The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-07-03
FIN IN FLORIDA.
What Came of a Matrimonial Trade on
the SnyvRnee.
New York Suns Florida Letter.


What Came of a Matrimonial Trade on
the Suyvanee.
New York Suns Florida Letter.
As I came down stairs tle other morn
ing I saw Capt. Frank Sans, noted
hunter, seated on the edge of the stoop,
swinging his feet into a rosebush.
"Look here" said he, 'you think you
know something about Florida murders.
The Lang and Oochrane stories amt
patch to the beauties of the Suwanee
country. Out there they make whole
sale business o. it. Some time ago two
men named Locklier and Mundy lived
near the mouth of the Suwanee river.
They raised cattle for a living. Lock
her had an average looking woman for
wife, while Mundy was a 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 a time Mundy took a fancy to
LOcklier's wife, and Locklier took a
fancy to Mundy's daughter. So they
struck up trade. After palavering
around, MuDdy offered to give his
daughter for Locklier's wife and twenty
head of cattle. LockIier took him up
straight, and the bargain was made.
1 asked the captain what kind of girl
the daughter was.
Well" he replied, GIVE heard she
was plump little FLY, about eighteen
years old. Locklier's wife was a little
skinny, but she was a good driver and
worked well In harness with her bus-
band. 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 declared 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 Nun
dy any longer under any circumstances.
Then Mundy came up to Locklier'E
house and wanted his daughter back,
The daughter by this time had fallen IL
love with Locklier, and you couldn't
have driven her out of his cabin with 6
pack of dogs. Locklier said she shouldn't
unless the old man drove back the TWEEN
ty head of cattle. Mupdy said he'd see
Locklier in HI before he brought bach
the cattle, and threatened to shoot hin
/ II u0 d1Ou GuIA ONEI HIS OdllSltCI
Locklier told him to shoot and be dod
drotted. So they parted bad friends.
I interrupted the captain by asking
what the neighbors thought of such pro
ceedings.
WELL" lie replied, " they didn'
have many neighbors. What they diC
have were like themselves. The
looked upon the whole thing as a boni
fide bargain, and if one or the othe
got cheated it was no outsiders bust
ness. As was saying, Mundy declared
war. He threw up sort of parable
around Locklier's house, and BON
: barded it with double barreled shot
gun. All day long he laid around tn
house, waiting for a shot Locklie
was afraid to go out or even show hi
face at the window. For hours he woul
J sit on a chair with his old rifle acros
his knees and watch the door. Wheneve
the latch moved he would blaze ava
without waiting to find out who wa
coming in. Two or three times h
came near shooting his wife when sh
was out after pail of water. You Sc
he knew Mupdy meant business, and b
wasn't going to let him get a twist O.
him. Mundy skirmished around tn
house until dark. Then he traveIe
home and got good nights sleep; bu
by daylight LockIier again found hir
: intrenched outside the door.
: ''This arrangement lasted severa
days, and Locklier began to get tired c
his imprisonment. One night he too
couple of stout cart wheels standin
near his cabin, boarded them on tire
sides with twO-inch plank, and whe
Mundy put in an appearance the ne1
{ oo-of-nT,Ao1 hin, h9c
able battery. The old man had to fal
back. Locklier followed him up tn
road with his battery, Smelling him 6
every jump. Mundy was driven int
his headquarters, and his antagonis
took the part of besieger. A doze
} shots were exchanged before sundow1
and at dark Locklier drew back to hi
= house under cover of the battery. BE-
) fore the roosters stopped growing b
was again moving up the road towar
: Mundy's house, Smelling his way ever
few rods, and driving the old man an
his shotgun to cover.
"Well, the war was kept up in thi
I way about week, but at last it had I
come to an end. One bright moonligI
night Locklier thought he would gu
4 city wheel his battery up the road an
see if he coRldn't catch Mundy outsid
of his Notifications. So he laid his +
? fle before him and set the wheels age
/ ing. He had showed them about qua
ter of a mile, and was just turning
: curve in the road when he heard
scraping noise on his left. MuHdy ha
. hanked him. By the light of the moo
D he could see the old man on his knee
behind a fence, showing the barrels
: his shotgun between the rails and ge
ting his head down to take aim. Loci
, Iier had no time to lose He snatche
his rifle and sighted it. They fired t.
gether. Mundy fell dead with a riff
= bullet in his head, and Locklier tun
bled into his battery with eleven bucl
shot in his breast. He lived about for
hours, and declared if he hadn't bee
listening to the crickets he would hay
S seen Mundy before the battery passe
= him. The wife and daughter buried IL
two men, divided the twenty head
: cattle and got all the property"
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