The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-12
CUTHBERT b. JONES.
He Endeavors to Provoke q Quarrel with
Senator Gibson.

He Endeavors to Provoke Quarrel with
Senator Gibson.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. Cuthbert Bullet
jones', Of Louisiana, who, few weeks ago, so
roundly denounced Representative J. Floyd
King, of the Pelican State. seems bent on having
somebody's blood He tried by every device, to
draw Mr.. King into fight, and, having failed,
is now turning his attention to Senator Gibson.
Jones accuses Gibson with having conspired with
King to defeat him (Jones) in his efforts to get
an appointment and that since King has been
shown up in such bad light, is trying to unload
him. Jones gave Gibson notice to-day that,
shortly he will give to the press pen-picture of
him. and assures him that it will be quite vivid
as that furnished of King It is not believed by
Gibsons friends that the latter can be induced
to engage in duel or any kind of personal en-
counter.
Whom the Jones-King quarrel was pending
last November, a Washington correspondent
wrote as follows of Jones:
1.-THE life of Cuthbert Jones reads like ro-
nance His father was rich Kentuckian, who
went to Louisiana early in life, and there mar
ried more riches in the person of one of the
wealthest and most beautiful daughters of that
war broke out he owned hundreds of slaves and
thousands of acres of rich cotton lands. He be-
came one of the grandees of the State, and was
widely known as a high toned gentleman. Near
him, however. there lived another wealthy
planter named Lddell, who was also rich, and
who for years was Mr. Joness close friend. Mr..
Liddell married welleducated Yankee girl
who had gone South to teach as a governeSs.
Time went on. and both Jones and Liddell begat
families. Then a jealousy sprung up in some
Ia la6i 0ft ho fa nd
well-posted Louisianian tells me, one day when
Mr.. Cuthbert Jones's father went to call
upon his friend, General Liddell. he was
met at the gate by one of Liddelps
daughters. and struck across the face with a
riding-whip. The girl then shot at him with
little pocket-pistol, but failed to seriously hurt
him. Out of this striking sprung the Jones-Lid-
dell vendetta, which has existed for years be-
tween the two families. which has caused more
than twenty-five deaths, and which has about
wiped ont the masculine portion of both families
The two fathers both died by the bullet long ago.
The young man who now wants General Kings
blood was riding down the Mississippi in steam
boat with his father. when the boat stopped at
General Liddells plantation. General Liddell
came on board, and was killed by his enemy. Mr.
Jones. The boy, however, had nothing to do
with this shooting, though he was with his father
at the time He was only fifteen years old, and
had not killed Liddel Shortly after this kill
ing on the steamboat party of the Liddell fam
lily came to the Jones house and surprised them.
They shot the old man, and this boy escaped by
hanging outside of thirdstory window with his
hands to the sill. His enemies searched the
house for him, but did not notice his fingers, and
after they were gone he climbed in, and few
days later fed the country TO escape them He
went to Europe and spent his school days in
Heidelberg. He was finely educated there and
he now speaks six languages as well as he does
the English He has never been back to Louis
iana and he has for some time been living in
WASHINGTON. The trouble with "General' King
grows out of a scurrilous remark which King ut
tered about Mr.. Jones's mother, which King
afterwards denied but failed to substantiate the
denial"