Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-04
1 TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
General w Adams QuarreIs With
an Editor, and They Shoot
Each Other Down.
The ARRAY Grew Dat Of the Famous
HamIl,sn-G ambrell Shooting Of
aaas D Year Ago.
The 0ensrAI Has bsen q Prominsn,
Figure In the P0lis;cs OF Texas and
the southern Got fsdsrucy.
AN rMPRoMTU DUEL.

AN IMPRoMTU DUEL.
special 70 the Gazette.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Msy THE
double killing in Jackson to-day Of Cen
ersl Writ Adams, SO prominent In Missis.
sippi history, and J. q. Martin, editor
of the Jackson New Miseissippian, created
q profound sensation not only throughout
that stste, but in New Orleans as well.
The fatal ARRAY grew out OF the famous
Hamilton -Gsmbrell shooting of year
ago, when ROderick Gsmbrell, editor Of
the Jackson Sword and Shield, was
killed by Colonel Jones S. Hamilton.
The trial Of Colonel Hamilton, which has
been going on for months, divided the
state OF Mississippi into two practically
hostile parties, the New Mlssissippian,
Of which the Martin brothers were the
editors. violently attacking Colonel
Hamilton and his friends. Prominent
among these WAS General Writ Adams,
who, indeed, wss his business partner in
the penitentiary lease and the Snip
Island Railway. The paper this morning
contained violent attack on Genera!
Adams, suggesting that he took
advantage OF his position as
postmaster to delay and prevent trans
mission OF the mails.
The two men met on President and
Amite streets In Jackson to-day, when
General Writ Adams stepped up to Mar
tin and said: "You ID rascal, have
had enough Of this"
Martin replied: "It you don't like II
then" pulled his pistol, fred and
stepped behind tree.
General Writ Adams replied almost i'm
medistely. He walked round the tree to
get better shot at Martin, the latter
firing all the time. As Martin fred his
-r ADAMS DROPPED DEAD
and Martin himself fell almost simulta-
neously.
An examination Of the bodies showed
that Adams had received one wound
which was q shot through the heart,
and hat. Both men died almost in
stantly.
Gen. Writ Adams was one Of the most
illustrious citizens of Mississippi. He
served ss secre tary 20 Dunlap, Secretary
Of War of the Republic of Texas,
andwas adjuiant of Budesuis' regiment in
the great Indian fight Of the 18Th and 16 h
OF July, 1885,, on the Nschez river where
"Old Bowle's," the great Cherokee chief,
was defeated and killed. He returned to
the United States and was 8 wealthy
banker at Jackson and Vicksburg, Miss,
Ia 1s5l-54, and wss elected to the Missis.
sippi Legislature and framed the first
general laws on, the subject of levee
In ,Jsnusrv, 1861, he
was app inted by Governor Nc
Crea of Mississippi as COM
missioner to Louisisns to secure Cooper
alton In the passage Of
THE SECESSION ORDINANCE.
In February, 1861, President Davis
him to Montgomery and offered
him seat in his cabinet as Postmaster.
but he declined to organize q
cavalry regiment which was thought to be
the best in the Confederate service. he
wss made Bfigadier General Of cavalry
In 1868, wis engaged in every eventful
battle of the Army OF Tennessee and made
the last fight Of the war east Of the Mis-
sissippi at Gainesville, where he captured
B number OF prisoners. He WAS appointed
postmaster Of Jackson two years ago by
President Cleveland.
Martin YVES young man only thirty
years of age. a talented editor, but Of the
aggressive order, and had already been
engaged in number Of serious ARRAYS
aver the Hamilton csse.