Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-07-28
Arkansas ChiyaIry.

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the South, especially in that most chival
rous of the States, Arkansas. The Fay
etieville Arkansian of July I'd, gives the
following particulars of desperate affrny
at Huntsville, wherein Foster Black OF
Fayette, and Warren Sans of Huntsville,
were killed, and four others were severely
wounded. They were all considered good
citizens in Arkansas, lawyers, merchants
and doctors and the particulars of the
bloody fight which would have disgraced
wild savages. The Arkansian says !. -
It,appears that on Friday the oath inst
some alteration between James Sims, the
son of Warren Sims, and Forester Black,
took place in which insulting word and
threatening actions were used by young
Sims toward Black. No collisions, howev-
er, resulted at this time, and it was sup
posed that there would be no further quar-
rel. Several hours afterwards some hard
words were interchanged between Warren
Sans and Forester Black, when both drew
weapons, the former bowie knife, and the
latter a revolver. Blacks pistol missed
fire twice and was discharged at Sans
twice, the last shot, as it is supposed, tax
ing effect in. the Head of Sans; Sans in
the meantime advanced 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 unexpected quar-
ter was heard, and Sans fell instantly
Just at this time, young Sans come 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, fred the
other barrel into his back, both barrels
heavily charged with buckshot. Young
Sans then attacked DR.. James SmithsoD,
knocking him down with his gun, when
DR.. D. c.. Smithson, a brother Of James,
advancing to aid his brother, struck at
Sans with a gun but missed him and
felled his brother to the ground. James
Smithson, who, it seems was unarmed,
wrested the shot gun from the hands of D.
c. Smithson and chased young Sans off
the ground, swapping the gun at him in his
flight. = -d' 9Ia'@- ..9.ca
Several pistol shots were fired and bowie
knives used by persons as yet unknown,
probably interested spectators. An idea
may be formed of the unparalleled savage
ness of this. street fight, when it is consid-
cred that Warren Sans was shot with ten
pistol balls, and stabbed once or twice in
the breast-that Forester Black was shot
twice with a double barreled shot gun
John black and James Smithson wounded
in the thigh, James Sans stabbed with a
bowie knife, and Mr.. Moody severely wound
ed in the leg-and further, that after the
fight had ended, four revolvers were found
lying upon the ground Of battle, three of
which were entirely empty, and oneopar-
tally discharged. Not sound was heard
after the shooting commenced, save the
sharp, quick report of the revolver, the
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 fa-
tai wounds. The scene of this tragedy /
was enough to- sicken a manly heart, "A !
young man in the morning life, and ma !
ture man in the autumniof his days, lying 1
within a few feet of each other, their lives |
pouring out in torrents of blood, and four
others bleeding from severe wounds; but
can hardly depict the heart
rending lamentations of mothers, sisters, /
wives, relatives and friends. Our inform
ant says but a minute or two had elapsed
after the firing before the square was cover
ed with near a hundred women, who made
The townresound with their frantic screams,
and wild cries of grief. We learn that
have been issued for the appre-
hensien of severalsuposed to be connected
with the affray, but no examination has,
ut this date, June 29th, been had. a,.t-ly
The MISSISSIPPI DEMOCRACY. = The
Democratic nominees in Mississippi are
John 8. Rettus, for Governor, and B. R.
Webb, for Secretary Of State. The Con
Fention, among other violent. .demonstra-
ions adopted the following decided resolu-
.ion.ls S'ilG 'tDs ~ 81 ,7ldi a. sstie
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