The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-02-07


howell of her brother, a day lahorer
The expression on the face of Gene
raj Clay when he tells of the wrongs he
has suffered at the hands of the ven-
delta is truly touching. He says he
fears no foe which would come to his
house in the daytime-a foe that he
can see--but when the vendetta seeks
to Stay him at night and to destroy his
child wife, body and soul, it is more
than he can stand.
A gentleman who has known Cassius
NJ Clay for many years. and who was
present when he killed 81 Turner at
Foxtown, talked entertainingly to
your correspondent about the yagaries
of the master of Whitehall
II am not superstitious," he said,
"but have noticed that men who take
the life of their fellow men never have
|any peace of mind. I hardly think.
however, that the killing of ST Turner
had much effect on General Clay. But
ST Turner is not the only man Cash
Clay has killed. He killed Turner in a
hand to hand fight with bowie knives
He was unarmed when Turner at
tackled him, and he snatched bowie
knife from the hand of another man
who was attempting to assist Turner
in killing him. Thus the killing of
Turner was doubly self defence.
"In all that you newspaper men have
written about General Clay / have
never seen any mention of that other
tragedy 1t occurred since General
Clay represented the United States at
the Russian capital. There was a ne
gro man who lived on General Clay's
place-an Industrious, worthy negro.
One day he incurred the displeasure of
the general, and he deliberately shot
him with rifle. The negro died al
most instantly. There were no wit
nesses. General Clay went to Rich
mond, told the authorities what he had
done. and was released on his own re-
lcognizance until an examining trial
could be held At the trial he testified
! that the negro had attempted to take
| his life, had made threats, and that
believing his life in danger, he fired the
| fatal shot. There was no witness to
dispute the statement of the general,
and as he had always been regarded as
a man of honor he was acquitted. Be
sides, it was only a poor negro who
was killed. OF course, no one knows
why General Clay killed the negro
save the general, and he never talks
about this killing. He will talk by the
hour of the Turner tragedy, of the
bloody fight with Sam Browf1n, of his
duel with young Wickliffe, of his
quarrel with Thomas F. Marshall
which caused the latter to attempt sui
eide; Of his narrow escapes from death
on the Mexican batt1efields and while
a prisoner in Mexico, but he will never
say a word about the killing of that
negro. 1t may be that he is now suf-
fering for having shed human blood
His enemies are all imaginary. dc
not believe there is human being ir
the United States that would harm q
| hair of his head, or who has any desire
to kill his young wife. He is the vic
| tim of an Authorization What causes
| these distorted vagaries confess Is a
mystery to me. But his life has beer
so filled with storms and struggles and
battles that I wonder little at the con-
dition his once splendid mind has
reached. Cash Clay's career is GER
tainly as peculiar and as full of TRACE
/ ny DIS ally play IouetheSpGdIe GNGi
wrote. 1t reminds me greatly of Mac
BETH and while I am loath to believe
I it, cannot but think that Cassius M
Clay would not be harassed by ven
| dettas if he could wash the blood spots
away"
1 What the end of all this tragedy and
heartache will be opinion differs
Some think it will require still anoth.
er tragedy to round out the already
Hong life the general has lived 1t may
Ibe that the Richardson brothers will
kill each other or that they will xii
Dora, and it may be that Clell Rich.
ard, half insane, and who has been &C.
!cused by the general of trying to de.
|stroy Dora, will put a Winchester bull,
let through the heart of the master Of
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peal.