, 1875-08-13

vast swampa. where men might hide for months,
as' all that noTt OF thing. 70 far ~ th region la
concerned It Ii nhoer nonpcnao 10 talk about
thom. Iherc arc here p'nnty OF p1acea whore
tho friends Of tho murderer can securely hidn
thnm Just NJ long N tbs wlinIe community "
pafa5zsd with terror, and man Hare tlirsne Nor
any Mhn to ray TINT murderer Is murderer,
Or in mt gnod cisizon aud 4 mucll-wrongcd ono
tno.-~h1ct ts exactly tho h1tnhtion to-day IN
Williamson and .Iarkson Counties. Tho lane in
which Dr.. IIinc1iciIfe wss ht1ut. within faw
rods q his own house, IN only . quarter q .
n1!lo dIasant from tho rallroad-stAtion. William
Sponco'H ALora At Granville. III which ho wsa
muEdercd In 1ess than 20 yards from the rail-
roafl-ttation at that place. AMI il EHrroundcd BY
4 cluster Of dwellings, aud shops. Capt. BisnoT'd
lo1eo. IN whl,f, he was murdered. is situated OIL
QUO Ut tle most prominent corners in the city Or
toHn of CarbondAe. which bt,AstA 3,0to poprla-
ton, Tho murder wAs committed between y and
10 o'clock In tho evening"; ntorea on
tho eama street 1ero ytt open, aud
crowd collected within fifteen minutes hdt not
enc n'an in al Carbonate was there that night
who had The courage, or tho resar, fur law. to
oven propose pursuit Of tho tnurdescrs. even
aftet tho latter had boon tracked to whars they
mounted their horheB; and this thoug! the
tracks loft It uncertain whether, whiio 1nn'dcrcrs
wofe talked about, there Waa ulo.n that oile man
who fled Certainly there WAS nut-as What owl
t1enco has been dtHcio.cd ahowB-nlt1o than tro
assasslns who that nieht took light.
nEsIzENa or MEnpEuEls unoC.p.
lluk III. EUtN<A " luluEIG4H 3IHlljtOt 1IOH3
which, for tho present, Let ,.s exclude lilo city tr
town Of Carbundao. though onp Ut these NUT
dcra was thero committed, md thungL, also, it
seems to bo the lest SPOT ono could reject for
committing nh outrageous nurdos. without fear
Of molcstation afteswasd. a glance II: tho
group Of ilers gathered Ut Tho ney-
crai wny-ssationn tn tho ronto betucc.,
Cnrlonslalc and Maron-part,cularIy at
';ralnsil1e and Casterslle-wss sufficient.
Only too obv,ous!y. lhcy .ere true types OF tho
tnifiAnlp mt hNA rAtfIrH
Rnt in Williamson aud TIM eax.crn portion OF
Jackson County. Thrr ike have mover Heen
lelote, eare among tue puor whlto trahh Of Vert
Tenntthee md oi MlesI5u'ppl. Dtty rougisr.
clad in tow shirts. hutternut humenfIun, aIl
cuwtto boots, hanging round the "tltus-
ssnrch {llcro Erog-sllpps nro 70 deniguatcdJ, 10
drink benxlua, tlIEcnAs who IL "the bcBt n.ha." :"
and. If enough 1onzlno haso boon consuGicd tu
tofte that great question by llp'!sns it tut then
who ale bora bulllcs, every mothers lou Of
them, unl "llo ats 30 proud Of nothing u tav-
Ing knocked do.n some other 1l,au, aid. whiIo
ile wAa down. kscketl- cllokc5, bit, and goui,al
lin, until the victor has spout lis strength aud
hi4 rage. Fellows Who seek quarrel with oyorv
newcomer. aud aro nut Satisfied until
they lAyo no beaten, Kicked, aud gougcd
l,iul. or heen 70 teateu.. kicked, aud
goaged. in their turn. Follows who will
se,B into d fight and bo getting tho wolst Of It,
thoy will pitch in, anI, two thtoe to olIc iicE
tho other fellow within aH inch of hi. lfu. Eel
lows nut lilail OF whom attacks Auo:Lcr when
both GRO arlncd and tho chances arc even, hut
WHO Bnoas nrol1Gd Of nights TO waYlas tAuit enc
fulcu OF shoot at them through windows, M lla4
been douo hero. FelowA who work az little Id
tccds bo. and drink all tho liquor they can get.
and uost Of all ihen admire II tnau Of tleir Owl
sort mbo has money al well. To him, III thclr
rbraao, thoy ",e,' they sako up !A fights aud
fight them out, md atterwatd dlinI when he
treats.
LEADERS OF THE HOSTILE C1Ass-TuE nrL1l.
NEEs.
Men Of the latter sort wcro the 1'nlhners and
Tho iicnleraonH betwocn whom and Slauoy orig
!natcd tho ieud that hae eliminated i'll thts se-
RIGS OF abhtlsslnatiuns.
Tho Bulliucr family settled in Williamson
County in 18t4. The family then consisted q
"o!d George Nhe father. and "l,.ve," !" Jotia
whom wero thou Young rnei. 10 tho tribe waa
added. By marriage. Wesley Council, brother.
nl.law. Tho i,ull,ners weto. or gavo ont tha
tl.oy wero, p" Union rcfngeos from AlcNnit
capital and iva stock to the amount Of abou
~, 1000. bought land, md engaged in cotton
growing. -" Old Uooreo also buying up roa,l.
tho entire cotton-crop ot tho county, which, q
that time, waA considerable. They wesn a big
ycopsd i'll muAclo. aud bully good toIlowa,
o1ceut to people who didn't happen to agrc
with them. From their history, Al re
| counted to mo By number OF oil
settlers, I should Bsy tho HllinoIs Wer'
nlost agreeable to those who agreed in q:
things with them, and remarkably disnGrceahf|
to those who III very Btnali thugs Disagree
With tile Dulhnors. THO surrounding rougn
| Boon learned tint the Dullinsrb lad "kana II
| their cfaws," wouldn't bo ''put upon" BY any
body, and licked unmorcifuliy Whoever inte1fer
| cd With them. This, a1nl the fact ihAt they ba.
money, Rt onco gayo tue Dullincrs command
ing inlluauco IL their ueighboflool. And tue.
speedily had their clan of Ietalnera. ready t.
| light Tor tho BulIinerH whenever thore wcron'
oiiough nulliuers TO do tho fighting mud NOR
reattY 70 drink at tho Hulinurs' expeIse vhorogo
| invited.
TItE uExDERs0Ss.
| In 1905 Tho IlendefgouB came from Tennessee
and settled In Williamson County, near tn
| Bu!iinera. about nito aud quarter from villa
is now Cartessvlte Station, On the .ailroa'
! bet"een Carboadale and Marion. OF th
| HondetsonB. there wore "Old Jim" /" :" Old Dill,
mud "Dld Jo," and Jim aud Fielding, youul
men, Sons Of ''Old Bill, aud Sam" and " Tad.
1ooa OF ~ Old Jo," both young mon. - Old Jun
was fellow Of immense stature hnd hcrculoa1
| strength, aud, bcaldes having most money. wa
naturally the loader. For tlle rest. the Hender
houa, though poAseased Of little less money
were OF precisely tho sine type ~ the Hulllnets
anu, In tlieir turn, aoon becaiaa quite - impoF
tant people Ia their no1ghborhood, aud had Iult
nj many recEuita ready to fight 1t their hduint
| and to drink at shelr expehho.
| nE0iNNlNb or H1bf1LITIEa.
| OF course, Tho neiRhborhood Was too small t
| bold two such families. Not b Rre.t Will
elapsed beforo some Of tho Bniliners met Fle
| llendeEnon Ut dFinktng.bhop e. grocery" i
tie lingo OF WlliAmson), and, bong two o
three to one, duly threuhod him.
About week Rttcrward, tho Henderson VII
lad been beaten went over iuto t}old wher
david Uul1iner, Sr.-a brother Of "OIl George
David. er., shortly after returned TO Tennessee
aud was thereforo omitted from tho euumet1
poro with lin brace of losded pis
tolls, aud demanded eatistsction," want
cd to fight 1t out then and thort
David BentoE had small appetite for that sort q
fighting, aud respectfully declined the shooting
mattel, vheroon Henderson Earued bin, that |.
would have to get out OF this county" 4 fe
months after David Sonior-'4 Old Days." as Il
was callod-dtd got--went back to Tonnessec
Ills return Weakened the DuI!iner fosces by i
much as bis fighting abilities counted for, att
lostilties were not lmuodiataly renewed I'
the bad blood Of tho Bulliners and the Nendel
sous WAS reused and. with these soa- yAgt
in this eemi-asyago locality, bloodlettng wa