The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-14
FRATRICIDE.
Two Bloody Cases.

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crime, and his brother Joe. his mother and
James H. Sans, Esq, had gone his bail for
his appearance at court. At last Madison
county court the securities gave }. ID. over
to the sheriff, who put him in Jail. AT
court he was convicted and imprisoned, we
do not know for how long. Upon getting
out he came to his wife's house, and imme-
diately, together with his wife. went to his
mothers, an aged and highly respectable
ladv. knocked her down and commenced
beating her to an alarming extent. A little
girl ran to the house Of Joe Wilds, a hun
dred yards away, and told Joe that John
Henry was killing his mother. Joe grab
bed his rife, and his wife said, NO,
don't take it," Yes" said Joe, he
has threatened to kill me. but I'll not use
the gun unless | have to-" Joe ran to bis
mothers, and Just as he entered the door
he beheld a sight at which the heart of the
bravest of the brave would have burst.
His mother lay upon the floor bleeding, the
giant brother kicking and beating her, the
wife of j. H.. with a drawn axe over the
head Of her motherin-law, ready at an
instant to strike the fatal blow; but Joe
followed, "StOp; in the name Of God.
what do you mean - AT this point j. II.
grabbed the axe and made for Joe, Joe
backing and telling his brother to lay down
the axe, but pursuit seemed to be his intent,
and at five steps from the door of his moth
er's house he fell, a dead man.
Thus ended the life of a dangerous man.
Joe walked into the house, assisted his aged
and much beloved mother to the bed,
where friends in a short time dressed her
bleeding head. Joe, at the solicitation of
Esquire Blackstocks, who summoned all
+bo uitp.CCoS and after a fu1l hnarinp 6iS.
charged the prisoner, not being willing to
even cause him to give bono to appear at
court.
Sunday morning reports came, which
were semi-of1cial, that j.. H. Wilds had
broken open Marshall Jail, in Madison
county, and he and all the other prisoners
had made good their escape, among whom
was a man charged with murder.-AsheriWe
Citizen.
CINCINNATI, OHIO, July 30.-A duel with
revolvers, between two brothers at the
breakfast table, occurred nine miles from
Columbus, Ind this morning. Both men
were killed. They were Henry and Alex
ander Covert, sons of Luke Covert, and
were living with their father. Henry had
been married, but had separated from his
wife some time ago. He was in Columbus
yesterday on business connected with the
divorce. 4 compromise was reached, and
it was settled that his wife should 90 back
to live with him. Temporarily, however.
she went back to her fathers house, and
her husband returned home. This morn
ing, at the breakfast table, the two brothers
sat on opposite sides. The subject Of the
compromise came up in conversation, when
Alexander denounced the wife of Henry as
a common prostitute. At that Henry drew
his revolver. His brother drew another,
and both fired at the same time across the
table. Both shots took effect. One brother
died in forty minutes, and the other linger-
ed until the afternoon, when he died.
The streets of Frankfort, KY, near the
spot where Buford killed Judge Elliott,
were the scene of another bloody tragedy
to-day. John Cole and Burnet Gordon,
farmers, neighbors, and brothers-in-iaw,
living on Flat Creek. nearr Frankfort, went
to town In the morning. and meeting later
in the day in from: Of Hays saloon. began
a dispute about a standing difficulty be-
tween them in regard to dealings in stock.
Angry words followed, when both men sud-
denly drew pOcket-knives, and rushed at
each other. Gordon, who was sober and
cool, had an advantage over his antagonist,
who was intoxicated. The duel lasted sew
eral minutes, both men hacking away
at each other with fearful effect. Suddenly
Cole staggered inside of the saloon, fell
upon the floor, and in five minutes was
dead. Gordon says that, knowing Coles
desperate character when under the in1u-
ence of liquor, he knew he had to fight for
bis life, and cut away with all his might.
Cole killed a man several years ago in the
mountains of Breathitt county. Four other
personal encounters took place in or near
Frankfort during the day.
The last invention of DR.. Gregory is a