Smyrna times., 1874-10-14
WHOLE NO. 1,O16
Tragedy and Comedy.

Information has been received of a remarka-
bic sequel to the attempted killing OF George
E. Long by Congressman SlOss at Tuscumbia,
Alabama, early in the summer. Mr.. Long, it
will be remembered, had been paying his ad-
dresses to daughter of Mr.. Sloss, and, ac-
cordIng to general report was her accepted
suitOr; but, being distasteful to the young
lady's parents on account Of looseness or rock
lesSnesS of habits, had been forbidden the house
and the lady's society. No sooner was this
done than Long began to defame the lady's
character, asserting in public, on numerous
occasions, that she was unchaste. Informed
of this on his return from Washington after
the adjournment of Congress, Sloss, proceeded
to hunt up Long, and while laying in wait for
him in store on the principal thoroughfare,
discharged the contents of double barreed
shotgun, heavily loaded with buckshot, at the
traducer as he passed by on the outside. Long
fell, pierced with thirteen Of the missiles, and
was carried to his fathers house as a dying
man, while SlOSS surrendered himself to the
authorities by whom he was Immediately, or
| soon after, released on his own recognizance.
Singular to relate, however, Long recovered in
course of time.
And now for the sequel Of the tragedy
Since the shooting Miss Soss, for whom and
her father public sympathy has been unqual-
fled, has lived very quietly at home, but move
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to keep a close watch on her, and it may be
said that since the recovery of Long she has
been a prisoner On Wednesday she COM
planned of cold feet, and said to her mother
she would go down stairs and get some stimu-
liant, as she feared chill was coming on. As
she did not return within reasonable time her
mother followed to learn the cause OF delay, and
found she had left the house also that Long
had been seen lurking about the premises.
! Of mic oho faA 1nfo h.,
town in pursuit, and after some time arrived
at magistrates Office Just in time to be too
late for a marriage ceremony. In the midst
of group of Longs friends stood Long and
her daughter, receiving the congratulations
customary on such occasions. Enraged at the
scene, Mrs. Sloss few at Long and attempted
to shoot him, but was held back by the spec
tators, who admonished her that she was too
late, that tho pair were man and wife now, and
violent conduct on her part would only tend to
make matters worse. After further persuasion
she accepted the situation with as good grace
as her feelings would permit and returned
home, while Long and the daughter proceeded
to the home of the bridegrooms father.
Congressman Sloss, who is making a canvass
Of his district for reelection, was absent at the
time of this occurrence, but has been advised,
and is expected to return daily and make things
lively again in Tuscumbia. Long seems to have
: many lives. In several encounters previous Ia
his shooting by Sloss he was desperately
wounded and given up for dead; !; and on one
occasion, while on a railroad train, going al
twenty miles an hour, fell between two cars,
and being caught in some way was dragged,
bounding over the crosstes, for nearly mile
before being discovered and extrica:ed in q
badly. y.battered and apparently dying condition
At the present time he carries in his body bul
lets enough for a campaign, and is Obliged
every week or so to submit to an operation or
on his head, where he was wounded by Sloss.