Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-26
A ROW IN ORANGE.

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John c. Stanford, of Fauquier, had an
alteration, resulting in desperate
fight, at the house of Mr.. Oscar AL.
mond, near Locust Grove, in Orange
county, Sunday afternoon, in which
Jones received a pistol ball in his left
arm and Stanford's head and face were
badly hacked and cut with a grubbing
hoe.
Both are married men, Jones's fam
lily living near the Wilderness Store
and Stanford's at Elk Run, in Fauquier.
The row was on account of one
Phoene Tapp, living near Parker's, in
Spottsylvania, rustic nymph du pare,
whose charms seem to have enthralled
both of them. She and Jones, it seems,
have been friends for the past four or
five years, all others being ousted in his
favor, until Stanford, an itinerant sew
ing machine repairer, put in an appear
ance last fall. He must have made a
complete conquest of the woman, for
she shortly abandoned Jones to follow
her new lover.
Jones's rage at being left in the
lurch is said to have been terrible. He
swore vengeance on both of them, and
promised to carry it out should they
come in his way.
Stanford and the woman went to
Washington, where they claimed to
have been married, and came to Or
ange Sunday, they say, to attend to
some business matters that S. had lie
unsettled. The woman stopped at Mr..
Almonds, while the man went to the
house of Constable J. L. Morris. While
he was absent, Jones put in his appear.
ance, and when Stanford returned to
Almonds they met and the row occur
red. Jones says that after some words
Stanford started to draw his pistol on
him, and that he used the hoe in self.
defense.
Stanford's story is that as he ap-
preached the house of Almond, Jones
came out, and, picking up the hoe,
cursed and assaulted him. The woman
who got the men apart confirms what
Stanford says.
Constable Morris who left home on
his way to Orange Courthouse at the
same time Stanford started for AL
mond's, heard the pistol shots and
screams of women. He started in the
direction of the sound, and met STAN
ford in an exhausted condition, and
smeared with blood. He told the
constable what had occurred, and
asked to be taken to some place
where his wounds could be attended to.
Mr.. Morris did this and then went to the
scene of the ARRAY. He found Jones and the
woman there. Jones gave him his version of
the affair as related above, and said that he
intended to follow and kill Stanford. The
woman said but for her he would have over
taken his victim before the constable met him,
and would have surely killed him.
Mr.. Morris said he considered Jones's
wound very slight, but he thought Stanford
was in bad way. The ball struck Jones's
left hand, Just breaking the skin and enter
ing the fleshy part of the arm near the elbow.
The wounded man wanted the constable to
cut the bail out, in order to save him doc
tors bill.
Jones returned home sauddsy night to
have his wound attended to, and Stanford
and his alleged wife came to Spotsylvsnia to
the home of the woman's mother Monday
morning.
Constable Morris reported the matter to the
Orange authorities Monday and the proper
steps were taken to have the parties brought
to justice.
The people of the vicinity are very indig.
nant at the occurrence and there seems to be
strong sentiment in favor of dealing severe
" with the law-breakers.-Frederick
Star.