, 1881-01-21
A KENTUCKY VENDETTA,

Two IErothHrr dnh O1i,rrs-.s ;zuu
with n Graveyard Vo1rr it,,ta tl,n Eyu
md AIR Of ~ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Isl,tr-1:ycd and 'altla-1lnn1creh, hut
II lBmtl 11nn TO 'rhctsfr.
Correspondence n L9ntsritie ts,,trk r. -.fntrnnL
Mr.. Nl:t,s0S, KY, Jan. E.:-nn thu mi,
Tiny Of December, 1870, Tragedy, wlirIl
startled the entire County 0f f.ockrastle, was
enacted ,,rnr rims Till, IL little villagn uls,u1
five miles east If i1tts place. IN TIM, day,
between alul = o'clnck IN tho nitrrnou!,,
james l.nngft,l4l, wlit,se holnn was mt far
fmin tic village, started up thu rullruA.t on
foot tOwur'l tits h0use. Just after liz uassch II
sslI00l-lInl1se, which sits OH tic left nr tl,u
rbnu. William a. Owens, n citizen Of tho
county, opened fro on hin with Il tio,,b.t-
bnrrcIed shutgtttl.' Owens was stationed
near a tree Un q hank nmye, a,Ih about iilty
yards from tho rat|rontl. Evidently The first
shot fired by Owens in,,st have tuke,. rllcct,
No less than five bnckshnt str,feIs l.nngfoul
II the forehead e1,l pussc directly ,lir,,l,g!.
h1s brain. lie turned MI fronI the r.t'rnat
a,al rnn Mt Il rlgllt.nnglc for Ml,ont thirty
steps, when !io fell. Owens discharged tho
other barrel ot Ills GIN, and, drawing II Iursa
navy pistol, advanced iii pursuit of i.anE-
ford. firing us ile went. lie continued tn u,l-
vince up to. La,lgfor's bolly, which was
lying OIL the face. Standing over the body,
ile nR9In discharged tho pistol, sem!ing ul,-
lic then went Into l'lnc I'LL asst tnIa what
where he remained tint night.
'rl.cso men l,a'l BEEN deadly e.!rrn!es for
1.augfortl, brother of James. In Il dtliculty
lie wns tried for tic eriIncana aequl,tr,l. But
though he went free 0f ti!e Inv, tlu could
never feel scc:,rc from tho vengeance Of
for tho blund OF tho slayer Of his brother.
both mon went always armed, nlllf bntll
watched tho Other with neyrr-ccasinv yigl-
other. More than 'ncr Shots were exchanged
between tllo'li, al,d a!l occasion, few years
ngo, MS Owens was leaving lllc town of Mt.
Vernon on ll0rselack, lie l1lrt Langford III
tlouble.barrclsd s!etgun. On ssslns its It's "nc.
my. Owen forsook Ills horse and elitlcavnr.rl
to escape ncross n fence into Il field. As he
was climbing over the fence ltiNgtnrA tirrd,
1%e eSS ws sS Sr sf 6wr 0s1s % n tt I4k 5 SSs Hw IL
1ipwurtl and lis Wounds dld not proyc f;ini.
At n,,otAer time, subsequent to this,
~ oysns s,sfoys wv fd,nE da, pst fe h.9sS r,'
out, mounted horse which wns!
nnd the most blno'l-curslltng, yclls, clased
Mnfs fs y" tcs S s ,,a in,, @ VIII ,t Ws ~
boiy believed it wis oily !, a,,stfon vi tlinc
wtct, oue IT them would kill tllo O,l,er. Tic
enemies believed It themselves. Each knew
that Il tlle time should ever coe w,e. os'c
bo nsnde of the advantage. Fnr ten years
they never exchanged n word. Tl,ey llntcll
silently mud waited With grim resignation for
the fatai moment Once Owens left the
sn MI! reI,,e riv t ,,Miy .ck 1r to ia n,s @
of his fnc. flnct, i,nmrforI. Under liza sii=.
i'm of assassination, wifi price uppn ills
tlnn IN ;hn Wcst. i,ut lin ,,flirers IF ius;ire
icrrctcd @ II jin, 20 ont. III lis W wns % broiieht back.
anil Nftcr Ills discnarrc from c,tstotly be
fingered III Viz leiglborhoo'l It tho l,an to
fnc o M1o INV" ylnIeM It'll ~ n Mo is pwm K " Was %
singular iifo they lee, these tel, ycurs.-j,uttnE
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