The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-26

, ,,.As ss,iies in Kentucky. II % said that
~, sas haa forty agn;s and had never iost
= ha-rie Brown came. and ne ana
yseE1fTe a fellow named jacob Ashton
ard Sen Wood police bully, heid con,
s,,itattan. at which they loaSea 3 paseo'
which Brown was so use on me the mex,
,,o~njng I knew nothing OF this, anu
hss ms INV d,se!inS pistol With me. an
.s.-rupsesi yvsrkfifs as usual and as alo
- pry,urr, struck me with hts umors4a
ard tohs me that my statement was a ~,
~ saw N once that il meant fight. ana
when recognized Brown knew IL meant
a tight 10 the death. had long. shsfa
bowie knife IN the breast or my cea9. @i'u
serkes this out. hu; before could strike
Browns friends grabbed NV arms FROM
behind and hauled me back about inteen
feet from Brown. Brown now pulled MS
revolver ana told them TO get out OF the
way and let him kill me. The erowa so
hack and stood alone. Brown had MS
ristol nointed al me, and | started toward
him. / could see him looking along TIE
barrel OF the revolver. He took aim anu
waited until he thought Was near
enough to give him a sure shot, and sheh
fred felt the ball strike me in the
breast. and thought II had gone through
ne and / determined 10 Kill him IL coaid
before / died. came down on his head
with a tremendous blow OF the bowie
knife hut did not split open the 'skul.
struck him again and again. and stunned
him so that he was rot able 10 nre. with
ore blow Of the knife ! sliced his rose
right in two so that ii separated IN the
middle and came out as nat a. a pam
cake With another blow cut OF his
ear SO that it hung by thread, and with
a third l put out his eye. The con-
spirators now seized me. and was struck
with hickory sticks q ~ chairs. some OF
,kF schS sch 4 SrfI Psf
II broke Loose from my captoTs and
again made for Brown, and they. 10 keep
him out Of my way. picked him mp and
threw him over stone fence about seven
feet high. and this ended the fight
Though I was ne assaulted party. they
afterward tried TIE tor may and at
his trial Brown Confessed the conspiracy
and Henry Clay defended me. OF course
I was not convicted. but / felt very
friendly TO Brown. and wrote him a note
thanking him for his evidence and telling
him | was willing TO be friends with him
If he cared 10 be SO. He refused, how
ever To bury the hatchet, and when |
remembered his condition did not won
der at il. The doctors had patched him
ND pretty Well. but he was horrible
looking object. and I expected that he
would insist on a duel with me. or would
attack ME and have his revenge. l met
him several times afterward. however,
and he never touched me- | have no
doubt that he stayed in Lexington intend
ing TO kill me. but that the probability is
that he had not the moral courage TO at
tack me-
Where did Browns bullet strike you,
general?"
1T struck me just over the heart" re-
piled Gen. Clay. and / would have been
killed but for one thing. The scabbard
OF my bowie knife was tipped with silver
and in Jerking the knife | pulled this
scahbard up so that ii was just over my
heart. Browns bullet struck the scah-
bard and embedded itself in the silver
and we found the ball there. There was
"A red spot just over my heart. and the
whole seemed almost providential. st
Louis Globe Democrat.