The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08
ANOTHER DEADLY DUEL.
OWE or the PARTICIPANTS ~ THE
TLOURyOY-GARTH TRAGEDY.
r,voIved in similar ARRAY In Which HIS
Hrother Tom Darlington was hiiiea'
j. :. Carrington's End.

poadi,g an account published In the
c,rdav before last. issue Of the Times
Of the Flournoy-Garth tragedy That oc-
Cured i'm Charlottesville in the spring OF
1874. reminds me Of "A similar occurrence
witnessed some two or three years ia'ei,
in Camden, Arkansas, In when one oi
the participants, OF the CharlottesNllle
fray was again combatant' TINS time
nearly costing him his Ire
About the year 1851 or. y TINS MI; Jo'h
S. Carrinrion published or contributed 10
n paDor i'm Eldorado, a small town in the
southern part Of Arkansas. a controversy
arose between him and Mr.. James Jones,
who published the Ouichiia Heralu III
Camden. the town in which HNed'
The writing on both sides became very
bitter, so much So that Darlington ac-
companied by his brother Tom. came up
to Camden, distant some - milesD 10
make Jones rotract some of his sayings or
fight
DUEL TO THE DEATH.
For several hours q rencounter was
momentarly expected by the citizens;
finally q friend of both parties OR. Hob
SOM. acting as peacemaker, succeeded in
amicably settling the matter, as all
thought at the time. Later in the day
however. the Darlington brothers, waking
down the street. met HObson, who eX-
pressed his pleasure at the satisfactory
settlement that had been made. when
Tom Darlington, who il Is thought had
been drinking remarked that they had
backed down the whole town, and now felt
satisfied. and would return home in the
morning.
The remark was heard by n Mr.. James
T. Elliott. Ga friend of Jones and writer
for his paper.) who lived just across the
street Elliott replied 10 Tom Darlington,
that he wished him 10 understand that
he had not been backed down. one word
brought on another until Darlington drew
q pistol. and' began shooting After he
had fired two shots AT Elliott, the latter
stepped into his store near by, took up
double barreled shotgun and shot Tom
Darlington down: the other brother stood.
pistol I'm hand. and fired one shot. Elliotts
gun, falling 10 fire a second time, he club
bed the gun. and striking John Caring
ton over the head, laid him senseless.
BORE THE DEAD AWAY
Tom Darlington lived only two or three
minutes j witnessed the whole affair a .
a distance OF not over fifty yards, and
walked directly 10 where Tom lay. He
was totally uncOncous when ] got 10
him and died In less than a minute after.
On loOsing his clothing, I found the shot
had taken effect in his bowels and groin.
rhc gun was charged ieach hdrreD. Win
fifteen large buckshot. and its failing TO
fire second time only saved the life Of
J. S. Darlington.
The body Of The dead man was carried to
the hotel, the other IN the mean time being
carried into drug store. where In two or
three hours he recovered sufficiently TO be
removed 30 the hotel
Next morning Sunday. accompanied by
a few friends the surviving brother with
the dead were driven go their home.
ELLIOTT ACQUITTED.
Elliott surrendered Immediately 70 the
officers Of the law. and on Monday morn
ing Sunday Intervening was tried before
court Of justices. 1 was summoned 30
take down the evidence. which occupied
the day. He was acquitted.
An Arkansas friend writes me, that
John $ Darlington went into the army
and was killed. or died during the war;
he also writes me that as long as Caring
ton lived he and Elliott were on the
lookout for each other. | further learn
that Paul Darlington, another brother Of
these men, died a few years after the war
leaving a widow and an only son, who
now lives near Camden. W. "A. 3.