The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-11-21

Bride
LEXINGTON, KY, Nov. 14.-In an in
terview with Gen. Cassius NJ. Clay, who
married little Dora Richardson, he tod
the following sensational story of his do
nestle ups and downs:
Ever since I obtained a divorce from
my wife, who, together with her rela-
tives. was prejudiced against me be-
cause of my ant-slavery work, there
has been steady and determined effort
to prevent me from marrying again.
When brought home from Russia with
me the child who is known now as Lon
ME Clay I did not do Hike others have
touchdown my own flesh and blood
but I had that child adopted and made
him the equal Of my other children, as
heir to this vast estate. You will under
stand that my father, Green Cay, who
was a gallant soldier in the war Of 1872,
left this immense estate to me during
my lifetime, but entailed to my children.
1 could have he'd my life interest in the
estate until the day Of my death, but
loved my children and divided the land
equally among them, retaining only This
house. which 1 built with my own money,
at a cost of nearly 100000, and $50 acres
of land. In order TO have an annuity
sufficient for my wants 1 charge the
children a rental of 81 an acre a year.
They lease it out at from SO 10 So an
acre. so you viii see 1 am giving them
the benefit of the land when It literally
belongs 10 me until death. This much
by way of explanation.
when LOnnie was brought here they
began a systematic course Of poisoning by
giving him some sort of drug which pro-
duced absolute tOrpOr. That is the rea-
son that he is no larger than you see him
now. He is twenty-siX years Of age, and
yet he does not appear TO be more than
about eighteen. They retarded his growth
and tried to kill him in this secret way,
and. failing in this, one of their hired
tools made that boy, when a mere lad,
jump from the secOnd-story window or
this house. But by the greatest miracle
of his life he was saved. l killed the
man VINO tried to destroy the boy 1
shot him twice with my pistol, either one
of the shots being sufficient to kill him.
The fac.S were so much in my favor
that the courts failed to indict me.
Several times when 1 was ON the
point OF marrying again they have put
obstacles in my way and prevented me
from choosing a wife. This recent
trouble dates back three months. Up to
that date I had in my employ S. c.
Moore and wife, who were my Overseer
and hOusekeeper respectively. They grew
so arrogant that they seemed to think
that they owned the entire place and that
L was their servant OF course I could
not stand that. They also circulated stO-
ries about me to the effect that 1 was de-
bauching Mary Lee Bowling, a young
woman who assisted in the homework,
and Dora, my present wife. There was
never a baser lie concOcted under heaven.
AS God is my judge, never had any i'm
proper thought in connection with that
child Dora.
''Well, they succeeded in inducing Mary
to leave and they married her to some
young fellow. Had they not lied % her
and about her she would have been living
here happily yet. They then tried TO
poison the mind of Dora against me, but
in this they signally failed. Realizing
what they were trying to do to me, I
drove them off my place. But they were
not to be 50 easily disposed Of. They re-
cruited a band Of about thirty men among
their friends and they came here to mob
me, but when they found that I was on
guard. prepared to shoot to kill. they very
sensbly left, and have never been back on
a similar mission.
Il had my cannon loaded, and had they
attacked the house there would certainly
have been several funerals among them.
The house, as you see. is more like a
fortress than a residence. Failing TO dis
lodge me by physical force, they informed
several Of my children that L was about
to be married to little Dora. This made
the children furious, and they placed
every obstruction they could in our way
They persuaded Judge John Chenault not
to marry me, after 1 had procured a Ii
cense last Friday. I then asked Squire
Green Million to marry us. and he prom
ised to do so, but they got wind Of that
and persuaded Million not TO have any
thing 70 do with me. Yesterday I sus-
pected that they would issue, or cause to
be issued an injunction restraining me
from marrying the girl
They thought they had me here like a
rat in cage and that I was unable 70
hep myself from their Vaccinations. Ac-
cOrdingly, I determined to thwart their
designs. and after it became dark last
night, 1 armed McClelland Richa Edson
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 a. good, Christian-hearted gentle
mar and who SympathiZes with me in
my trouble, got up in the night and rode
on horseback over the toughest kind OF
dirt road that he might be here in time
THE ceremony was accordingly per-
formed yesterday morning before 10
O'Clock. Just as the final words We're
said that made us man and wife, my
grandson, Green Herrick, son Of my
daughter Mary B. Clay, who was d.
vorced from her husband and who took
the name of Clay, and also calls herself
Green Clay, arrived at my door, 1 sus-
pected that he had come for the purpose
of interfering with my marriage by some
order Of the court, and I promptly told
him to leave the place and never come
into it again until l invited him. 1 tod
him that I would shoot him if he 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 a manner that they have actually
made a wild beast Of me, and would as
soon shoot down one of the cOnspirators
as to fire on my most deadly enemy, for
they are my enemies. But as long as l
have my health and strength I'll defy
them to the bitter end"
Whitehall, the castle of Gen. Cassius NJ.
Clay, is closed to all visitors today. the
general having placed his son Lonnie in
command with instructions 10 al.ow no
one to disturb him. None Of the neighbors
dare venture on the premises in the face
of these instructions. Gen. Clay is fear
full that some harm may come to his bride
and will not allow her to leave the house.
Dr. c. c. Smith carried away TO Rich
mond yesterday some documents which
give rise to the story that Gen. Clay has
made a new will.
Found Under n TrestIe.