Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1894-11-12

ihnoieSi mas InAiubhiheu an armed guard
around tho White Hall to protect him
from persons who, he has believed, sought
his life, and the country is so lonely that
no one has been able to ascertain the alb.
solute truth OF tho stories now afloat
Besides this no one here. the nearest
point to White Hall, is willing to take
trip to General Clay's home, which could
not be reached until tho shades Of night
had fallen. There is not q man in the
county who would caro- to disturb the
general at night
Brutus j. Clay his son, said in an in
torview that his father was not yet mar
riod, and neither tho county judge nor
any Of the magistrates will perform the
ceremony.
rv' ryhody Fears Him.
General Clay has come to DO regarded
In his extreme old age as a desperate
man. He has killed three men in his
time, and everybody who knows him Is
afraid Of him. There will be descent
upon him today and then 1t may be as
cartained whether this May and Decem-
ber wedding has really occurred, as is
currently believed here.
II came ont today that General Clay
had visited this place Saturday and So
cured license to marry Miss Cora Rich
ardso-, his 15.year- old ward. She has
for two years been an inmate of his fami-
". The general left his wife several
years ago. Mrs. Richardson was killed
two years ago by a railroad train near
White Hall, and the general took her
daughter to his homo and adopted her
Ho has since provided her with tho means
to secure fine education for a young
girl, but nobody ever imagined that he
had any intention Of finally making her
his wife.
Cora,s only relatives are two brothers,
and u Is understood they have given
their consent to the marriage. The girl
Is brunette, with the attractive face of
a healthy country girl but without great
beauty.
General Clay drove into Richmond
with a neighbour, Henry c. Stagner, who
signed the marriage bond with him, as
tho Kentucky law requires. County
Judge Chenault was engaged to perform
tho marriage ceremony, but he was Ill
and could not go to White Hail. and It is
not known whether General Clay secured
another magistrate or not.
White Hall Impregnabie.
Nobody is allowed to get near White
Hall without giving countersign and
passing a Gordon OF piokets. These yo-
dettes are ever on the alert
The relatives Of General Clay intend to
raise big row and attempt to prevent
the marriage IL 1t has not yet been sol
emnized Those who know the old gen.
eral and his stubborn character aver that
oil the soldiers in the Uniod States army
cannot break off tho match If he has not
already made his child ward his bride
Those in from the country surrounding
White Hall say that the general has be.
come erratic Of late and is In constant fear
that he will be killed
In order to prevent the supposed enc
mics from surprising him no has picketed
his entire estate. White Hall az night Is
an armed fortress. In order to tear the
girl bride from the arms Of the old soldier
those who oppose tho marriage must first
pass the Gordon Of pickets and then meet
the memorable dirk with which the gen-
eral once proved his expertness in killing
| Samuel NJ Brown with II strokes in half
a minutes time.
General Cassius NJ Clay has been a
noted figure for many years In this coun-
| ty as legislator, statesman and latterly
as an eccentric character who had taken
distrust Of his follow mon and was mis-
erable over mythioa, plots to end his lifo
lie has figured in many duels He was
q relative OF Colonel William Goodloe, Co
whom he presented the dirk with which
Colonel Goodloe killed Colonel Snope in
the Lexington postoillce. The colonel be-
came an expert IN tho use Of the weapon
under tho instruction Of his aged tutor
Though so old, the general retains his
physical health and activity to a remark
able degree and is still a hard worker on
his estate, where no has been engaged
since his retirement from public life ia
raising thoroughbred sheep. He Is wealthy.
lie Is typical southern man and is
either loved or hated all over Kentucky.
lie Is a son Of the famous Indian fighter
and early settler, General Green Clay, and
was born in Kentucky on Oct. 10, 1910.
He was graduated from Yale in 1892. Il
was whtio DO was q student at Yale that
he hoard William Lloyd Garrison deliver
one Of his eloquent antislayery addresses.
It converted The young ran, and he
became an nhpliaouist
Art Needle work,
A display Of which. E NJ. Reynolds win