The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-10-01
Mountain Feud.

Mountain
Lstorv of the Baker Howard
11' rh,cb assumed such large and
,re proportions b.. as ,,d to cause
elpS' troops to be sent to Manchester
Sa'S ,or the protection of the court,
~, - q, the most interesting In the
y WV of mountain wars. The men
ngl in this feud are Ts descendants enoStnts
Of Nv lived there for more than 100
pa.. paw Many of the families have In
.s',S until nearly everybody In
Gau County is related by blood lines
!, everybody else 49,
,. ~. Towards Of Harlan County,
pSo led by Wilson Howard, killed
' Ir% thirty of the Turner faction In
rDS and Bell Counties. Wilson was
, +t legally hanged after he had
, ,,, Of killing ten men with his
. 'wn hand. There Is Wilson Howard
!" The Clay County family, but he was
:. unfortunate as to fall early in the
4,bt Old man A. B. or BAL Howard,
. TSo Is the leader of the faction that
Soors his name, is SO years old and has
t,Io6 10 lead a correct life. He has
S.on a member of the Christian Church
nr many years, Is a Free Mason, and
had served his county one term as
SSorIff and two terms as Deputy Sher-
N While Sheriff he lost all his wealth
and went into voluntary liquidation.
10 has tried hard to keep down the In
bprIted fighting blood, but now that
ba has been drawn into the fight he Is
40 anxious to win rs any other noun
lain fighter. He recently said he could
On into Harlan County and get 500
foht(pg men to come back and clean
mt the Bakers root and branch. When
no made this declaration his eyes flash
cd fire, and although he Is bent from
suffering from the wounds the Bakers
saye him in the fight when his son VIII
SOu was killed, he Strengthened up and
with head erect emphasized his words
By stamping the ground.
The trouble between the Bakers ant
the Towards came up last December
over the purchase by Tom Baker of
Judgment for $40 and costs that hat
been rendered against A. 3. Howard
Hovards son, James B., now County
Assessor, had bought a spring wager
and bis father had gone on his note
Not paying for it, suit was brought ant
Judgment rendered. Before Bake
bought the judgment he had gone int
partnership with A. B. Howard
through his sons Israel and Carter, VIII
we're made parties to the contract, Il
order that none Of Towards creditor
could levy on his logs. Thus, whei
bis own partner trled,to get the bette
Of him, as he considered 1t, old ma
Howard became very angry, and Their
were some sharp words between Tor
Baker and the Towards. Howard re
fused point blank to pay the judgmen
and Baker levied on the logs, as tn
partnership papers had not been mad
out. Howard fought him In a magi!
trate's court, but through the induenc
Of Bakers father q compromise we
effected, and 1t looked as If there woul
be no further blood-letting.
Israel Howard and Tom Baker ha
had little shooting scrape over tt
matter q few days before the compr
mise was made, and Tom received tW
slight flesh wounds, which soon heale
Several days after the compromise Of
man Howard found Tom Baker at Il
log pit taking out undivided logs. The
Quarreled and Baker drew a pistol ar
threatened to shoot Howard on Il
spot. Howard was unarmed and
soon talked Baker out Of the notion
shooting. AS Howard walked ava
however, Baker threw an auger at htl
This opened the breech between II
Bakers and the Towards, and when