The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-02-19

scene with his trusty brace to avenge
his brothers blood. He arrived at
night, and found Reade at banquet,
Disgusting himself, he gained admit
tance and made at" Reade with q
huge knife. Reade rose and hurled
his chair at the intruder. In the melee
that occurred Aston dropped his pistol,
and quick IS thought Reade seized 1t
and fired straight at Alston's head.
The latter threw up his hand to ward
off the pistol, and the charge tore
away two of his fingers. The COM
batants were separated, the pistol re-
stored to its owner, and he taken away.
A few days later, as Reade was walking
the streets with friend, he was sud-
denly confronted by the Unsuitable Ais
ton, who poured . load of shot into the
Generals body. Not satisfied, Alston
then drew this pistol, and, advancing
to where Reade lay, placed the muzzle
to his temple and pulled the trigger.
The next moment the brains of the
most brilliant young man that ever
lived in the State were scattered over
the sidewalk. Aston "outdid' the
authorities and left for Texas scot free.
Soon after his return to that State he
met an enemy, DIR. Stewart by name,
alone on the prairies, and. after des-
perate encounter, killed him with one
or the other of this brace. Report
seems to favor the idea that it was this
one. This ended Alston's career, for
he was taken from Jail by q mob of
Stewards friends and hanged, and the
pair of pistols were captured by one Of
the mob, who soon after killed his
brother-in-law with one of them for
calling him q horse thief.
A semi-bandit, knowing something of
the history of the pistols, bought them
for $15, and during the next five years
killed no less than four men with them.
He was taken by the vigilants and
hanged. The pistols then went to q
pard of his, and this worthy kept them
several years without it being positive
ly known that he used them to take
life. Finally he died at the end of q
rope for stealing another rope that had
q horse attached to its other end, and
the pistols descended to his son, who,
leading q wild, reckless life, migrated
to the East and located in Alabama
1t was not long before he saw in his
town q stranger with q considerable
sum of money, and the old Murrell
faint in his blood prompted him to
make an effort to get it. Watching
the movements Of his prey, he soon
| found out that the stranger was Geor-
gian by the name of Brady, who would
leave for home that afternoon. That
same evening, as the shades of night
grew dense, the innocent Brady, pur-
suing his lonely way, heard the thun-
der Of hcofs behind him. The country
was wild and desolate, and the rapidi-
ty of the hoof- warned him that
there was q reckless rider in the rear.
He now regretted the exposure of his
money in the village, and just had time
to open his saddle-bags and get hold of
an old "pepper-box" revolver. On
came the horseman and bounded into
view; q second more and he was along
side; another second and he had with
one hand seized Brady's reins, while
with the other he 1eveled one OF
those pistols at the head of his vic
tim. Quick as thought Brady presented
his pistol and fred. The robber's s
horse-the finest specimen of horse
flesh Brady said he ever saw-wheeled,
and the rider lost his balance and fell
to the ground in q heap. Now was
Brady's opportunity. and STOPPING low
he took deliberate aim and fired, and
then putting spurs sped ten miles dis
tant to the nearest farmhouse, to the
inmates of which he told his story. The
host and his sons returned with him to
the spot, where they found the robber
dead and the pistol by his side. -,t@
Brady brought the pistols to Georgia,
and soon afterward got into a difficulty
with two men of prominence in one OF
the middle counties named respective
Allen and Whitsett. The difficulty oc-
CURED at the courthouse, and Allen at
tempted to hold Brady while
Whitsett flogged him with a cane
Brady. who is small man
got use of his left hand, and
in the face of Allen, who, you may
then ran. Brady wiped the blood from
about the head and face by Whitsett'.
stick), and, having his back against The
wall of the building, with the othel
pistol took long and deliberate aim a
his would-be murderer as he ran. Thos,
who witnessed the scene say that it wa
thrilling in the extreme. Fifty pair o
eyes were watching the muzzle of tn,
pistol, and the seconds seemed ik,
hours. Whitsett ran for his life, goin}
directly away from his antagonist, VIII
trained his deadly weapon long ant
carefully upon the running man.
just as everybody began to believ'
that Whitsett was beyond the reach o
the deadly missile, q short, whip-lik
report rang out, there was puff ol
white smoke, and the doomed mai
turned complete somersault. and er
his body was still his soul had flown
Brady, with the pistols, went to Texas
and remained there four years, at tn
expiration of which time he came back
the brace still being in his possession
Some time after his return he got on
spree, and a sister, fearing that b
might do violence, took the absent pis
toll and threw it in an old well, wher
it has lain ever since, and where thi
one would be had the drunken man no
secreted it when he saw his sisters de
, sign. Brady married, reformed hi
|, ways, and for twenty-five years tn
great Cadwalader dueling pistol la
|, and rusted in q drawer until q pilferin,
, negro stole it, and for four years it
whereabouts were unknown. Look q
, the notches cut in the butt-see, eleven
! Every one ofthem represents q life tax
en-. Strange that every man that eve
, owned it should come to violent deaf
, but the last, and he yet to hear FROM
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