The New York herald., 1878-11-18
MURDER IN ALABAMA.

AN ALTEICATIoN AND AN UNEXPECTED PISTOL
DEREI-A SPECIMEN DoSNYBRooK AFFAIR IN
THE SOUTH.
ABBEvILLE Ala, Nov. IL, 1873.
Quite tragedy was enacted one mile from this
quiet little village this morning about nine o'clock.
sturdy German from the Rhine settled in this
county number of years ago. married an Irish wo-
and raised four boys. all of whom grown,
and three of them married They all live In this vi
cinity and hard working laboring men, noted for
their pluck the plough handles and in frec fight
This morning Fred and Henry. the older two Of the
the sons, and Pat, the youngest, were ginning
cotton at gin owned by the father, and were being
assisted by James Hudspeth, young man of about
twenty-five years of age, who is quarrclsome char
acter and bad citizen generally. About that hour
alteration between Hudspeth and Henry Ar
mold, when the latter sad:-
..You have been telling lies about me, and want
you to quit it,
A few words passed between them, when Arnold
started up ladder into the gin ROOM and which is
about fifteen feet long Hudspeth in the door of
the gin house at the head OF the ladder, and Ar
mold was climbing up he drew pistol. saying,
..Stand back I'll shoot" "Well. shoot if you want
to- replied Arnold still climbing up the lad
der: and the words scarcely ont of his
mouth when the crack Of the pistol rang out on the
clear, crisp air, and Arnold fell heavily from the lad
der shot in the body between the neck and point of
the shoulder, the ball ranging downward into his
body As he fell Fred and Pat ran to him. and before
to the back of the gin house and jumping through
rear window fled through the dense forest in the
The brothers took Henry up and carried him to a
house near by and assistance was summoned.
PURSUIT MURDERER.
Az soon as others came the brothers scattered in
pursuit of Hudspeth Jacob Arnold. another of
urOcurad double barrelled shotgun and steal
ing rapidly through the dense underground placed
himself in ambush near Hudspeths house, expecting
that the latter would 20 that way, though he
hed the country to get coat Us he was without ono
when the shooting occurred Fred Arnold dashed
into town on horseback. procured pistol and sum
moned the Sheriff, who is slow going old gentleman
OF about sixty years OF and the two set out to join
Halspeth. Late in the afternoon the Sheriff returned
not having seen anything of the fugitive nor has
anything been heard of him since he disappeared in
the forest in of the gin house The Arnold
brothers are prosecuting the search and their
character will t1ke the law into their hands and
administer the taiionis if they find him. Hudspeth
Is aware OF his danger and probably will not stop run
ming till he reaches Texasthe refuge of all the fugi
tive criminals from this section--hc having once
lived in that state. de ana Arnold potn nave Ianli-
lies.
SKETCH THE VICTIM.
Henry Arnold is well known throughout THIS coun-
try AZ first class at free fight" He is Of medium
size stout thirty years of age, and when in his ia
yorte pastime-a fight-exhbits the ruling traits OF
his dual lineage, Dutch Irish. He goes into fight
with the zest Of Pat O'Moorc, ut Donnebrook Fair,
and when he gets i'll he stays with the pertnacity and
bulldog energy Of his Teutonic blood. Last spring.
when the Childs murderers were executed here. the
.Ooys" had ''held day.. and scored some thirty
fights, in several Of which Henry Arnold was 9
leading participant. After 1t was al oyer and
some doz n men had heads ''caved in with sticks
Henry wens up to a young lawyer. with whom he
particularly rendy. and asked what he thought the
Grand Jury would do with them at its next session.
adding
II don think they ought to bother lis boys; We
were just having little tnn among ourselves and
didn' bother any one e,se." He then had cash on
his head cut with stick two inches long. in blow
that felled him to the ground number of other
smaller cuts and ugly bruises too numerous TO men
tion blood from the top Of his head down to his
feet But he has probably fought his last tight he
is bleeding pale and exhausted; ;at his home, with
small prospect Of recovery.