The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-07-31
NED BUNTlINE.
Thrilling Experience OF Iiis Early Life
NJ Nashville.

Thrilling Experience oi nis Early 1.Ate
NJ Nashville.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, July lS.--FrOm
u venerable gentleman who witnessed
the attemp, to mob Ned Buntline here
in lS47, ] obtained the following thrill
ing incidents: Jndson, or "Ned Bunt-
line" was an lago, aud at that time
| walked aud talked like that cha racter;
in tact, was living impersonatton OF
1t. He was ii regular masher. lie had
been editing Ned Bunttine's Own, at
Paducah, Ky, but on coming TO Nash
viile, he was employed as assistant
editor TO Hudson Kidd in the puhlica>
tion of Southwestern Review. He had
been here five or SIX months when
| trouble came up between +. B. Porter
field and himself, aud ut the time Of
! the atiray Buntline and Bob Parrish
Were practicing at target. Porter
| fields friends had persuaded him to
shoot Buntline With double barrel
shotgun, and had one loaded ut the
corner OF Union and Cherry streets,
with II view of waiting for him, hui
| having heard that Buntline was In
Sulphur Spring Bottom he rushed uu-
accom- panied to that point, On getting
I "t&dtd "ttSttSA" ettSuV<t Htc Oh
him withsa ''pepper-boX" pis'o! Bunt.
line had Il Colts revolver in his huud,
and after Portertield had shot ut him
Buntline said, "Portertieid, stop shoot.
ing. don't want to kill YOU" but
needless of the warning, POrtertietd
continued to fire, when Buuttinp, ptac
ing the revolver across his arm, took
deliberate aim aud shot PortcrtIeld in
the forehead, instantly killing him.
AS soon AS the report OF the killing
reached the central portion Of the city,
mob rushed to the point indicated,
and ran Bunttine into Mrs. Cuckrill's
| hotel, corner College and Line streets,
| caught him, and took him to the court
| room. The people were now wild with
! excitement. The cpnri room was
uensely thronged, and tho furore was
greatly Increased when NP0rierfield's
brothe1 John came running Ia and
opened fire on Buntline. The crowd
scattered in every direction, and Buut-
line, taking advantage of the situation,
ran out of the room in which he had
been fired at thi".yor forty times, and
was followed down stairs by regular
hail of bullets. He was shot NJ again
as ne ran across the square to the City
| Hotel, one bullet taking effect in the
arm Of man named Pentccost. On
reaching tho door Of the hotel bullets
were planted all around him. On 20.
ing to the third story he attempted to
resa n the ground by climbing down u
tin gutter, which broke, aud he fell to
the pavement of the court, break ing
his leg. Sheriff Barnes KEEP, the crowd
| back hy saying that Bnntline wns
dying; to lei him alone and he would
carry Buuilinc 10 ia!l, which he was
permitted to do. Al dark another mob
was formed and went 70 the Jail,
| Acting Mayor S. V. ID. Stout and
Johl ID. Goss, " 40 were jail commits.
| siouers, went to consult Louis Horn,
jaiter. When the mob rushed into the
! Jail, they Knocked Horn out of rock =
| ing -cnai, and secured the keys, when
| he said 'I'or Gods sake don't let all
| the prisoners out" Three of the mob
entered Buniline's cell. While one
caught him by leg, another seized
him by the collar, a third, placing
his foot on Buuiiiuc's neck, was about
to fire, when the jailer pleaded with
! them MOI TO Kill him there. BuEtlint
WAS then dragged pell-mell into the
street. He was then permitted to Say
his prayers, and on finishing pulled n
ring from his iager, handed II to .
minister to be sent 10 his father al
Piusburg, Pa TIE crowd then hal
tooed, "take him on, aud they did 20
They first attempted to hang him to IT
sign, but tho rope having been too shor
he WAS dragged 20 farnp~post Whm
they began TO pniI him ny Acting
l. ba
form ST lSuntiinc dropped to the earth
The utmost silence prevailed al this
critical m0ment when It man unmed
; AshbrOpk cried ou' : "lts II d-r
shame to treat n human being in sucf
IA brutal miuuer. aud II John Porter.
! field IL gentleman hc Viii have the
! wretch turned luGS".' AZ this Porter
field came up and said, "Tnkc hin
back 10 Jail" and Bunilinc was re-
turned 10 his ce.i DE-. Joe Stout sait
he had received severe internal jnjnre
and thai while attending him Bnni-
, line buast'A that he saw that a ;Hai
was going TO shoot him, b" coui'
dodge the bullet. When Run'iint
y had recovered, and was about to h'
seat down the river, still another mol
gathered at the upper warf TO fync1
him, but the crowd wAs teft stantin,
when the boat started with no Bunt
=, line on board The sheriff cluded tn
Al L ttp ~