Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-20
A FLORIDA SIEGE.
What Came OF Matrimonial Trade
ON the 8uWanee.

On INC BuWamocs
From the New York Sun letter.
As came down the stairs the other
morning | saw Captain Frank Sans, a
noted hunter, seated on the edge of the
stoop, swinging his feet into rosebush.
Look here" said he, "you think you
know something about Florida murders.
The Lang and Cochrane stories amt a
patch to the beauties of the Suwanee
country. Out there they make whole
sale business of it, Some time ago two
men named Locklier and Mundy lived
near the mouth of the Suwanee river.
They raised cotton for living. Locklier
had an average looking woman for a
wife, while Mundy was q widower
with a mighty fine daughter The two
men got quite thick, and used to cow
drive together and eat in each others
houses. After time Mundy took a
fancy to Locklier's wife, and Locklier
took fancy to Mundy's daughter. So
they struck up trade. After palavering
around, Mundy offered to give his
daughter for Locklier's wife and twenty
head of cattle. Locklier took him up
straight, and the bargain was made"
asked the captain what kind of girl
the daughter was.
NWell," he replied, 1--WE heard she
was plump little FLY, about eighteen
years old. Locklier's wife was little
skinny, out she was a good driver and
we'll in harness with her husband. The
daughter never made any objection to
the bargain, and the wife, like most OF
the women, was glad of anything for
change. So Mundy drove off the twenty
head of cattle and the old woman, and
Locklier shook himself down in the
cabin with the daughter. Things were
all snug. Well, in about two weeks
Locklier's wife got sick Of it. She de-
clared that her husband was bad enough,
but he was an angel alongside of Mundy.
She went back home, and swore that she
wouldn't live with Mundy any longer
under any circumstances. Then Mundy
came up to Locklier's house and wanted
his daughter back. The daughter by
this time had fallen in love with Lock
lier, and you couldn't have driven her
out OF his cabin with pack OF dogs.
Locklier said she shouldn't 20 unless
the old man drove back twenty head of
cattle. Mundy said he'd see Locklier in
hell before he brought the cattle, and
threatened to shoot him if he didn't turn
over his daughter Locklier told him to
shoot and be dodrotted. So they parted
bad friends"
THE CART WHEEL BATTERY.
/ interrupted the Captain by asking
what the neighbors thought Of such pro-
ceediHgs.
WELL he replied they didn't have
many neighbors. What they did have
were like themselves. They looked upon
the whole thing as bona hde bargain,
and if one or the othes got cheated it
was no outsiders business. As | was
saying, Mundy declared war. He threw
up sort Of parallel around Locklier's
house, and bombarded it with double
barreled shotgun All day long he laid
around the house, waiting for a shot.
Lockler was afraid to 60 out or to even
show his face at the window. For hours
he would sit on a chair with his old rife
across his knees and watch the door.
Whenever the latch moved he would
blaze away without waiting to find out
who was coming in. Two or three times
he came near shooting his wife when she
was out for pail of water. You see he
knew Mundy meant business, and he
wasn't going to let him get twist on
him. Mundy skirmished around the
house until dark. Then he travelled
home and got good nights sleep; but
by daylight Locklier again found him
entrenched outside the door.
This arrangement lasted several
days, and Locklier began to tire of his
Imprisonment. One night he took
couple of stout cart wheels standing
near his cabin, boarded them in on three
sides with twoinch plank, and when
Mundy put in an appearance the next
morning confronted him with this move
able battery. The tables were turned.
The old man had to fall back. Locklier
followed him up the road with his bat
terry, Smelling him at every jump Mundy
was driven into his headquarters and
his antagonist took the part of the be-
sieger. A dozen shots we're exchanged
before shutdown, and at dark Locklier
drew back to his house under cover Of
the battery. Before the ROSTERS stopped
growing he was again moving up the
road toward Mundy's house, shelling
his way every few rods and driving the
old man and bis shotgun to cover.
THE MOONLIGHT TRAGEDY.
"Well, the war was kept up in this
wav about week, but at last it come
70 an end. One bright moonlight night
Locklier thought he would quietly wheel
his battery up the road and see if he
couldn't catch Mundy outside of his for
tifcations. So he laid his rife before
him and set the wheels agoing. BE had
showed them about a quarter of a mile,
and was Just turning q curve in the road
when be heard scraping noise on his
left. Mundy had 1anked him. By the
light Of the moon he could see the old
nan on his knees behind fence, show
ng the barrels of his shot gun between
he rails and getting his head down TO
axe aim. Locklier had no time to lose.
de snatched his rifle and sighted 1t.
They fred together. Mundy fell behind
he fence with a rife bullet in his head,
md Locklier tumbled into his battery
With eleven buokshot in his breast. he
declared that if he hadn't been listening
70 the crickets be would have seen Mum
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