Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-22

OF Mrs. Jones. He remained as the
guest of DR.. Knode. On the fourth day
Mr.. Ward was very cordial He desired
to effect reconciliation, he said, be-
tween his daughter and son-in-law, and
after a long talk induced Mr.. Ammons
to write kind letter to Mrs. Jones, pro-
posing to forget the past and live to-
gether as man and wife should. Mr..
Ward carried the letter himself, but
brought no reply.
THE OLIVE BRANCH.
On Sunday, six weeks ago yesterday,
MIR. Ward invited his son-in-law to take
walk, and was unusually gracious. He
said: Jennie has been sick, but will re-
ply in day or two, and can almost
assure You that 1t will be favorable, and
then all these hills" pointing to his
milestone ridges in sight will be yours
and mine in common" Mr.. A. replied
that he had property enough already,
but if Jennie would come back he
would buy her a nice home in Hot
Springs or Memphis, and treat her
well. They separated in the most
friendly manner.
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.
On Monday morning about eleven
o'clock as Mr.. Ammons was returning
from visit to a sick man, he saw Mr..
Ward step into house and come out
with double-barreled gun; when he
came in front of the house Mr.. Ward
raised the gun, and Ammons looked in
an opposite direction to see what he was
going to shoot at At that instant the
gun was fired and Ammons felt his arm
fall powerless at his side He broke for
DR.. Knode's Office, hundred yards off,
and Ward tried to head him off, and
fred the other barrel at him, but without
effect. Mr.. Ammons escaped to the |
Office, and Dr. Knode dressed his wounds.
A full load of buckshot entered the feshy |
part of the left arm above the elbow, cat |
all the arteries and lodged directly |
against his heart, without going through |
the skin. His escape from death was
looked upon as little short of miracle.
He bled about a bucketful before the
blood was stopped.
THE SEQUEL.
The rest of this unpleasantness is soon
told Mr.. Ammons labored under the i'm |
preston that Mr.. Ward was lurking
around to kill him in his bed. True, Mr..
Ward was arrested. bat was released on
a bond of $4,000, and it was said threat
ened to finish Ammons. DR.. Knode
guarded his patient carefully, and there
by incurred Wards displeasure. They
had not been previously acquainted.
While Mr.. Ammons was yet in bed, ar
old lady from New Orleans, with large
wen on her neck, called and insisted on
the Doctor performing an operation.
He declined, telling her it would be GER
ain decth. She called again, and said
she had only day or two TO live any
iow and wonld take the responsibility
IN herself The Doctor consented re-
uctantly-others had positively refused.
The next day, two weeks after being
hot, Mr. Ammons, in company with a
lumber of friends, got away from Hot
springs and came to Memphis. The OPP
ration was performed, and the woman
lied. Mr.. Ward prosecuted DR.. Knode !
or malpractice. Some hard feelings were
and Ward, it is said, threat
med DR.. Knode' life The Doctor hav-
ng disabled and useless arm, and
moving the desperate character of the
nan, waited not for an attack, but at the
rst opportunity, which was last Wednes-
lay, the 18th inst, shot Ward dead in
he street from his office door with a
shotgun. l
CONCLUSION.
This is probably the end of series of :
ragedies 1t is but little more than a n
ear since Mr. Ward killed q man in
louisville, KY, but he managed, ps :
sual, to throw the aggression ON the .
Their party. and went clear He is sur q
lived by only two children-Mrs. Jones' d
lmmons, and son about grown, at f
Helena. The deceased was nearly sixty =
ears old, but was full of energy and :
fe. He was . man of polished man
ers, and calculated to make friends; was
ighly intelligent and thoroughly versed il
d the ways of the world. He had been n
man of property, large plans and y
considerable success, but was high ,,
smpered and yindictiye. Mr.. Am
IONS lies in bed Of great suffering,
eak and emaciated. His recovery is CT
low, and only last week he had a severe e:
tack of erysipelas. 1t will be many !:
eeks before he goes out from his modest h,
tile cottage, and then he will carry to fo
is grave a weak and probably helpless Fl
rm. ~
We have thus given what We believe 10
} be a trpe and impartial account of br
lie various causes and connecting events in
hioh led to the final tragedy at Hot
prings. Most of the parties are known II
many of our readers, and the various ii
o;dants related are Of sufficient interest du