Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-11
TERRImLE TRAGEDY.
IFrOm the NashvIllo BannsT. NAY IL

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One Of the most sanguinary
deeds growing our of jealOusly,
and one of the highest exhibitions
Of female courage we have seen
any acce unit for many o day, oc-
CURED q few days since near the
East Tennessee line, in the edge
of North Carolina, bordering on
Bfount county. The account
which We abbreviate from the
several reports seems miraculous
and extravagant. The parties rep.
resented are said to be Creditable
and respectable.
1t appears that the wife of Jas.
Davenport became jealous Of a
young girl named Kate Jackson,
represented as being quite hand
some and lovable. Quarrels and
contentious were fierce and fre.
quent between the two ladies
aforesaid.
On the day ofthe fatal collision,
it appears that Miss Kate Jackson,
in company with her married sis
ter, Mrs. DeArmand, passed the
residence ofthe Davenport family.
As soon rs the sisters were dis
covered on the road, the Daveh-
ports, six in number, comprising
the mother, three daughters, two
Of them grown, and two sons, the
eldest about Is years old, rallied
in force, and set out in vigorous
pursuit Of the defenseless sisters.
The trail was continued until the
sisters had nearly reached the
Tennessee line. Here the Dayen.
port brothers, by a military move.
ment, strategetically aanked them,
and presented a front armed with
sticks and stones. This caused
Kate and her sister first to halt
and then TO attempt to retrace
their steps. But upon attempting
to retreat they were confronted by
Mrs. Davenport aud her three
daughters similarly armed, who
demanded Mrs. DeArmand to
get out Of her way, as they
intended TO kill Kate. Instead
.of Obeying this militia order,
Mrs. DeA. made preparations to
defend her sister. Young Daven.
port, the elder son, seeing this op.
position TO- his order, at once let
go a stone at her, which took
effect Oh her head, breaking heI
skull and prostrating her liieless
on the ground.
The heroic Kate was thus, al
the outset Of the engagement, lefl
to defend herself. She rallied
and maintained her line by indis.
crlminately hurting upon the at
lacking party such ilinty missiles
as came opportune to her. OnC
of these shots took immediate ef
feet upon the elder Davenpor
boy, Sitting one side of his face
and placing him hors du combat
Turning her attention then to thu
maternal head of the Davenport
family, she directed a stone against
her head, that inflicted Il severe
wound, and laid her sprawling on
the field. This accomplished, the
brave girl slowly fell back to {
position where she could suppl,
herself with the necessary ammu
milton.
This point obtained, and being
still besicsed, she again discharg
ed q shot, and another of the Dav
enport boys wilted. Then the
Davenport girls rallied and made
a desperate charge upon her with
clubs and stones, intlicting serious
wounds, but not succeeding in
getting her down. Just at this
crisis Kate, hard pressed as she
was, and having no time to stooE
to gather rocks to defend herself
extricatcd from herPockets a small
pen'knife, measuring about six
inches in the blade, and commenced
an indiscriminate and very wild
and general cutting and slashing
at the combined Davenport girls
surrounding her. The result OF
the fearful frenzy on tue part of
Kate was seriously determined to
the well being of the Davenport
females. Two of them received
serious slashes from the weapon
she welded, one of them drop
ping on the field from the loss OF
blood let flooding from the knife,
and the other seriously disabled
as to be a fit subject for hospital
practice.
This unexpected result con-
tribntcd materially to the with.
drawal Of the remaining Daven-
port besicging party, who quietly
removed their disabled from the
field; leaving the heroic Kate
master Of the situation.
The casualties sustained in this
engagement only amount to the
death Of Mrs. DeArmand, with
the probability that elder Miss
Davenport will die, and the Grip
pling for life of the Davenport
family.
Kate Jackson was less injured
than any one engaged in the
fight, and was able TO carry her