Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-07-23

White folks set some terrible examples to
the colofed in the throat cutting line in The
South, especially in that most chivelrous e
,he States, Arkansas The Fayetteville Ar.
kansian Of July %, gives the following portio-
ulars Of desperate ARRAY at HUNTSVILLE, where.
in Foster Black Of Fayette, and Warren Sans
Of Huntsville, were killed, and four others
were severely wounded They were all con
sidcred GOOD citizens in Arkansas, lawyers,
merchants, and doetore, and the particulars Of
the bloody fight which would have disqraced
wild savages, are thus detailed by several eye
witnesses The Arkausian says
It appears that on Friday the gath instant
some alteration between James Sims, the sen
Of Warren Sims, and Forester Black, took
| place, in which insulting words and threaten
| ing actions we're used by young Sims toward
Black No collision, however, resulted at this
time, and it was supposed that there would be
no further quarrel. Several hours Afterwards
some hard words were interchanged between
Warren Sans and Forester Black when both
drew weapons the former a bowie knife, and
| the latter a revolver Blacks pistol missed
FIRE twice and was discharged at Sans twice,
the last shot, as il is supposed, takiug effect in
the head of Sans; Sans in the meantime ad-
vanccd on Black with his knife. One of our
! informants states that Sans was in the act Of
falling when the report Of firearms from an un.
expected quarter was heard, and Sans fell in
stantly. Just at this time, young Sans came
running up with double barreled shot gun,
and discharged one barrel at the distance OF but
six or eight feet into the side OF Mr.. Black, and
just as he was falling, fired the other barrel in
/ to bis back both barrels heavily charged with
/ huot ehnf WounU thor, affonHad nr
James Smithson, knocking him down with his
| gun, when DR.. D. G. Smithson, a brother of
James, advancing to aid his brother, struck at
Sans with gun, but missed him and felled his
| brother TO the ground James SmithsOn, who,
| il seems, was unarmed, wrested the shot gun
from the hands Of d. @. Smithson and chased
young Sans off the ground, swapping the gun
at him in his fight.
! Several pistol shots were fired and bowie knives
used by persons as yet unknown, probably by
| interested spectators. An idea may be formed
of the unparalleled savageness Of this street
| fight, when it is considered that Warren Sans
was shot with ten pistol balls, and stabbed
once or twice in the brcast-that Forester
Black was shot twice with double-barreled
shot gun-JOhn Black and James Smithson
wounded in the thigh, James Sans stabbed
with a bowie knife, and Mr.. Moody severely
wounded in the leg-and further, that after
| the hIht had ended, iOur reYOlVers were found
| lying upon the ground of battle, three of which
were entirely empty, and one partially dis
charged. Not a sound was heard after the
shooting commenced, save the sharp, quick re-
port Of the revolver, the stunning sound of the
deadly shot gun and the clash of cold steel,
until Sans and Black had fallen, and their life
blood was pouring forth through their ghastly
and fatal wounds. The scene of this tragedy
was enough to sioken manly heart. young
man in the morning of life, and a mature man
in the autumn Of his days, lying within a few
feet Of each other, their lives pouring out in
torrents of blood and four others bleeding
from severe wounds but Imagination can
hardly depict the heartrendng lamentations of
mothers, sisters, wives, relatives and friends |
Our informant says but minute or two had
elapsed after the firing before the square was
covered with near hundred women, who made |
the town resound with their frantic screams !
end wild cries of grief We learn that war
rants have been issued for the apprehension of
several supposed to be connected with the
atfray, but no examination has, at this date |
June 29th, been had