New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-07-27
Dreadful Tragedy i'm BaldwiD County,
Alabama.

Partial reports Of terrible occurrence
near the line of the Mobile and MontgOm-
cry railroad reahed US by telegraph from
the junction on Tuesday morning, but we
could learn nothing definite. Yesterday we
were called upon by Mr.. w. j. Van Kirk, OF
Millyue, a surveyor, who was on duty near
the scene Of the tragedy, but not a witness
to it's occurrence. He visited the battle
ground, however, was present at the fune-
raj of the victims, and gave US an intelli-
gent report of the dreadful affair.
Greenberry Buyers and James Hadley,
two men of considerable means, and both
large owners of stock, had been at feud tor
some years in consequence of misunder-
standings caused by the intermixing of
their cattle, which fuse" in the same range.
On Monday Buyers, Sr., with his son Larry,
was blowing about $50 yards from the
house, when Hadley, ST., accompanied by
"Dink," two other sons, and his sons-in-lsw
Bud Pricher and Thomas Stewart, all armed
with shOtguns, rode up near the fence and
said they had "come to settle the matter"
Buyers and his son were unarmed, but the
father, after some angry words had been
exchanged, caught up piece of pine root
a foot and half long. and getting over
the fence. his son following him, advanced
toward the party. As he approached thrm
u,
his son, who ran to his father when he fell,
was instantly killed. Joseph Buyers then
came out of the house with double bar
rel shot gun, but both barrels missed fire
and he was shot dead. Meanwhile Dink
Hadley rode toward the house. sprang from
his horse and got behind a pine tree to
await the coming of another son, John
Buyers. who advanced from the house
under fire with two guns. He dropped one
of them and sprang to post in the road
which did not shelter more than third of
Had!ey about thirty yards off, the rest
of the attacking party meanwhile firing on
him from a distance. At his second fire
Hadley fell, but got up and was attempting
to reload, but seeing Buyers run back and
get his other gun, he scrambled upon his
horse and rejoined his party and rode away
with them, John firing into them as they
left and wounding old Hadley in the shout.
der. Dink Hadley's wound was in the knee.
John was wounded in the head. arm and
foot, but not dangerously. THREE shot
While the fight was going on near the
house, Wylie, the younger son of the
Buyers family, ran to where his father and
brother Larry had fallen and was shot
down, the wound being in the thigh and
dangerous. The summary of the affair is
father and two sons murdered and two sons
wounded, on one side; and, on the other,
father and one son wounded. We are told
that Mr. Buyers was much respected, being
. leading man in religious affairs in the
neighborhood, and that Haley had always
been deemed q respectable person. The
dead were buried on Tuesday, large as
,emblsge being present. No inquest was
held, it mot being thought necessary. the
facts Of the crimes being SO plain"
Tuesday a posse of ten men, provided
with warrants for the arrest of the muir
1erers, went to the Hadley settlement. but
jound their residences deserted.
The locality Of these occurrences is near
he Florida line, four miles west OF PerdidO
'tation, or about midway between the
Junction and Tensas Bridge.-Pensocola
Gazette.