The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1894-11-22

and wife, who were my overseer and
housckeeper, respectively. They grew so
arrogant that they seemed to think they
owned the entire place and that l was
their servant. OF course l could not
stand that. They also circulated stories
about me to the effect that | was de-
bauching Mary Lee Bowling, a young
woman who assisted in the housework,
and Dora, my present wife. There never
was a baser lie concocted under heaven.
AS God is my judge, never had any
carnal thought in connection with that
child, Dora Well they succeeded in
inducing Mary to leave, and they mar
ried her to some young fellow. Had
they not lied to her and about her she
would have been living here happily yet.
Then they tried to poison the mind of
Dora against me, but in this they sig
pally failed. Realizing what they were
trying to do to me, drove them off my
place. But they were not 40 easily to be
disposed of. They recruited band of
about thirty men among their friends,
and they came here to mob me, but when
they found that was on guard prepared
to shoot to kill, they very sensibly left,
and have never been back on similar
mission. / had nay cannon loaded, and
had they attacked the house there GER
tainly would have been several funerals
among them. The house, you see, is
4 more like fortress than a residence, and
with four men l could defend it against
hundred. Failing to dislodge me by
physical force, they informed several of
my children that ! was about to be mar
ried to little Dora. This made the chill
dren furious, and they have placed every
obstacle they could in our way. They
persuaded Judge John. Cheuault not to
marry me after had procured license
last Friday then asked Squire Green
b. Million to marry us, and he promised
to do so, but they got wind Of that and
persuaded Million not to have anything
to do with me. Yesterday suspected
that they would issue, or cause to be is
sued, an injunction restraining me from
marrying the girl. They thought they
had me here like rat in cage, and that
was unable to defend m! self from their
Vaccinations. Accordingly, ! deter
mined to thwart their designs, and after
it had become dark last night armed
McClelland Richardson, brother OF
Dora, and Barlow Clark, one of my farm
hands, and sent them eight miles across
the country after Squire Isaac Newton
Douglass. The Squire, who is good
christian, kind hearted gentleman, and
who sympatbizes with me in my trou'
bles, got up in the night and rode horse
back over the toughest kind of dirt
roads so that he might get here in time,
The ceremony was accordingly performed
this morning before 10 O'Clock. Just as
the final words were said that made US
man and wife my grandson, Green Her
rick, son of my daughter, Mary B. Clay
who was divorced from her husband, and
, who took the name of Clay, and also
calls her son Green Clay, arrived at my
door. suspected that he had come fol
the purpose of interfering with my mar
rage by some order of the court, and
: promptly told him to leave the place and
; never come on it again until ! invited
I him. | told him | would shoot him if he
e came back before / invited him. He
! left. Now YOU see the way have been
treated by those who ought to love me
and desire my happiness. They have
treated me in such manner that they
: have actually made wild beast OF me
and | had just as soon shoot down one
i of the conspirators as to fire on my most
a deadly enemy, for they are my enemies
But as long as | have my health and
n strength / will defy them to the bitter
u end"
The only witnesses to the marriage
: were McClelland Richardson and DIR
Cassius Clay Smith, the latter physi
. clan in Richmond. DIR. Smith refused
Il to say anything about the wedding, ex
g plaining that he had promised General
c Clay not to do so. 1t was learned that
Q the ceremony took place in the sitting
> room. The bride was not dressed al
Is brides usually are. She wore plair
e dark dress, was bare-headed, her long
s. black tresses hanging in almost DISNEY
eled masses down her back. She wore