, 1876-02-12

A Little Affair 1gctwecu Hardin nntl
Phelps.

EhGInns
C1rrfspcDd<nre NJ The 81. Lol:s otc-Dt'noerd!.
CARTHAGE, No.. Fob. 7.-The humorous road
ors Of tho GIobe-D Democrat will remember lot
tor. dotcd Aug. q, and wrttou from shls place,
under tho caption Of " Rich" relating to tho
Orr affair. In which M account wns giren of
the attempted Rwiud!lng Of widow lady az
Jaspor County. Sir. Jamcs F. Hardin.
prominent lawyer Of Carthage. aud tho Hon.
", II. Phelps, another prominent and influential
lawyer, and member OF tho Missouri Lcgisla-
turo from Jasper, figured to como o1tont IN
this nfair. Hardin Was supposed to tsayo been
an Interested party in tho srcccsa OF tho
nwinlIe, but subsequent events nase
shown this to be faIlncous Hupposltion.
Your readers will rcmembor how n; fnops,
out OF tho honso, through tho garden, In llis
njslt-Gross, aud lied to D. uoghboss house, ans
how he nt.oruarda gave bail for he appearance.
TO answor tho charge OF soopsry-hassns " T. n.r
| from tho hands Of Cyrus Smith. As the
Grand jury did not 'udics Mr. rhelpH, ana
a. Hardin having beon arrested ior
grcnt bodily hnrm," WAS acquitted, tho excite.
mont passed away. and nothing came OF "has
| promised to bo q great Benaation. 40 Hattitn
! and rhoIps Ind not been on very good tarmA tor
| some tuo, fuel Uas addod to thu already kind
| i'd fIamo and blood cngondered Matters wont
on thus until Dece,nher last when NIL ~,
iourned torn OF tho Circuit Court vas hold
| leru. ...........
her, as q number Of lawyers wore hitting IN tao
| courtroom. convorHiug and whiting for the
opening Of tho Court, Mr.. Phclrs stepped into
tho room, and wAa passing up tho aisle. wien
aIu' wsItoa down % ths aiafo. mat lis onomy, drew
Ills revolver aud fired trico upon fhelps'
both balls taking effect. ono ontoring ting abdo-
men aud tile other entering tho up Or thn nose
f-trI tAAt
was at onco arrested and marched OIL to 1a!l.
where ho remained for come time. and Alr.
ThopB WAS taken home. Medicai aid WA ann
noncd and he Eecorored. Great vas M @ tle lnals E:;
nation Of tho entire community At the time. Anu
tho course OF Hardin Was condemned.
Az ho was indicted by tho 0rand Jury. took a
change of yonue md gave ba1l for hin appear.
ance Ut tho Barton Circuit Court !u TUG sum ,e o.
courae and juatico bo in,partiatly administered,
Hardin cninlod. as voll as hls iasyoFB; to
havo . perfect, de'suse; that, 1hat he Tad Tad
leon nGsud hs % tn1 !n1' eaca aas'1 that ha a
action was jnBtifablo mud In salfdefenso. What
tho result Of tha trial would hare boon 1t 10 pot
caHy to toll now, but HaEdu8 attorneys asT that
thoy would havo dolopea lacsa Whish would mavo
seemed disposel to stand l'in trial. hnn VAS q
, l,iB home patiently awaiting that ovont, sol
dom lnasins tho house. hnu onIy. going down
town when he waH compelled 10 on nuslncssi H., q
, | pbc1pB had been told by somebody that he hac
made thrcata against him, Hardin wrote iLelPt
kind uoto, gtating thpt ho 1aH gong to lot tn
: Ind nothing to fear from him. As Mar
: ain had been warned that ho would be killed.
10 had been c1tronely cautious, aud. in con
vo.sation with a ncighbor, d fow days aRo
atatel that he did mot foul Rsfe. Ihis neigh
Dor told him Ae did not think thore was IN,
danger. ,,.,. H..
+, din walked from his rcs,donco doWn.to"n, q Ola
:, taueo Of half 4 mile. mud. aftor transaotlu
buslnesa around tho equaro, atarted to Eotu1
homo. ...-.. .. ...
h II foaling Aecure, kilnncoHseious TINT thoro "es
10 lying In Wait murderoua towards. foady 70 tak
/. the life Of their unhuspec.inE victim. But 10
d was. Hardin had nearly toachod his home whe
IL he was rod upon by parties concealed IN On ok
d. unused bitcksmith shop, aud instantly killed.
n Upon examination it was found that til
wounds wero caused by l,nekshot, uinoteen {
which had penetrated tle unfortunate tnan
body taking affoos In tho hcad aud breast. .u
r. ACoronors Jury rendered tho yordIot: I'm
Ia shot no,,ntls. inflicted by Bolno unknown pcrat
,,a or poraons." ..--,,
~ The rlace whe1e ho foil WAS examined, and
re- number OF bul!ot-ho!es found In tho botto
u plank Of tho fence, againat tho sidewalk th!
l1yg ground for tho opinion that tho Vlctl
must llayo boon shot At attcs 10 foil. -Four "ho
Wct0 heard. ..----. .-.... :,
~ Although TlGFQ WIS IIchl nuOH uPou u
n, GROUND Vt tho ti1no of tho tragedy, md fot
" priutz could oaHily hsve btsu iollowsa up. the
seemed to bs no effort n>ads to trace che NIL
deTcr or tnuruercra. .......-
NJ Whether tlo act was witnos1ed by any ono
w. not at present known. ..........,
y huapiclon having pointed strongly towards t
Hon. ". II. raelps ~ being conuected with
,cotnu.isslon OF tlio decd, that Rensls1uan sarro
d e.od himself to the SherlfgH deputies. I
II lioriH himself being abgens, hut, ITO proc
y colmeo&ing Inn with the assassination ho'ng {
o. tajn pti, be was discharged.
ut Il will be remembered that last summer II
ha dn, y ~ slot by a Woman, Rtsl this cToated &
IN siderable oxctCment at tho time. lle atterval
wv wv VIA ted that he was looking tor . wltnoBs. q
10 was tul1 that s!,e. the party wanted, waa at
ho won an'a bouse, aud that tic {tiardin; was b
iro there, ~ t,o then beloved to 10 shot: 9th
rot think that thls waH = trap to got Hardin ont
ini tba ws,s, and Subsequent escnts make 1t app
i'd that the NJ iB reason to tulloye this theory
Of Icct.
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