, 1878-09-21
q KENTUCKY TRAGEDY.
Murder Of Coi. sharpe by Bearrhamp.

q KENTUCKY TRAGEDY.
Murder Of Coi. sharpe by BcaIrhamp.
or the many crimes committed on the
sacred soil of Kentucky there never has
berr enc for romance of incident, chiyalry Of
motive tragedy of ending. equal to that of
the Reauchamp affair Though transpiring
many years ago. its details have lost none Of
Their freshness. aud from the standing of the
families and their persistent efforts 10 sup
press everything relating to 1t, have tented
10 n.rpetuate lis remembrance, and render 1t
A romance that even at tins late day all Ken
tuckians love to talk Of and wonder over.
The murderer. or inia-yat 4 avenger Of an
others WrungS, WAS ). u. beauchamp son
Of 4 respectable farmer near Bowling Green.
He was a Young law student oi unuSual
promise. whose talents and address had at
tracted avoraLle notice OF the aiterWard
murdered solomon p. Sharpe, at that time
Attorney General of the State. Young
Beauchamp was Of ardent temperament, en-
trrtained exalted IDEAS Of woman 5 purity,
and once upon one uf his vacations CHANGED
to meet Miss Ann Cooke, 4 beautiful young
hIv. Who. during his absence Ill the pursuit
of his studies. had with a widowed mother,
taken up her residence near his fathers
farm. II was a cast Of
LOVE At FIRST SIGHT,
Mss Cooke was melancholy As a lover lute
lived in great privacy, and her mysterious
movements and intentional withdrawal from
society threw around her halo OF myStit,
cation that fired the arior Of the law student
and made him a willing slave at her feet
.Ie called upon her. actually forced himself
into her presence, borrowed books ot her
simply to afford him an excuse to call AGAIN
She rereIieh his advances In a manner that
Simply lured hin ON. He persecuted her
Nish Kindness and haunted her with atten-
tiois. He proposed, and was rejected; she
wyE!d never marry. lie persisted with an
excess Of ardor aud passion tfat induced her
- teY him Agr Story, AMI wrUnS trom hIm 4
promise OF revenge.
SHE HAD BEEN SEDUCED
Bv Colonel Sharpc, and revenge, that treads
with t,o. 81 velvet but strikes with AN
arm of steel. WAS hnruIng Tor vlnd!cItlon.
Her case was peculiarly sad one Colonel
sharpe had been raised IN hcrfathcr family
The sacred rights Of hospitality he had re
pad isy tiIcEiug the daughters vIrtnc- And
She. hike many another, became mother
ere she was i wife She had been ia:ncd tor
her beauty. Yet her disgrace had wIthered
its charms and crippled its powers. Her
family had been wealthy, bat idverslty had
oyrr:aken them Her father and male rela-
tircs were all dead. There was u" one Ia
aycr.e her wrongs. Beauchamp, tied to
her fate 10y the siIken cords "f desperate
love. as well Is by tie romantic notion of a
chivaric temperament that urged HIM to
7 wash cut by assassination or challenge the
foul wrcng done To the Idol Of his heart,
readily took an call, H. hufl sharpe 70 the
Gcn:n be deserved.
Sharpe viii not ti.ht, Slid Miss Cooke.
wh-u BraGchamr announced his intention "I
calling him out: be Is toe grcata coward.
i.at WAS IN !S2l.
The legislature was III session at Frank
fort 8,auchamp readily found Col"at!
J ,;hirf.c at TIA. Mansion House. The C".o!iel
recognized hIm cordially. I've come to
ir,aktort - see yoa Oh important hns!ncSS,
: s!:t naau,EaGnp, aUd took hIm ly the a.In,
/ - i.rt's take yah.
TIN wen. {, q retired spot ty the river
s;I.. The b.li at the Mansion House rang
for supper.
= Be,uchamp turned upon Sharpe i'll ner-
vnus manner and cye sparkling with ANGER.
=. DO YOU remember the last words Miss
: &C, whom y"u r'.ined, spoke To you?'
; Sharpe stood rs i transiiXed.
! - am the avereer, whom in the spirit of
}..ophesy, she, the last time you ever saw
icr. warned you would right her wrongs.
/ Sharpe STOOD still, deignlrg no reply.
"WiI vou iight ! duel with me:
! My dear friend -ringinsly spoke the
Attorney General, / cannoJ fight yoUon Miss
Cookies account"
! " Defend yolrSclf. then, coward and VII
lain that you are, Shriehed Eeauchamp,
drawing IN enormous dirk
! Il have 40 weapon hut pen knife
( EcaGchamp threw him Il Spanish knife.
My dear friend, cannot fight you.
. Eon ID Villain, what do you mean by
trG,z That size Is not worthy yo9 should
/ tight her friend and avencer:@
4 ''Nv friend, | meant that | never can
: tirht the trieud ot that worthy, injured iady.
Had her brothers murdered me, | would not
have raised my hand TO defend myself. And
if yuu arc Lec hUsbaad, | ean never fight
you.
Il am not her husband, but her friend
ard ayeagcr she sent ne to take yo'lr iiie.
Ao,, lou ID villain. You shall die.
I He raised his dagger. Sharpe ran Beau
champ seized him by the collar. Sharpe fell
upon lis knees and begged Ike dog for his
HE
Take my property. my whole estate is
AZ your command, but oh, let me live.
H. released his hold, slapped his face, and
kicked HIN aS he arose. .-Get Up. you
coward, Ill publicly horsewhip you to-mor-
row ii the street, You internal coward.
SHARPE Runs.
( Reauchalrp meant 10 be as coed IS his
word. He procured horsewhip, and pre-
sumiHg that Sharpe, surrounded 10y his
friends. would make a show Of resistance,
provided binSelf with pistols with which 10
finish him. Sharpe felt that
He who fights and runs away,
Hay live 20 fight another day
50 before break of day he was on his horse
en- route ior Bowling Green. Beaacaamp re-
turned 70 his home Mss Cooke now re-
solved to take Vengeance IN her own Lands
Daily she practice-i with pistols, til her aim
became deadly. She tried to lure Sharp TO
her house. He ayeiled her. Beauchamp
refrained from any further attempt on
SLarre's life ~ give Miss Cooke the oppor-
rnnirv she wished for. II never came. and
This desire to Kill him herself gave to Sharpe
many dav Of life. In June, 1924, Beau
champ and Miss Cooke
wERR MARRIED..
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