, 1879-03-28

tilE, which wns granted during iast May or Ju!'e.
bcr BY Judge l.. Hard and nyac1f for Butord,
and hy Nj. sfarwootl, Of Slclhg Cnunty, for
Guthrie, and submitted ~ tttie Court::, The
previous Judgment Ut tho. Court Nns aisr!ned
drs si s1s e"sr sns s Gas + s oue f o a's,sa t
"Mfss Mary huforl was THO maiden s!stor Of
IhoWas ca halS'rd, was she not'"
"Ilow did he como into the casei''
"She died Iii November. 1873, niId her brother
was appointed ndmtnlstrator Of her estate, With
the will annexed, by tho Court"
ITO whom dtu shc lcayc her usopettya"
,,n, "To A woSr Msless; epav s w" Of her nephew
property was bought in 1857 by Aiarv Buiordl
Was ThomHs Duforu one Of tle yeudces In q
taclt unyt"
casea"
.1l am unable to say. ue was very much de-
".!e IL wasnot y! mentioned by her ms devtseo''
ills only apparent interest in The cnsc, then,
was simply thai Ut d zea.ous nan1ntstratorl'
" That was all, so far aa know"
THE ASSASSIN.
Louisr4t CnMmsrftdt, jEarch n.
gulord's history SLOWS @ 1'sII, 70 beg man ut.
Of others, when bis vlnilctiye passious wcru
aroused. Somewhere III lc tilties Dnlord was
the hero Of MI afrtay on thu Lexington Fair
Grouals, which had n great deal Of notorictv
Tnoss ma % Mount Ut sterns M s sssae asa1aeea '%sS a
meeting on tIse fairgrounds. cdlptcly
opened frc on each other. Duford displayed
characteristic cooncss nnd recslcssucss, ching
!ny hls position on, once while Thomas was artng
ladies', nnd at another time deliberately taktug
pin from tllc lApc 0f his coat usisl picking tho
.yoo Of hls pistol. 'aiI wnlch had had Jailed
Lexington, mined Ferguson, a rather noted
dandy Of aillu period, who Afterwarl wcnt to
Pasis, married French lady, and was known
an,onc his acauantatccs as "Count'' Fcrgu-
anll more rapidly than Iufnrd, supplied With
pistols A ftfc,ld Ut Buford's, according to our
recollection bis brother, Gen. Abo Dufortl, en-
ragged at Fergison's inlcricrencct made at him
thruas, Ferguson duchcd his head, nud the
knife shaved his beard, taking OIL good alzcd
piccu OF Ills scalp, which tclf into the possession
Ut Mr.. Mullgan. Of Lexington, who exhibited
It for some tins in tlis st0re window us d curl
osity.
Another characteristic incident Of Duford's
career hapDeucd 1T tie .t.nc when the. TAsco
il COlonela .wcr1 cdttnE, tltp Ty,ts,' III this
city. Buford. for some rcnson. had sent
nm nots!l y|. bs'o IN t!''s 1 ety. IRON y, bis hume
Theodore O'llatn, nuthur Of the famous
niSouae u tne Deau. ono ~ Lhe lheeo Gosn-
nI'of 'aa' l.s @ - ~ so9o1s @ ~ ilu'eu1f " ~
asa ,S 81 t s ~ ~ ~ ~. paprf sSSfu G ES VT
ea1 sa ~ tiS th1 ,s, Ill.,, " M .o san , day
by driving rapIdly. antl taklug fresh horses from
time TO ttnlc. seaclIel Louisville carly III the
night. KeaehlnE the aals House. a,ni going ln,
Stepping III to hin, MD inal,.r!ng as 10 The nu
thorst1tp, 0'ttnra acknowledged 1t, and fuforll
a. once stf1SK nhs. lucy stsusGiG1, cluiched.
ala le,i' ouHh unucrheaLn; tllara hAu
sma tsso' ~ ~ nocKGt, WeM a rsw s @ 1
iis sense OF autnnr prevailing oves his wrath, he
gut % lauehls.s 80 TUT ae could not dtselarga
u. Iney Were sepafntea po,nre any damnse.
Deyo,nd ,,s nood benEsltE T. 1or nEara, was aonc,
s.nrfsa s si'c Sc'ae8srd: srsS s0s ''v A' 'AE' 4'
Another incident, attended with worse reaults,
was his assault on Mr. UiYaars Turner, of Wood.
iosu, 1rlli!aha $olnE a%yer, W. o. one t1,no
controversy VITA hm, attacEe1 urn. aMl ny beat
nun SO brutnl!y aooitL tr htaA tll!l llle was
uespniteu q, ~ ilcallh wreeAca.' anu la slEilt
permanently DESTROYED. Mr. Turner died only
bl!hdness'
His last violent exploit before the murder at
Frankfort was his defiance OF the authority OF
tlle shcsiR of Henry In tho earlier stages uf lle
his assassInatsng Judge Elliott.
THE MunpynrD ,upar.
E,oun cuYIo+, ms,or" ~ E,.a,,,o,,,
Elfott County, It Ia rersraiiy und"rstoo,1. VIVA
nns,i in honor u thc 7ion. ioRn i II. Fl,"is ,nw
iDccclnlcr. iS7la rrsidcnt ~ ti,yin1swiII, ,ot
COUNTY, aid Circuit Judge Of tl,S lis Tbiriccpth @ @
,iuiliciui District jnt1l1e IN nntIvo ~ Srntt
i;uunty. Virfrjuin: VIVA hnru biav III 1aoil. rne
ejucnirt1 If, 3i,, ritnmnn xchoota nf E.n,,,ci,~.
studlcl Inv md wns aarnttati ~ the bar r., iSia
pruciiccl with ino atlccess Mt prrstnnh.,r,'
Floyd County; was u Representative fron FIuytj.
Pike, a1ltt J0llusnn Counties tn the Kentucky
Legislature In 1877: a Representative IN iii.
United States CuIJrress for ak vnurs.-fHh9.
1860: again elected Hcnresrutativa in tha I,eris.
jaturO from FLOYD mid ,Iot,t,son conntics. 1si1,
iii, hut, on m Indictment fnr frcnson' iavInt,
brsu found against hirp, With thirtyone others
fsco Vol. /, DaEo f)7i. Nav. Il. lWii.
In thu United States district t,nurt nj
Frankfort. md ho falktnurh nrcsnnt frou,
Sept, = 10 Oct. II 1Iot having ocrl,nlcd his
srat during tic DecoIDLcr adjourned srsslon Uf
Ihr f,rnIslntunc thu Iiol,ec. Uce. i, lHI;i, oY.
nojleQ hj,n for bvius "dtrcctly ind ,ntjirrctIy
cpnncctei with md giving aid aud conniurt il
tlle Confc,.eratu arn,y, runuJlntns ami acttt,s
nraInst fhn f;nyerunn1,t nf the I}njtrd EtDfcs
ni.i tlr ComulutIw eaith OF kentucky.n Id
hni this nltiyeIy unitctl his fortunes With fIlu
caIsc nj ths snuth: 'Say a mcnbcf ar the rrn-
yistoual Conrross Of the Cuafejerate States.
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