The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-10-15
LOVE AND BUCKsHor.
The Traducer Perforated by slcsa Gets
wen and sIarries .he Daughter.

The Traducer Perforated by sIoss GET
Wen and Marrtes .he Daughter.
In June last the press of the country
/ contained accounts of the shooting O
one George F. Long by CongressmaI
/ J. II. Sloss, of TuscuuIbia, Alabama
| The circumstances were as follows Mr.
| SlOss, when he returned home from
/ Washington, learned that injurious and
/ slsnderOus reports had been set IN cir
culation concerning his daughter, Miss
| Mamie, young lady OF eighteen years,
by Long. The reports were of most
slsnderous character, and when Mr..
Sloss succeeded in tracing up their au-
thor his rage naturally knew no bounds.
Long is considered a desperate man,
and as he associated with several of like
ilk, who had openly threatened ven
geance should MIR. Sloss seek personal
redress, that gentleman concluded to
employ strategy. Procuring a double
barreled shotgun, which he loaded
with handful of buckshot, he stationed
himself near a second-storY window OF
a building which Long frequently pass
ed. He had been there but q short time
until he espied the traducer of his
daughters good name coming up the
street with several boon companions.
Waiting until his man got well in range,
Mr.. Sloss turned both barrels loose,
and lodged thirteen of the shot in the
anatomy of Long, who fell senseless TO
the pavement. Long was carried home
on shutter by his friends, while Mr..
Sloss surrendered himself to the proper
authorities. and was released on bond.
The entire community justified the
action of Mr.. Sloss, while their sym
pathies were heartily extended to Miss
Mamie as a victim of a slanderous per-
secution. Long soon recovered from
his many wounds, and few days since
was once more on the streets. About
that time Mr.. Sloss, who is an indepen-
dent candidate for reelection to con-
gress, started out to canvass his dis
trict, and has since been absent from
home.
Mrs. Sloss and Miss Mamie were left
at home alone. From some reason the
mother kept watch on. the daughter,
whom she confined to her bedroom in
the second story of their residence.
Last Wednesday Miss Mamie asked
permission to go down stairs for a drink
of fresh water. Mrs. Sloss, suspecting
nothing, granted the request, and the
young lady went down stairs. Not re-
turning In a shor5 tine, Mrs. Sloss'
suspicious became aroused and she went
in quest of her daughter. A search OF
the premises only revealed that the
young lady had got up a mysterious
disappearance. With a rare divinatiOn
as to the cause and probable where
abouts of the erring daughter, Mrs.
Sloss picked up a brace of six-shooters
and started for the Office of q very pop
r,1or soOT15ro onlu favu cuY1arac G1ckank
When she arrived she found Long and
her daughter the centre of circle of
an admiring group of friends, who were
extending their congratulations in the
heartiest of manners. The good sold
lady leveled her artillery and demanded
her daughter or gore. She was deter
mihed to have one or both until the
squire interposed, and IN the blandest
of tones, introduced her daughter as
Mrs. Long. Seeing that she was too
late, Mrs. Sloss proceeded to relieve her
mind, and then with her implements of
warfare tucked under her arm, sailed
forth for home, while the groom and
bride proceeded in another direction.
The sequel TO tho almost tragedy, as
related above, created the liveliest as
tonishment and gossip that Tuscumbia
had ever experienced. At present, in
view of all the circumstances, it is
thought that Long DETAINED the young
lady with view of rendering her odious
in the community, so that her parents
would consent to her marriage with him
as a compromise. The SANDER had an
opposite effect, as is shown, and it was
within the last few weeks that the two
upon an elopement. The
absence of MIR. Sloss rendered it COM
paratively easy, although Mrs. Sloss
camo very near putting an extinguisher
on the whole affair.
Mr.. Long is a man of very good fam
lily, but was Objectionable on account of
his associations. 1t is only few months
ago that, IN fight, he had his face from
sy ebI ow to chin laid open with razor,
and at the same time got a slash across
the throat that came very near resulting
in a funeral. A few years ago, while
passing from one car to another, he
missed his footing and fell between the
cars, catching on a brake, in which po-
sition he was dragged three-quarters of
4 mile ere he was rescued. All this,
combined with the thirteen buckshOt
which his now father-in-laW gave him,
would go to show that Mr.. Long is
very tough man one who would prove
invaluable In leading forlorn hopes in
battles. Memphis AUalanche, Septens-
Der 9th.