The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-03
BUFoRD'S LAST VICTIM.
Meeting Of the Bar Of Louisville,
Deploring the Assassination Of
Judge Elliott Brief History
Of the Slayer.

Louisville, March 28.-The bar
of Louisville held meeting to-day
and adopted resolutions deploring
the assassination of Judge John NJ.
Elliott, of the Court of Appeals. and
expressive of the high esteem en-
tertaIned for the deceased. Buford
waived an examination to day and
was committed 10 answer.
BUFoRD's HISTORY.
A special correspondent of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, writing from
Louisville Wednesday, gives the
following bit of the life of Buford:
Buford's history shows him to be
man utterly regardless of Law, or
his own life or that of others, when
his passions are aroused. Some
where in the sos Buford was the
hero of an affray on the Lexington
fair grounds which had a great deal
of notoriety at the time. He and
gentleman named Thomas, Of
Mount Sterling, had quarreled, and
meeting in the fair grounds imme
diately opened fire on each other.
Buford - displayed characteristic
GOODNESS and recklessness, changing
his position once while Thomas was
firing, to avoid shooting in the di
rection of some ladies. and at an
other time deliberately taking pin
from the lapel of his coat and pick
ing the tube of his pistol, which
had tailed to go of. He wounded
Thomas, and escaped unhurt him
self. A gentleman of Lexington
named Ferguson was keeping
Thomas supplied with pistols -
General Abe Bufcrd made ut him
with a bowie-kniie and slashed at
his throat. Ferguson ducked his
head and the knife shaved his
beard, taking of good portion Of
his scalp, which fell into the pos
session of Mr.. MLlligan, of LexiDg
ton, who exhibited it for some time
in his store-window as a curiosity.
Another incident in Buford's Ca
reer happened at the time when
three colonies were editing the
Times, in Louisville. Buford sent
noted belle in that city bucket
Of sausage from his home, near
Versailles. TheodoreO' lara. author
BiVouac Of tie Dead, one of the three
colonies, made the present subject
for IIdIcule in his paper. AS soon
as the paper reached Versailles,
Buford, taking friend with him,
got into his buggy. and by driving
rapidly and taking fresh horses
from time to time, arrived in Louis
lille early in the night. Reaching |
the Gait house and going in, he !
found O'Hara ut the bar taking
drink. Stepping up to him, and
inquiring as ito the authorship,
o Eara acknowledged it, and Blu
ford at once struck him. They
struggled, clynched and tell, Ola
ra underneath. O'Hara drew a
small pistol, and, reaching around
Buford, tried to shoot him; but his
sense of humor prevailing over his
wrath, he got to laughing so that
he could not discharge it. They
were separated before any damage
was done beyond a good beating
tor O'Hara, and Buford returned
home.
Still another, attended with worse
results, was his assault on Mr..
Ulysses Turner, of Woodford,
brilliant young lawyer, AID at one
line a member of the banking firm
IF Saylor, Shelby d. Co., of Lexing
on. Buiord Lad some business
with him, attacked him
md beat him so brutalIy about the
head that his lite was despaired of,
lis health wrecked and his sight
permanently destroyed, Mr.. Tur
Ter died only a short time ago, at
er years Of suffering aRd blindness
Buford's last violent exploit, be
ore the present murder. was his
defiance OF the authority of the
heritf OF Henry county in the cal
Ter stages of the suit, the final de- :
.ision in which was the cause of ,
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