Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-13

speech ~. I ne read during his
ana rvh hau our speeches together
| aiwavs ne brought out this bin /
in,as:s arose and asked IL I ,,,ts.h,
Interrupt him. lilo would na,,,a,,i ii IGN
Nn and | would then sav IN voii-
been proven SO. untrue and had
th,s p.v-slayery men got tirea ~
ss, anu they decided TO kin ,,a N, %
sssne ior Sam Brown. who was 49, -
sne most noted buliies In Een,,,cs Sme "
, 10 ssau mat he had forty tirhts nnS
~ he'er lost a battle. Brown carve me- Ia Ia
Ash,nu Miekiine, fellow named iarnh
heid alu ben Wood. police bulIv
Cd a ,eensuliatlon. at which thew load,
me ne,, a. when Brown was 10 use ON
s next DAY, / knew nothing ~ me-
ana had not my dnelIng.nis,oi , ..,s,
ny, l interrupted Wiclxliffa az us,,ei
a III as ! did So Brown strucl, me- ye,,h
statement was a lie '0 '""' my
saw al once that II meant fieht
anu when | recognized Brown knew, 1,
,neuh' night to the death. had n
,yhs, sharp bowie-lsnite in the breast
OF my coat, and ierked this out but
peiote | could strike Browns friends
,savueu my arms from behind and
ipin nsi me BACK about fifteen feet from
told them to get out OF the wav ana la
MN XIII me. The crowd rot bnolS ana
stood alone Brown had Mis- nistoi
him. ''a''eu 'oWara
could see him looking along the
barrel OF the revolver. He took aim
ana waited until he thought was close
enough to give him a sure shot ana ther
urea. felt the ball strike me in the
breast and thought 1t had gone
tnrough me. and ! determined 10 XIII
nun II | could before died. came
uown on MS head with tremendous
split open the skull. / struck him again
and again. and stunned him SO thai he
was not able to FIRE.
with one cut OF the knife I eigcad
MS nose right IN two. SO that II separa-
tea IN the middle and came out as nat
as a pancake. With another blow I
cut on his ear so that 1t hung by n
shred, and with third l put out his
e ye The consplrators seized me and
was struck with hickory sticks ana
chalrs, some OF the blows OF which /
II broke loose from my captors and
again made for Brown. and they Ia
keep him out OF my way, picked him
up and threw him over stone fence
about seven feet high, and this ended
the light, Though / was the assaulted
party, they afterward tried me Tor
mayhem, and at his trial Brown con-
fessed the conspiracy and Henry Clay
defended me.
"Ot course I was not convicted. but
felt very friendly to Brown aud wrote
MIN note thanking him for his EVIL
dence and telling him l was willing TO
be friends with him n he cared to be so.
He refused, however to bury the
Ratchet. and when / remembered His
condition ] did not wonder at II. The
doctors had patched him up pretty well.
but he was horrible looking object,
and l expected that he would insist
upon duel with me or would attack
me and have his revenge | met him
several times after, however, and he
never touched me have no doubt
that he stayed in Lexington Intending
to Kill me, but the probability Is that he
had not the moral courage TO attack
me-"
Where did Browns ball strike YOU.
ut struck me Just over the heor,.t
replied General Clay, land would have
been Killed but for one thing The
Of my howie-knlfe was tipped
with silver, and In Jerking the knife
pulled this scabbard up so that It was
Just over my heart. Browns bullet
struck the scabbard and imbedded itself
in the silver. and we found the bail
there. There was red spot lust over
my heart and the whole seemed almost
Although General Clay never Travelled
without brace OF pistols in his
satohel, his favorite weapon was
le-lSnlfe, which he always carried
concealed under his coat. During
light at political meeting once he was
stabbed In the lung
He drew his bowie-knife and rushed
upon the man who had been responsl-
bic for the outbreak. The crowd rot
out Of his way. and he found clear
path to the man who had melted the
others TO riot. with a shout OF anger
he plunged the knife Into the mans
abdomen and then. eXclaiming II die
for my country" he fell faintlng to the
floor. He was carried home. and for
many days hung between life and
death. Upon the day that he was able
for the first time to leave his bed the
man whom he had stabbed died.
General Clay's political career, his
speeches, his election TO the Kentucky
Legislature. his part, as minister TO
Russia. In bringing about the anncxa-
ton OF Alaska. all belong to the history
VI the nation. The few Incidents above
narrated belong exclusively to himself
and Miss Dora Richardson.
When asked on one occasion how he
had managed TO preserve his health so
long, he said:
81 have INDUCED In but few stimu-
iants, using spirits. tea or coffee seldom
and tobacco never. / can hardly say
that l have changed any OF my habits |
absolutely. ! sit under trees, hold COM
munlon with flowers. trees and birds. I |
read much; my favorites are OF the /
school OF Burns and Dickens In light |
literature. always require nine hours
OF sleep, and 30 over that now rather
than fall below.
"Aiy father, Green Clay, never allow |
ed his children TO be aroused from 4
slumber, but left the time to nature, |
An animals incline TO sleep after eat
Ing, Yet night Is a bad time to eat too |
much or unsafe food. The Spanlards |
well said fruit was golden In the morn |
Ing, silver at noon and lead at night. |
/ assign my healthy old age to life |
spent in the open air II is not the |
night air which hurts. but the foul air /
Of close rooms, when the oxygen Ia I
exhausted and foul elements left in |
Mace. I have 4 good head OF white |
hair-I rarely wear a hat l excelled In |
most sports OF my tlme--running, wrest-
ing scufilng, handy, baseball, jumping, |
dsncing, riding and all that. Modern |
athletics, dependent upon training
think A great mistake. The animal I
force should be regularly and judici- |
ously developed and sustained. MOOT