Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-11-08
THE IRVINE FIGHT.
Desperate Election Day Affair
in Kentucky.
PISTOLS AT VERY SHORT RANGE.

A Prominent Young Physician and Q
School Commissioner sh,oi 4 sch 9th
er 10 D~sih-Uh- Dtct.,'s firoth-r
Also Killed in tue M-i-e-rhc Trss-
EDDY Caused by Dispute over Me-
gro's vot---Esch Man Fighting While
Fatally Wounded.
LEXINGTON. Ky. Nov. s-rhe terrible
election day tragedy in E>tiil 'unty. OF
which only mea ger menti IN was ma 10 in
the press dispatches at the time, turns
out TO have been one OF the most de-per-
ate encounters ever witnessed in Ken
lucky. Ivine. the county seat Of E,till
county, Is almost cut OF from the rest Of
the world. havirg only stage connection
with Richmond. aud details OF the awful
tragedy have been slow in reaching the
newspapers The men engaged in the af-
fair were DIR. T. Lilly, prominent
young physician of the town, son Of
Judge II. Clay Lilly. on one side and
John Wilson, commissioner of common
schools in Estill county. on the other side.
Lilly was a Republican and Wilson q
Democrat. Lilly brought up n negro to
the polls 10 vote. when Wilson chal-
lenged his right To east a billot.
Lilly Highly Indignant.
This incensed l.illy, and angry words
passed between the two la the mean
time the election jadgs had decide that
the negro could not vote. When they
made their decision known Lilly's anger
knew no bounds. and he abused Wilson
roundly for interfering in what he termed
was his own business. The lie was passed.
and Dr. Lilly started to draw his pistol
Wilson saw his motion aud tri-d To get
his revolver out, but the wea pom hung on
the edge of his pocket and one load was
discharged. blowing flesh wound ia his
thigh
Tho Doctor GeIs the Drop.
Lilly had not been so uniucAy, for
while Wilson Was pulling away at his
pistol he tad got his own weapon out and
had fired tSo shots, both Of which en-.
tered Wilson'S left breast few inches
from his hear. just as the second shot
was fired Wilson succeeded in drawing
his pistol, aud taking deib .rate aim at
the doctor sent bullet era, ing through
his body within an inch and "A half OF his
cart. He quickly shot agaIn. but this
time the missile few wide and struck
Judge Lily. who had rushed TO the scene,
in the calf OF his left leg.
The Knife Comes iato PLAY
Wilson's brother William here came
upon the battlefi 1t, and, seeing both the
Lilsys advancing toward John, be ran up
behind the doctor aud. grabbing his pis.
tol. jerked it out of his hand. Lilly was
now furious and r-aliz ny hat he had been
fatally wounded. quickly drew "a large pen
knife from his pocket. aud. opening it
with his teeth, rushed al John Wilson
and PUN ged the steel three times into
Wilson's already wounded breast when
both men. weak from the loss Of blood.
fell to the ground clinched ia eacn Others
arms
Wilson Fighter to the End.
But the bloody affair was not vet over.
Wilson ext,icateI himself from Ii.ly's
grasp aud with his last ebbing strengt h
raised up and fired the last load in his
pistol at Grant ii ", brother to DE- Lilly,
indlctlng IA fatal wound. Not satisfied
with this, Wilson crawled over to vine re
his antagonist had fal en- and buried the
hammer OF his pistol in head Lilly die 1
Ia few minutes, while Wilson fingered
until next day at noon.
Three Others Wounded.
In addition to the men already named
as having been shot three outside per
sons received balls. but were not seriously
hurt. Altogether the affair was the mos,
desperate that ever occurred in Estill
county: a dispatch received here SAYS
Grant Lily Is Also dead All engaged in
the ElftlRnlTy -.
TIL county. Judge Lilly has gained a ma
tional reputation by trying the mountain
desPeradoes of Kentucky for their often