The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-05-24

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growing out Of jealousy, and one of the
highest exhibitions of female courage we
have seen any account Of for many day
occurred few days since near the East
Tennessee line in the edge Of North Caro-
lima, bordering ON Blount county. The
account which we abbreviate from the
several reports seems miraculous. The
parties represented are creditable and
respectable.
1t appears that the wife of James Dav-
export became jealous of young girl
named Kate jackson, represented as being
quite handsome and lovable. Quarrels
and contentious were fierce and frequent
between the two ladies.
On the day of the fatal collision it ap-
pears that Miss Kate jackson, in company
with her married sister, Mrs. DeArmand
passed the residence of the Davenport
family. AS soon as the sisters were dis
covered on the road the Davenports, six
in number, comprising the mother, three
daughters, two of them grown, and two
sons, the eldest about eighteen 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 Davenport brothers, by movement
strategetical, hanked them, and presen-
ted 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
and her three daughters similarly armed
who demanded Mrs DeArmand to get
out Of the way, as they intended to kill
Kate. Instead of obeying this military
order, Mrs. DeArmand made preparations
to defend her sister. Young Davenport,
the elder son, seeing this opposition to
his order, at once let go stone at her
which took effect on her head, breaking
her skull, and prostrating her lifeless on
the ground.
The heroic Kate was thus, at the onset
of the engagement, left to defend herself.
She rallied and maintained her line by
indiscriminatel y hurling upon the attack
ingDarty such finty missiles as came op-
perfume to her. One Of these shots took
immediate effect upon the elder Davenport
boy, Sitting one side Of his face open and
placing him hors de con,bot Turning
her attention then to the maternal head
Of the Davenport family, she directed
stone against her head, that inflicted a
severe wound and laid her sprawling on
the field. This accomplished, the brave
girl slowly fell back to a position where
she could supply herself with necessary
ammunition.
This point obtained, and being still
besieged, she again discharged shot, and
another Of the Davenport boys wilted
Then the Davenport girls rallied and
made desperate charge upon her with
clubs and stones, inficting serious
wounds, but not succeeding in getting
her down. Just at this crisis Kate, hard
pressed as she was, and having no time
to stoop to gather rocks to defend her
self, extricated from her pocket small
pen-knife, measuring about six inches in
the blade, and commenced an indiscrimi-
nate and very wild and general cutting
and slashing at the combined Davenport
girls surrounding her. The result of
this fearful frenzy on the part of Kate
was seriously detrimental to the well-being
of the Davenport females Two Of them
received serious slashes from the weapon
she welded, one Of them dropping on the
field from loss of blood let flooding from
the knife, and the other so seriously disa-
bled as to be fit subject for hospital
practice.
This unexpected result contributed
materially to the Withdrawal of the re-
naming Davenport besiegng 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 Proba-
bility that the elder Miss Davenport will
also die, and the crippling for life Of four
% theirs Of the Davenport family. Kate
jackson was less injured than any one
engaged in the fight, and was able to
carry her dead sister home after the bat