Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-10-16
TEXAS VEkDS!Ta.
,,..-:UtsX az ice EEA:oEE SUE.
TON rEsD
.;fe.ne1. t-oit2iciIic> Already Dat
side Parties Drawn Ia-A
Fight gnNo:yIn nous
and EInEEinent

* companie. sent from Galveston,
Texas to IndlanoIa as guards of the
,r..oner William Tay Tor, accused of
Killing William Sutton and Gilbert
Slaughter, on the Moran steamship
rrst Spring, las contributed to the
Galveston News the following account
u tie outrares ont Of which the muir
5cr and arrest grew:
I'VE reached the wnaif a few min
,4c. before eight o clock, where we
uerA met hv District Attorney w H
Crane. who accompanied the command
a. tLp Court House and caused the
Sheriff to receive the prisoner and place
him in iaiI: and by his request Capt.
Weeks placed sentinel, around the jail
!. prevent either rescpe or an at
+pulr;t to IyLch, as the Governor hal
hen informed might be attempted -
On the wharf there were fewer per
sar.s than | had expt cted t. see, and on
tLp streets very few Of the Iartieans of
-hp autagcuistic factions We're seen.-
In tact. scarcely a dozen of them were
,.oticed: they were very quiet and or
Ierlv. In this connection | will add
tla. the much regretted fend betwet N
th families anG friends of Sutton and
81 rIur eho1!d cease. 1t has alread Y
cost sufficient numher of lives to
-.u-c tnss@ now living 10 reflect aud
-tnp. From tWO gentlemen who re
,.. n that portion Of the State |
learn that the feud originated in
Ai.bama about eighteen years
.c, Their account of it's subse-
l1Ia,t progress is substantially as fol-
r1v4. Shortly after the death Of Il
member % one of these families at
+., hands cf the other. one family
,asveG to tins State ana settled in
Western T,x4s. Subsequently the
u..r came aud settled, uknOwiDgly
at.. @aI1.. L.. ghhorhood. Here they
bed p,.cl4h.r mp 10 the end Of the
IT,. va. vim Que Charles Taylor,
.LougI ur rclatlve1, came among
H III. and. hsirg acuscd Of stealing
u.-e~, Hct Il DastrCD county with a
f-.tt. Jm sharp. TheE were par
-l,,[ BIZ zeycrl. citizens, among whom
William Sutton was said t. have
en. favor and Sharp were caught
d sLot After the retarn Of the
rarsuluE party to Dewitt county,
EucE Taylor uncle to the prisoner,
all Dtgk CLilso,n expressed their
feelings 81 strongly regarding the kill
Iag If Charley Taylor and Sharp, as to
eir. otfanse to William Sutton and a
VI. Witt, which resulted 4
fight and me death of Taylor and
Gibson. 1t IS stated that the next
tho hilled were Littlejohn and Stan
narl, who were shot in Wilson county,
b5.h friends Of SUtton's. The suppo-
s.5ion was that Tayior's friends com
rnittld the act This was in 1870,
when DAVIS State Police was IL force,
Gnj with whom rumCr says Sutton wa,
f. rd'v if not connected. In 1871 &.
: Bel, State policeman. shot and
killed Hays Tay lor. In 1872 Dohey
Taylor was,,kilIed,hv man il kerrvilie
rilnG IL advance OF Messrs Tomiin
ri Sutton aud party, from Hell
,rin toward Yorktown, thy were
.h0t from Gle bushes and killed
IL was auppos 4 by the Tay
lor party. During the same year Marx
Taylor was killed by party with
whom lack Helm was, and in the same
wear Helm was killed in AlaecOs;
county, il was believed by some OF the
Tell" Gang. "a 1872 Pirkin Taylor
arothar j,.,o.' ~ William Taylor. va:
called uEJ % bis house and SO badly
-i:Jr tua+ H. did not long survive
Shortly aftorwari -wo more Of his rel
at,ye-, the kellott boys, were killed.
"F.2r]y last Spring tie Sutton party
under Capt. Tomllrsnn ard William
Sutton, completely surrounded Ia
Taviors, ana would have ended tht
<l,)i-uties, had net good citizen
.1--rtered aud secured a treat.
Il peace. whIln was signed b,
t,cA member Of the two par
t-;, and WIS kept until the kiln!
r0 Sutton and Slaughter on the steam
>.-;. Clinton last March, and as q prln
a5;l i'll which William Taylor, til,
PRISONER. j. now under accusation
Within q month from that time Scral
Taylor. The only brother of the prise
T. =. Nhp lad been captured III Go
IGrcLc coHliy aud sent to De Witt
cii.,..r i Y .tl cattle stealing, WAS take
ll--r. jail hy mob, consisting, It Va
Thought, ~E S.tttOn men, ana shot t
d. tth. These are ell the hOmicldes
could hear rt,yat nv IntOrmaut5 ADM
t. II there may have been others, As tn
two parties are always IN tho saddle, ar
rarCi against each other. Al presen
the Sutton party are largely III the as
cenGart. ] an also told that the feut
Las drawn into it many others, and if
general fiji; should at any time begin
ii-.-' NAtftila III ,OOjOE Il --CO ILSCIN e!
II Is Thought to be impossible
obtain al Unbiased Jury III any Of til
adjacent connt.es, Tor these partisan
have SymHatliZers IN them. Net j
iLdi"n0la there would have bean Il
trouble. At 5Ae Court here the venir
81 sixty Summoned was IL very INTEL
gent enc, and men who WOuld hav
teeI Iti7t, without fear OF favor.
EHe state Fair.
We clip the following items Of inte1
tstln reference 10 the State Fair frol
Yesterdays ISSUE Ct tie Raleigh Nc,cs
The crowd yesterday far exceede
that Of the day previous, and we wei
pleased to observe quite a large az
ait-oA 10 the entries. Every hail
al'o~t ertueiy flied, and IN our OPT,
- TIE exhibition is by far the fine:
ever known ia North Carolina
HlAIe our space viii not admit {
tiHli report OF articles on exhibition
VIC commence today with
FLORAL FALL.
WI. ]no. .. N-hitford, Supervise
o.. tbs Department, brings & mob
Co-tnh1tlou from various citizens
Nt"bern. Among them Is super
purple velvet embroidered regal
y y. o. d., Of Mrs. Wooten; she
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