Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-12

fancies, has maintained 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 ablc to ascertain tho ab- solute truth of tho stories now afloat.
 Besides this Bo one here. the nearest point to White Hall. is willing to tako q trip to General Clay $ homo, which could not bc reached until the shades of night had fallen. Thoro Is not man in the county who would care to disturb the general at night.
 Brutus J. Clay. his son, said in m in terview that his father was not yet mar riod. and neither tho county judge nor any of tho magistrates will perform the ceremony.
 Everybody Pears Him.
 General Clay has como to be regarded In his extreme old age as desperate man. Ho has killed throo men in his time, and everybody wEo knows him Is afraid of him. Thoro will be n descent upon him today. and then It may bo as ccrtaincd whether this May and Decem- bor wedding has really occurred, us Is currently believed hero.
 It came out today that General Clay had visited this place Saturday and Sc cured n licensc to marry Miss Cora Rich ardson, his I5.year old ward Shc has  ly. Tho general left his wife several years ago. Mrs Richardson was killed two years ago by n railroad train near White Hall, and tho general took her daughter to his home and adopted her He has since provided her with the means to secure n fine education for n young girl, but nobody cvcr imagined that he had any intention of finally making her his wife.
 
 and 1t is understood they have given their conscat to the marriage Tho girl Is brunette, with the attractive face of n healthy country girl, but without great beauty.
 General Clay drovo into Richmond with n neighbor Henry C Stagner, who signed tho marriage bond with him. as tho Kentucky law requires. County Judge Chonault was engaged to perform tho marriage ceremony. but he was i'll and could not go to White Hall. and 1t is not known whether General Clay secured another magistrate or not.
 White Hall ImprcgnabIc. Nobody Is allowed to get near White Hall without giving n countcrsign and passing n cordon of pickots. These ve- ] dettes arc over on the alert.
 i The relatives of General Clay intend to raise q big TOW and attempt to prevent ] the marriage if 1t has not yet been sol i emnizod. Those who know the old gen | sral and his stubborn character aver that all the soldiers in tho Cnied States army cannot break off the match if he has not l already made his child ward his bride. l Those in from tho country surrounding | White Hall say that the general has be- 1 come cratic of lato and Is in constant fear 1 that he will be killed.
 In order to prevent tho supposed ene- mics from surprising him he has picketed his entire estate White Hall at night Is m armed fortress. In order to tear the | girl bride from tho arms of the old soldier | those who oppose the marriage must first | pass the cordon of pickcts and then meet She memorable dirk with which the gen. eral once proved his expertness in killing Samuel NJ. Brown with l2 strokes in half a minutes time.
 General Cassius M. Clay has been a noted figure for many years in this coun- | ty as n legislator. statesman and lattorly | as an eccentric character who had taken | a distrust of his fellow mon and was mis- srablo over mythical plots to end his life. He has figured in many duels. Ho was A relative of Colonel William Goodloc. tc whom he presented the dirk with which Colonel Goodloe killed Colonel Snope ir tho Lexington postoiiice. The colonel be came an expert in the use of the weapon under tho instruction of his aged tutor.
 Though so old, the general retains his phy sical health and activity to n remark able degree and is still n hard worker or his estate whero ho has been engaged since his retirement from public lifo ir raising thoroughbred sheep. He is wealthy
 He Is n typical southern man and Ii either loved or hated all over Kentucky He Is a son of the famous Indian fighter and early settler. General Green Clay, anC was born in Kentucky on Oct. ly, lSlO He was graduated from Yalo in lS32. Il was while he was a student at Yale that he heard William Lloyd Garrison dolivei one of his eloquent antislayery addresses
 It converted the young man. and h. became an abolitionist
 Brides Trous.cau Burned Up.
 FORT woETH. Tex. Nov. l2.-The Al | linpton inn, one of the most famous h.
 tels in the south. was burned. The tot loss approximates $I5o. 900. The guest narrowly escaped with their lives. witt out having time to look after their pc
 sonal effects. One lady. tho bride of
 E. Camp lost several trunks, containin
 a costly trousseau, which. with her diI
 monds. were worth nearly Sl0, 900.