The age-herald., 1898-11-01
FARMERS QUARREL
 ENDS IN MURDER
Dan Holiday Killed John Mo-
 Cleod, Then Shielded.
WERE BROTHERS -lN- LAW
Dispute Arose Between Them Over the Crops Which They Had Raised O. gether- Holiday Refused to
 Help Gather the Crops.

Hamilton, October 31-(Special.)-A dis dressing tragedy occurred six miles west of this place last Saturday. as result of which two men lost thier lives. As well as
 can be learned the facts are these: Dan Holiday and John Mcleod, broth ers-in-law had made crop together on McLeods land. Holiday had failed to help Mcleod to gather the crop, and Mcleod had asked one of his neighbors, MT. Cog gans, to help gather the corn, as the hogs were eating 1t up But as Holiday, who was of rather dangerous character and had had row with Mcleod only a few days before, Mir. Goggans refused to help
 unless Holiday consented. Goggans went over to see Holiday, and he told Goggans | that he was perfectly willing for him to gather the corn, and had rather he would l help than his (Holiday's) own brother. Mcleod and Goggans went to work gath ering corn Saturday morning about 10 l o'clock Holiday suddenly appeared in the l field with a double-barreled gun, and call l ing to Goggans to stand aside. shot Me | I.eod in the back as he started to run. Mcleod, on being shot. whirled around and l Holiday shot him with the other barrel l in the breast As Mcleod fell he grasped l pine stump in the field, and seeing that he did not fall, Holiday ran to him and struck him repeatedly on the head with his gun, breaking the stock and knocking off 1 the lock, and even denting the barrel half | together on McLeods head, the back of | which was crushed and battered into pulp. Holiday left the field at once, and going to another neighbours house, sat the gun in the corner of the yard fence. He then went to another house and borrowed gun and took to the woods.
 The news reached Hamilton about o'clock Saturday. and Sheriff Riggan and Deputy Sheriff Laden immediately left for the scene of the killing. But before they arrived the neghborhood was again con vulsed with horror.
 A man passing the road noticed a hat
 hanging on a bush beside the road, and on
 coming nearer saw the body of a man iy-
 ing about five six feet from it. It proved
 to be the body of Holiday. He had delib-
 erately blown his brains out. This occur
 red .about o'clock Saturday evening. about
 three hours after he had killed Mcleod
 He had placed his hat beside the-road and
 seated himself, and placing the butt or
 the gun he had borrowed on the ground
 with his left hand held the muzzle of the
 gun against his left temple. and with
 forked stick about three feet long had
 pushed the trigger and sent his own soul
 into eternity. He had carried the stick
 some distance with him. as 1t was not cut
 near where he was found.
 Sunday evening both men were buried in
 about a mile of each other and equally
 near their homes
 Holiday leaves a wife and one child; Mc- Leod wife and five children Their wives
 were sisters.
 Another sad feature of the occurrence is
 that Holidays only brother here married
 McLeod's sister. Holiday came from near
 Moscow, Lamar county. Ala. to this coun-
 tv He was known as a desperate man
 there and was compelled to leave on ac-
 count of a shooting affray.
 Mcleod was an upright peaceful citizen
 and highly respected.