The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-11-21
A TALE OF REVENGE.
In which Colonel McGoffin and
One Of His Sons Figured
Prominently.

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county Kentuckian of distinguished
lineage. He was none other thar
Colonel McGotfin-brother of the late
Governor McGOffin, at one time the
famous chief executive of the Blue
Grass state.
The Colonel purchased magnifi
cent farm i'm the Hughesville neigh.
borhood, and there he and his family
settled down to make their home.
The fine old mansion, long since a
heap ofruins-having been destroyed
by iire-was typical Of ante-bellum
times and southern modes of habita-
ton. The halls were high and spa
cious. the verandas were broad and
breezy, the rooms were handsome and
commodious. Numerous slaves helped
to make the surroundings intensely
southern, practically and sentimen-
tally.
The McGofiin. soon became known
far and wide tor their hospitality
Kentucky hospitality which was lib
orally dispensed. They were people
OF ample means and had been edu-
Gated in the art Of entertaining. The
spirit of welcome and good cheer per-
meatcd the mansion and made the
place Il delightful one in which Ia
tarry.
The rcvcrberatiOn from the big
guns AT Sumter sent a thrill of terror
through the laud The plow->hare
was abandoned in the April fields and
fathers and sons, DOMINIC the blue or
the gray, fastened away 10 join in the
gigantic and bloody struggle.
Naturally enough Colonel McGotfiu
espoused the cause of the South and
it was not long ere he became engaged
in recruitin. service for the Conied-
crate forces under General Sterling
Price. On one occasion while thus oc-
cupied at Georgetown, three miles
northwest of this citv. he WAS sur
prised by band oi' Federal troops,
who had hearl OF his presence in that
village and who had ridden out to
capture him, if possible The brave
and daring colonel was almost in the
grasp of the enemy before anv alarm
was given. He could have escaped
ON his horse. but the animal had
broken loose from hi hitching-po>t
and galloped away.
The Confederate instantly >aw there
was choice between but two things
to fight To a finish or 10 ignobly sur
render. The former wa, decided
apon III once and intrepidly. ~ the
blue troopers galloped into range, the
kentuckian raised his nnerring Gun
and two of the cava!rymen fell dead
from their horses. \ third one va.
probably wounded. This unexpected
disaster To the attacking party checked
il and gave the colonel time To escape
in The darkness.
Events of startling and thrilling
character followed one another in
rapid succession in Missouri. Colonel
McGofiin had other interesting adj
ventures. soon after his bloody affair
at Georgetown, the most unfortunate
of which was his capture and subse
quent confinement in Il Federal prison
from which. however, he soon made
his escape, and rejoined the Confed-
ate forces, remaining in the service
until near the close Of the war. when.
at Icllvilie, Arkansas, he met with Il
tragic ard untimely death.
The minor details and all the names
of the participants are not at hand.
But it is known that McGofiin, upon
entering the post office there. one
became involved in three
cornered alteration and that his as-
sailant cruelty stabbed him to death
The murderer temporarily escaped,
but from that dreadful and bloody
day he had on his track an avenser
in the person of Young Elijah Nc
of the victim in the post
office tragedy. Young McGofin
swore that he would seek the slayerof
his father. wherever he might be in
the wide world.
Many every day facts outreach and
outrival the most marvellous creations
of fiction. Nothing remains more
true than this. And so it happened
in the sequel to this particular case.
One night Elijah McGoffin was sleep
ing in an apartment in a house in
Yellville. All WIS dark and silent
and weird without. Strange dreams
fitted through the fevered brain of
the young man. That night, as it
had upon many like occasions. the
memory of his murdered father held
him in the thralldom of dreams. He
dreamed that the bloody SLAYER vas
peering in at the window Just above