The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-08-09
FATAL FAMILY FEUD.
Won't Some of the Office folding |
Brothers-in-Law Try This Plan? |
DOUBLE HOMI 1IDE.

BROTH BRs- IN-LAw PRACTISING ON ONE AN
! OTHER WITH BEvoLv sRs AND SHOTGUN
| ONE OF THEM KILLED AND ANoTHEl
PROBABLY FATALLY WOUNDED.
The Quincy Wing repor the se.ilemen
of family ieud ter this fero,iCus "a b
ion: A terrible ira yeiy vas enacted nea
the village Of Hurdland, Mo-, on III,
Quincy, Missouri, a I'd Pacific Ia lroad, OF
Sunday last, which resulted in the deatt
OF one person and ia al injury to anothtr
The par culars OF tDe unfortu nate all Ill
show thai 1t grew cut OF 'amily feud
which has existed tor some time, and
which has often heret )fCrs found expr S
sion in gu rrell ng am ng various men
| Ders of the ia mil es directly interested in it,
To give the tale in brief, two brothers,
named Henry a ID c. aries HowertOD, shot
two other brothers FAMED Robert and
Jesse Hymers, who are also brothers-in-
law to the Hover ons. Whas pr mpted
them to the act may be inferred from the
other part of the story, that the intermar-
rage OF the families cr a ed ba blond,
which has been cropping out contin ually }
ever since. These men lave been At
swords points upon every possible occa-
sion and quarrels and
KNoCKDowNS WERE OF FREQUENT OCCUR
RENEE;
but no one in the vicinity a 1ticipaed that
the trouble would re III In such blood
shed as is now reported. The parties were
all tanners, each family apparently thirty
log; but some real or fancied wrong
brought about the vendet which IL is
now hC ped is ended forever. Trey weT,
near neighbors, living abous mile rom
Hurdland. On Sa'urdaI last one OF the
v in ht
village, struck him and Knocked him of
mule, which be was riding. Tie m o al
once set TO work to have a rCu ID and UNI
BILE fight, but frienns Inherit red anO
qui' ted TIE unTu Y Iar. IL Is stated that
curing the row, snd bsIor5 they ul1 b.
separated, one of the contestants drew g
knife and the other displayed a pistol.
imposed TO be the end of me diff Guilty,
similar sep ratiOLs had been bslOre But
this was q mistake; for on the next day,
Sunday, Henry Howerton drove up to the
house OF tne Hymsrs, but whether or moi
with tie intention OF
RENEWING HosTILITIEs
is not known. At sDy rats, Jesse Hymers
came ous of the door, and, speaking to
HowersOD, said: 81 think this wouli be
good time to settle cur fuss" "Auy time
will suit ms." was the reply of Hover on.
1t now appear, that the men each believed
the other well armed, and both evidently
sought TO taSe all the adva ltsge possible.
So careful were they in this respect, tia
after some further WI + Is had passed be-
tween Them, Hower,on drove off a short
distac ~, then suGdel ly IN ming horse
and buggy around, he came bacK and
CONNER ced firing at Jesse Hymers with q
III OH i'm fxKTn nr hrnn fiFana
he succeeded in hitting his victim in the
side, "a d "a he fell Hower5on drove rapidly
AVA. Meantime, Robert Hymers, hear
ing the report OF firearms, came ouf OF tue
he use and picked no his brother in bis
arms to carry him indoors. At this mo-
ment Cnarles Howerton, who had prob
ably witnessed the whole affair fiom
place of conceslment, rode up on horse
back, and also drawing revolver,
SHOT ROBERT HiMERs IN THE SHOULDER.
The latter. badly wou nded, and undoub'-
ed y suffering great pain, ran into the res
idence and procured a double-barrslle
shotgun, with which he sttem pied tn kill
the two Howersons, who at once retreated
in or at haste. The excitement over the
tragedy was very intens,, and the guilty
brothers fear d lvncbing at the hands OF
the pOpu'sce. Acccr1'ngly Henry How
erton went TO Edna and gave himself up
to the sheriff. while Charles, as is supposed,
made tracks for Tex4s. Ii will probably
bs an cay matter Tor the Off ;ers OF the
law to cure him, as be can be readily
identifi I'd, ore of his distinctive marks
being a nair-lip. Medical ald was su u
moned to the wou nded men as quickly as
possible, and everything That the surgeon
cruld do 10 save their lives was done
But Jesse Hy mers died from the effec.s of
his injuries in a few hours, and r bert is
not ex pected to recover. The surgeon has
probed for, hut has not succeeded in fud-
ing the ball. They were both young men,
as, In fact, were also the HOwertons. No
such deplorsble homicide has ever before
bseu committed in or near Hurdlsnd, and
the zen, iment which demanded the i'm
mediate banging of the perpetrators of 1t
he s not yet entirely subsidized.