The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-06
4 FiM0Us PENNSYLVANIA DUEL.
Only the Referee Wa. Uit-llow Valuable
Con, Lands wcr. Dividci.

Only the Referee Wa. Uit-llow Valuable
Coni Lands wer. Dividci.
There are few people in Pennsylvania who
have not heard Of Major Sanford Logan. He
is famed throughout the Keystone State. He
is 60 years old. short. heavy set. with n
full face. florid complexion. snow-white hair.
and heavy white moustache. He was in
New York two days last week. He dropped
into tho Hoffman House one afternoon. and.
while sitting at a table In the cafe nursing a
bottle Of whiskey. told the story OF n famous
Pennsylvania duel
Il got this story from my grandfather" he
said. who was a man pretty much Ikea Bible
out in Pennsylvania: everybody swore by
him. Tho duel was fought In 1913. 1t was
in that part of Pennsylvania which Is now
occupied by parts OF Cearfleld and jefferson
counties. within twenty miles OF PunXsu-
tawney. The participants were Wash Faulkner.
Isaac kinch. and my grandfather The three
mon owned pretty much all the land upon the
mountains in that vicinity. They lived within
a milo OF each other. In log cabins set in the
centre OF a clearing. Faulkner was short.
scraggy. and had q long beard. His left leg
was shorter than his right. and he walked with
q decided limp. 1t was on account OF this de-
formity that ne was called 'Limpy Fotch.' For
short he was known M Limp He was the
pest WOOD chopper III leunSylNanlH.
"Kinch was a long, lanky man. with sloping
shoulders and a loose. awkward gait. He was
always chewing tobacco. and it was for that
reason that he was called Cud Kinch.' The
cabins of Kinch and Faulkner wore not over
q quarter OF a mile apart. Tho two men and
my grandfather were together about all the
time. They would chop each others wood.
put out each others potatoes. clear each
others land. and kill each others hogs.
Knch had a big hog that was famed far and
wide from tho mountains clear down into the
Tuckahoe Valley in the Juniata. Kinch was
very proud OF the hog and never failed when
the opportunity offered to tell wonderful sto-
ries about it He allowed it to roam as It
pleased about his clearing.
In 1913 Faulkner moved his potato patch
from the clearing near his shanty UP to a
clearing which the three men had made half
way between Kinch's shanty and Faulkners
cabin. Just about the time the potatoes were
coming around in good shape. Kinch turned
his big hog out The hog wandered down
toward the potato patch. and when Faulkner
got around on his way to my grandfathers
cabin. he found about third OF the potato
patch rooted up as if by plough. He was at
a loss to know how it had been DONE He went
straight back to his cabin and got his dogs
and took them with him to the potato patch.
In less than five minutes the hounds had cor
n cred Kinch's big hog. Faulkner was mad
clear through. and he Kissed tho hounds on
the hog. and In less time than 1t takes to tell
it knch's big pig was dead.
Faulkner then went to Kinch's cabin and
told him about his potato patch being rooted
up. He didn't say anything about tho hog
being dead. He thought he would let Kinch
find that out for himself. My grandfather
pad in ha two fnl
about the uprooted potatoes. and the three
went down to the potato patch. kinch STUN
bled across his dead pig the first thing. He
accused Faulkner OF having killed it.
"'Of course had 1t killed. said Faulkner.
: 1t came down and rooted UP my potato patch.
and any hog that will do that ought to die
Kinch. You HI lod that hog out Of Iea lousy
9ga 9o OF hna
interfered and suggested that
they settle the matter, in a reasonable way.
way to settle the thing would be for Faulkner
to get hin hog ns big as the one that had
passer and deserved to die Kinch replied that
the potato patch was on his land and not
liar; Finally tho two men agreed to settle 1t
In this UNIQUE way:
other was killed. the survivor to have not only
the land, OF the other. but the potato patch
anu the dead hog; IL was nGreGd that It YOU'D
fight, a duel with Faulkner in cleared ground.
Faulkner was good wood chopper. but kinch
,ided to 20 up to clump Of woods known as Cat
Rock; one man to get at ono edge Of the woods
G Hhsr eaeh otter +. n n the hss
man who found tho other was to shoot him
lead. In order that there might be fair play
oaE tTee. halt dead. They Stipulated That tie
here until three shots were fired in Iuiek sue
and were accompanied BY a, Yell.
and thss e es o5s to TIA
kia ac sof at one edge 9, the ,olamp, Of woods
ather climbed up in the big tree 1t was then
about o'clock In tho afternoon; For three
my IL 1 in ss rss
md stil my crqpdiather heard nothing Of the
onger. and then. after yelling, himself hoarse
Re Round %en h0 s%'eS or d .RS edge the
he woods. After no had gone about a hun:
lred feet i occurred to him that one OF the
md might mistake him for the other duellist.
tS he caused %y her to stop
er do. AS he was fhink ding, he wandered away
rom the tree and sat down on n log. He
tretched lull length on the ground n rev min
ties later. leaving only his right arm exposed: |
n less than two minutes there WAS u report OF |
gun. and my Rrandfather's right arm fell |
Helpless, He rolled over and yelled,
Faulkner came running up.and when NJ saw |
lis mistake. he too began to yell. Both men |
low feared that Kinch would come prowlinR |
bout and shoot them both so they sat down |
ide by side on the log. and began to howl as
iaeh came up They agreed e postnons o the
axe care OF my grandfather. They took him
'est they could, It was about seven weeks
,sfore my grandfather had really recovered At
he end OF that time Kinch and Faulkner told
i'm that they had agreed that since no was
arcass of the hog They said that they would
ach hold onto their own land. heuause they
onld not give 1t up according to the terms OF
he original agreement unless they died,
Another outcome OF tho duel was that the
he land owned By one should 20 to tho others:
hare and share alike. II the owner OF the land
hould die or should marry. Ny grandfatEer
vas the first to break away He was married:
nd his land went to kinch and Faulkner l
ION know whether Kinch and Faulkner both
led or both got married. but at any rate;
ghen was young man the land was owned