Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11

struck again and again and stunned him so
that he was not able to fire. With one cut
of the knife sliced his nose right in two,
so that it separated in the middle and came
out as fiat as pancake. With another blow
cut off his ear. so that it hung by shred,
and with third put out his eye.
"The conSpirators now seized me and
was struck with hickory sticks and chairs
some of the blows of which still feel. l
broke loose from my captors and again
made for Brown, and they, to keep him out
of my way, picked him up and threw him
over Il stone fence about seven feet high,
and this ended the fight. Though was the
assaulted party, they nfterward tried me
for mayhem. and at this trial Brown con-
fessed the conspiracy and Henry Clay de-
Tended me. OF course L was not convicted.
but 1 felt very friendly to Brown and
wrote him q note thanking him for his evil
dence and telling him was willing to be
friends with HIM if he cared to be so.
TOOK ALL HIS COURAGE.
''He refused, however, to bury the hatchet
and when remembered his condition, 1 did
not wonder at it. The doctors had patched
him up pretty well. but he was q horrible
looking object, and expected that he would
insist upon duel with me or would attack
me and have his revenge. Imet him several
times afterward however. and he never
touched me. have no doubt that he stayed
in Lexington intending to kill me, but the
probability is that he had not the courage to
"Where did Browns ball strike you, Gen.
eral?" said j.
at struck me just over the heart" replied
General Clay, 'and would have been killed
bot for one thing. The scabbard of my
bowie knife was tipped with silver. and in
jerking the knife l pulled this scabbard up
so that it was just over my heart. Browns
bullet struck the scabbard and Embedded
itself in the silver and we found the ball
there. There was red spot Just over nv
heart and the whole seemed almost Provi-
Dental"
WITHIN AN ACE OF DEATH.
After General Clay had said this, he
leaned his head on his hand and looked for
some moments into the fire in deep Thought.
He WAS apparently living the fight over
again, and 1 interrupted him and asked him
if he had ever been so close to death since
that time. He replied: 81 don't know, but l
think have been within an ace of death a
half dozen times since my fight with Brown
1 was nearly killed within a mile of this
house at FoXtown, the cross roads, where
you turned of from the pike to come into
White Hall.
"This was during one of the political cam
paigns, during lS49, and when was having
sort OF political discussion with man
named Turner. We spoke together and l
was against slavery and Turner was for it,
All the slave holders were with Turner and
l knew that my situation was dangerous
one. 1 carried my pistols with me every
where, but at Foxtown left them in nv
carpet bag and was armed only with nv
bowie knife. At this meeting, our debate
grew very hot and Turner's son rushed in
and struck me and told me lied. knew
this meant fight and that there was con-
spiracy against me. 1 drew my bowie knife
but was seized by about 30 of the conspira-
tors and hauled back and my knife was
jerked from me.
A BATTLE TO THE DEATH.
81 first thought that the men were only
trying to prevent a fight and did not make
much resistance. But as soon as lost my
knife, they began to pound me with clubs