The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-01

sons right eye and a portion of his face,
and left him for dead. That made Turner
an outlaw and he left the state. If john
son S heart had been shot out he probably
would have quit, but the loss of an eye
and a handful of flesh did not make him
weaken Ii was year, however, before
johnson was able to be around with the
boys, and in that time he recorded an oath
on SCI eral occasions that when he saw
Henry Turner the old Jewish law would
90 into effect instantly.
When Turner heard of JohnsOn's re
cOvery he returned to the land of the
feud. 1t would have been considered
cowardly in Turner for to have stayed
away, ana that is not in any Kentuckian s
makeup.
Turner got home one Saturday night
or course, it was natural for him and his
family and friends to celebrate the re-
turn, and they did il by starting to church
next morning in a twO-horse wagon
There were Turner, his wife and niece,
and the man who drove. Merely as a
matter of good faith on the part of Tur-
ner, as well as an evidence on his part
that he was ready 70 defend himself, he
put a shotgun in the wagon. He may
have thought he would not like the
preacher, but The entertaining Kentuckian
who told me this story yesterday says
not Ii was natural for Turner to carry
/
a shotgun
One-eyed Andy Johnson, as hewas then
known had heard OF Turner's return and
of his proposal toattend divine worship, -
and Onceyed Andy on that morning,
when the mountains were lifting them
selves up to the blue sky and the church
! bells were ringing wherever there were
any, loaded two shotguns and went to
! Pineyille and hid himself behind an old
| blacksmith shop on the only street in the
| town. which was the levee. The wagon
containing Turner and family passed by
and One-eyCd Johnson fired two barrels Of
one gun He missed mis- aim. Turner
| pirked up his gun and rose to return the
fire. As he did sohis wife and niece threw
themselves in front Of him. BY this time
One-evcd Andy had his other gun
up and. before he could help it, pulled
the triggers The contents lodged in
Turner and the two women and killed
them all. If One-Eyed Andy had only
killed Turner the people in that section
would have undoubtedly called it even.
But there is a chivalry even in the lungles
of Kentucky which will not brook the
killing of a woman. A cry of revenge
went 10 against One Eyed Andy, and he
was again an outlaw. This time he had
to leave the state. He was hunted out.
He went to California in 1854, lmmedl-
ately after the incident
For hundred years there Eas been no
effort made to encourage immigration into
this section of Kentucky. It's soil was
ready to produce and its waters were
murmuring for the wheels of commerce.
! The Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Company concluded to invade the waiting
country, and sent its projectors thlther TO
survey. II happened that the land of one
Eved johnson, or a portion of it, lay along
the field of the engineers telescope. he
road had to be built over that land. 1t IS
always the case that a Kentuckian mas q
LAWYER retained There is no exception.
The fact that he may be an outlaw aoes
not do awaywith this precedent One-Eyed
Andy johnson always had coInsel re-