The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-05-20
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The Nashville Unson OF Saturday last tells
the following extraordinary story ~
One Of the most sanguinary deeds grow ,.
ing out Of jealousy, and one of the msne a,,
exhibitions Of female courage we naVe se !, y
an account Of for many CAV, ocSuiaI H.
few DAYS since near the East Iennessee iinc
in the edge of North Carolina borderlng on
Biouut county. The account, Which, w:
abbreyiafe from the several reports. seems
miraculous. The parties represented arc
creditsble and respectable.
II appears that the wife of James Davefa;
mort became jealous Of q young gir! nained
Nate Jackson, represented as being quise
handsome and loYable. Quarrels and con-
tentions were fierce and frequent between
On the day of the fatal collision itappears
that Miss Kate Jackson, In company with
her married sister, mrs. DeArmsnu. passea
the residence Of the Davenport family. AS
soon as the sisters. were discovered on the
road, the Davenports, six in number, COM
nrisinc the mother, three daughters, two
of them grown, and two sons, the eldest
about eighteen years old, raliiea in force,
and set out in vigorous pursuit OF the de-
fcnceless sisters. The trail was continued
until the sisters had nearly reached the
Tennessee line. Here the Davenport bro
theirs by movement strategically fanked
them, and presented a front, armed with
sticks and stones. This caused Kate ana
her sister first to halt, and then to attempt
to retrace their steps. But upon attempt
ing to retreat they were confronted by MRS.
Davenport and her three daughters, SINH
l,rly armed, who demanded Mrs. DeArmand
to get ont of the way, as they intended TO
kin Kate. Instead OF obeying this militia
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 ut her, Whicn
took effect on her head, breaking her sku,i
The heroic Kate was thus at the onset OF
the engagement left to defend herself. She
rallied and maintained her line by indis-
crimnately hurting upon the attacking
party such flinty missiles as came oppor-
tune to her. One of these shots took imme-
diate effect upon the elder Davenport boy,
Sitting one side of his face open and placing
him hors du combat. Turning her atten-
ton then to the maternal head OF the pa
yenport family, she directed stone against
her head that inflicted severe wound and
laid her sprawling on the field. This ac-
complished, the brave girl slowly fell PACK
to position where she could supply her
self with necessary ammunition.
This point obtained. and being still be-
seiged, she again discharged a shot, and an
other Of the Davenport boys wilted. Then
the Davenport girls rallied and made de,
sperate 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 herself, extricated from her pocket
q small pen-knife, measuring about SIX
inches in the blade, and commenced an lu-
discriminate and very wild and general cut
ting and slashing at the combined Dayen-
port girls surrounding her. The result OF
this fearful frenzy on the part of Kate was
seriously detrimental to The wel-being of
the Davenport females. Two Of them re-
ceiyed 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 disabeda Us
to be fit subject for hospital practice.
This unexpected result contributed mate
rally to the withdrawal of the remaining
Davenport besieging party, who quietly re-
moved 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. Dear
mand. with the probability that the elder
Miss UaycHIJurt Will afrv die, and tho OF in
pling for life of four others of the Daven-
port family. Kate Jackson was less injured
than any one engaged in the fight, and was
able to carry her dead sister home after the
hattie closed.