court was in session.; in fact h
g deeds of violence. and his utter reckles
a ness and iawDessness, hsa- made him tie
$ ror TO the whole parish, and he, no doud
a had come to think that The laws were. powe
4 less against bin aud thai be could comm
/ any crime with i%inpunity- ,s
i AS the story goes, MIR. lie Bleu took
fancy to .he vile Of man named Fox,li
IS ing in the parish. and proceeded in a mo
direct uud summary manner TO crafty h
passion by getting up a sort Of Sabine We,
q ding. He visited her house in the husband
le absence, produced a pistol and infornfe
y Madame that his horse would carry doubl
and that she must Forthwith get up behir
10 him. Whether she complied Willingly {
e not is a question, but she certainly WEI
IS with him, and they lived together uPt to Il
2. time OF bisdeath. AS regrrds this forcibI
stvle-of making love, | 90 not voueh for til
y truth of the statement, but SO the story w
toldgto me. Dariug hie recent term, OF ii
" District Court IL, Lake Charles, a tradegy'
J. some description was c~onfidentialy exPeca
e ed lie Rleu had threatened tho Judge al
Q several other persons, sndin conseq: enc
b they and theirsfriends prepared themselve
for a desperate, encounter the court roo.
and the hotel, it Is said. presented soiEethiH
the appearances of badly arranged arsrrfals
e One morning, bright and sarly. lie Bleu rod
o his mule into own disrnruInted aud prt
o. aoa3od So h. batp.l JrifJ, n l,nn dra4 $40
S pistoIin each hand, and a belt about h
waist containing a revolver and a knife. II
u was evidently bent on mischief, but his eI
emies were ondthe wotch, and before h
$ could set fout on the porch he was salute
by a charge OF buckshot rom a gun in tn
hanndsgof Mr.. Fox, whose wife be had ste
len. Three or fur more shots were fired b
other persons and La Rleu fell dead wit
+, more than fifty buckshot in different parts c
= bis body. Fox and two otlleFs were arres
z ted as the persons who did the shooting.
OcronER.-'Fhe L usv lie JoMn ! h,
the following beautiful reference to III
! beau.ifuliesi month o. the year:
+ "We haze always loved this month, an
!, in our country it is a season for poets an
painters TO rcvel in. October is the yer
time to enjay The animated crowds OF To
city life, and ii is The time o. times to ad
mire Gods marvels in the country. as h
works his wondrous change from summer +
} winter, and seatters over the face of natur
a rainbow veil TO conceal the effects or SIDE
, Gays effaciag fingers" as he would strev
forget-me-nots oyer the grave of the flow
erS Ortnher nnnu h.. Sham and cold to IL.