The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-01-03

] - "HAHfN TO- iNM At 'IAI OIiMAIh
Last Thursday night there was coils.
lon IN Crab Orchard. between two NJ three
Of the Carson Brother. on one side and
Stewart Myers and Ne brother.in.law,
Asher IIarris, IN the other, In which, pis.
iola and shot guns were pretty freely used.
Some fifteen Or twenty shots were fired,
ThomasCarson receiving painful gun shot
wound in the len hand. being struck by
single bnck shot Stewart Myers received
a severe wound In the right arm, in which
vas put load of large squirrel shot, and
Asher Harris slight wound in the head
and arm. also made by Squirrel shot. There
had been a bad feeling Tor some time, We
learn, between the parties, but exactly
how the difficulty commenced, or who fred
the frsi shot, will, perhaps, remain = mys-
terry, ~ both parties swear positively in
Gntradiction II each other. Friday NOR.
ming, Judge Stephen Burch, ielegrnphed
County Attorney Miller, to come mp and
prosecute some person Tor malicious wound.
ing. When he arrived there he found
Asher Harris in custody, awaiting trial,
which was had, resulting In commitment
10 await the action Of the Grand Jury, and
heis now in Jail here. W. $. Myers was se.
verely wounded, and noone had been ar.
rested for Il. and no information seems to
have been given to Magistrate against
any person for committing the injury. The
County Attorney ihereupon presented to
the Police Judge, lit Of persons who
probably could give the necessary infor.
nation, the Marshal promptly summoned
thcmi the warrant wps Issued, and the ar.
rest was accordingly made by the Marshal,
Mr.. W. T. Saunders Il Is justice to the |
Messrs. Carson, to say that they made no !
effort 10 avoid arrest or investigation, and |
two Of them only, David and Thomas, are
under guard. The trial was postponed
from Monday last, ill tomorrow. to enable
the wounded to be present II is unfortu.
nate for Crab Orchard, and her long sufIersf
ing citizens, that such disgraceful rows con
time to occur on her streets, but We have
every assurance that nothing will he leit
undone by the officers to punish the guilty
parties in this ofIen-e. This report i
written from information obtained from
W. II. Miller and Others, and we have ev.
ny assurance Of it, CORRECTNESS. II will be
observed by those who read the kilograms
10 the CD. and Enquirer from this place In
-egard to the affair. that there is but little
Inference in the above and the statements
contained in the dispatches, yet, T. S.Proc-
tor. a good man, but one who has evil
lently been hulldozed, haslens to make
lie throws all the blame on
Usher Harris. whom we learn, l. a person
4 very unsound mind The inference left
y MF. Procior's correction, il, that the
larson Brothers surrendered 10 the author
ties Immediately after Harris had fred at
hem. and before they had done any thing
o cause them TO surrender The facts do
lot bear Mr.. p. our in his statements, and
I j., therefore, that We have called his :
CORRECTIONS" into question. In this CON. !
ection we would like to inform the good
itizens Of Crab Orchard, that il is never 4,
he intention Of the Editor Of this paper, !.
ither in the INTERIOR JouRSAL or in his
ispatches to the daily papers, to mis- ,
epre-ent them or to bring the place into
odium. We give the facts
net - We get them, and II such statements
urt the town, then the good citizens
hould unite in the determination to adj
iii Of no more outbreaks, but see that the !
NV Is strictly maintained That there are
great many law-loving and law-abiding !
eople in Crab Orchard, there Is not the .
hadow of a doubt, and we are happy to y
~, that with two exceptions, that part Of
he county has been the most quiet aud
rdcrly during the year. Personally, w |
ave not the slightest III feeling against
ngle citizen Of Crab Orchard, and when B
e denounoe crime there or elsewhere, we I
o 50, not TO crafty petty spite, but in !
bodience to profound sense Of public
uty-and rs long as We are able to use :
pencil we intend to hold up to the de- :
i-ion and -corn Of the world all evil doers, (
o matter where they are found. And IL I
his is unpleasant to them they have only I
D go aud sin no more, and the INTERIOR !
oURSAL will be as quickly to praise as ii !
as been 10 censure. We have said this ,
iuch in answer to a number Of letters re-
eived from Crab Orchard, written by per- ,
1ns, who, aoicns rolens are compelled to ,
afer by the reputation of the town, and
tho think we have been too hard on IT,