, 1879-04-02
TOM DUFORD.
The Principal Fights He Has Had
During His Career.
4 Sketch Written BY Friend Who llas KNOWN
lim for Htarly Twenty-Five
ftars.


the Cincinnati Commercial: flus. Abe, lIcnty
C., Tlnnns, mt, 81. Clair WIRE tic sons Of tla
Into william ]iutoti1, of Wnodford County, |
WIN, II I remember rightly. waa the SON VI an
elder brother of Col. Abraha.n Dutord. Of Tic |
Revolutionary army. Gen. Napolcnn D. I'LL |
ford, Of Illinois. lr,.l the late gallant ucn. John
uufori, of the United States Army, were
their first cousins. The Bufonl estate was near |
that of tic Alexatdcrs, Of Woodburn, to whom
It ncnrly all now belongs. at. Clair, or Slnk,"
the youngest Of tllc brothers, early developed
into dangerous mailman, possessed of
u NpMtc1DAL MAMA.
Ills bravls wcro numerous; In fuet he was SCI
don, out OF one. Ny impression is that his
private graveyard hol1s ihc ludics Of three
Victims to l.Is sllot-gul, pistol, Or Enifc. At
length, for aouo b1ashisg cxpo!t of his, flc wns
arrested In Versailles, nn.l IN lts wild rage
openly Threatened tho lille of sfr. Carter, the
officer who tnturfcrcd with IFS playful paslimc
The people Of Versailles l,ud grown weary OF st.
Cla,r's eccentric lisportations; The crack Of bis
firearms and thu Hash Of Ills steel had become
decidedly n,uno,onuus; 80 tint dcputntton OF
ctszcns n.adc demand upni, Thomas F. Mar
shall to prosecute lin. To this ''uveryboly's
Cousin Tom" strongly dcmurfcd. for the very
natural a1a sufficient reason that "SInk " had
already grudgc agalrst llln, nn.t would bs
sure 10 kill hin, at The very frat op-
povtunity, but hts vanity yielded
to the pressure, and finally he re-
luctantIy asscnteu, IN two fundamental condi.
tluns precedent: First, that Its fee, hat'l-
somc one, slloaid be- paid In udrancci SECOND,
that n doubic.burrcleti SHOTGUN SHOULD he
scr1nulousty cleaned aud carefully loaded with
buckshot, and man be placed With It Just out
eide tic Court IIouso door, SO that, ii. caso st.
Clair n,alu the slightest demonstration, ho
might bo ablc to anticipate Ills deadly inten-
llui!s. 1ilr turtns were agreed to alli UNIVERSAL
" approval. ntnt thu progratnmn arranged nc.
Gdrdl1igly. Marshall made one VI his Esanlest
ctrorls, but Ills Intended "subseauent ptocegd-
ingsn wcre rendered unnecessary ts the de-
cttive actlon Of Carter, the threatened officer,
who while the trial was progressing, ainl In ulc
/ prcse,lrr Of tic Court,
EMITTED THE CONTENTS OF SHOTGUN
into St. Clair's body. Court adjourned. Tic
funeral WIS largely attended. Carter was ac-
TnoWas Bufort1 continued TO live, bachelor,
on ,tlla old homestead. With llis n,u,her A1ld
nlaitlun sister. lie iuiicrftcd good estate, was
30 slow to quarrel IN his youth that sonse who
| did not understand him doubted his ganc.
Awkward mud rather blunt IN Ills speech, 1le
| wns snuIe sport Ut By sone of tic more Dollstcl
of Its ucquatntanccs, who did mt seruplc to
stdicnle bis manners eveM whtle catug h's
mutton. IL was q long time boforc II pene-
trasul Ills slow mind tint llu ras being inbllltcd
md that It was llccIssary for him " resent i.
When Mt Inst thla was con,prc1erGed y took
slcll possession Of lltM as TO exclude oil otllcr
thoughts, In Ills unsophistlcatcd good natllrc
| he had sent present Ut sausuEe meat to yury
beautiful nna brilliant city latY, by whom
up,,n tic ftrcet ono lfay ha Invited the party to
partaku Of sotno refresllincnts in MI tce-cIeam
saloon. Just TO- quiz him the gentle
lltc1l called for the most costly champagne
All 11tttra Tint Instead M