The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-13

Gilbert Garrard and his wife were riding along
Fearing that his house, would be burned and
Nc and his family murdered as they ran out.
be hired men to watch it at night but after
q. John Baker had been killed while guarding
tho house, his wife prevailed on him to remove
John q. White, q brother Of Sheriff Bev p.
4. Mute and Of VIII White. who was Killed by
Tom Baker. has become a wealthy merchant
; nj Winchester. KY. and has taken a younger
brother with him there. Ho has tried 70
kls life. but sheriff White refuses TO % until
had ght With tho Hacker boys and and y several
81 them were Killed ThG othsrs moved away
3 pilot, explosive. bullets. and after changing
hands sGy"raltimcs Il iell into the possession
S% S SSH ak %h s w While AID aa is
said that Wilson Howard was also shot with an
With the intense bitterness that has boen en-
Eendered II is no wonder that men who know
the families vel say that tho feud has Just be
gun. Although the Iend is less than two years
old. six men have fallen. which Il moro than
were kiIicd in anytwo years ot the Strong Amy
ner or any OF the other f,,uds which have been
carried, on in Tia" mountains of kentucky, The
brought out here during the past ten days
The Whites and ilowqrds secured every house
fronting on the Court House square. so that Col
Williams could ind no place in which to keep
the Bakers save an open tent. The use of the
Court House was refused him. although he
surrounding the public square were stationed
armed friends of the Whites and Towards. and
there was never time when every movement
Of the Bakers and the guards was not watched
by men who we're itching to take shot at
Tom Bake" T from from b"ing III Killed, He had Been
Tarned to keep 2w his h s'p s6ow SHf
men, his If" was ,annfred out by the
already tho bttercst icud ever waged in Ken
tucky ami that tho, participants are taking
men are not alone IN expecting more trouble.
Every LAWYER who practices al the Clay county
William Brown, brother in law Of Governor
Bradley. who was Circuit Judge Of this district
up to Jan. last. says the situation is most de-
.a The Baker HoEara ffend." he sad. Twill
driven away as wero tho Anys in Breathitt
county 10y Capt Bill Strong, or the ToIIiwrs in
Indian blood in their veins and they are fight
srs OF the iercGst kHi Vas %ppn1 , to al
Begin . soon the akers got bsk hmc It
was not week until thev tried to kill Tom
Baker. The only way to stop he feud by law il
the peace. and then Bot out me bust;
moonshtne whiskry You have no Idea
wha, vile conception this moonshine is. They
x5li VIII ana ,maES the mng tnnt dTlpkf I want
10 UEHl ms sfhnuiNOtneT, DrOke up
calling hem ali in "a and biindine them n over
tb Segr The E"a@ for yGnr and then G2yng
great dange: Of more fighting in Clay. and it
EoHh n"t SYIPriiiH ne TO- hear sj OF Be' or John
yudGo 7; c. torenr Of MontG9mmery county.
f the worst have ever known, not e&cceRtnC
that in Rowan county when Craig Toliivcr
ros1 In rein Of tc hp2 Clay rog AMI is 80
away from. that it Possesses peculiar adyan-
mSe tor the 3n o. 'Ha The
war are the most determined fighters l ever
knew in mountain feuds.'
A&jt Gen; Golfer; Vic Is we'll ac9uaiRs.ea
the situation is as bad as it can he there isno
thorties and when these authorities
pixcd up in tesId as they are IL Clay county
! cannot. for the life OF me, see how We are to
The situation in CLAY county can be summed
eyer knew is going on in this isolated part OF
the State. miles from railroad, telegraph or
S9 oGgs on w2T under
these authorites are parties to the feud APP
Parently. Therefore the feud must go on until
the survival Of the strongest and the best and
:u445t industrious marksmen;
side; George W. Baker. his son Tom Baker.
MS GRANDSON John Baker, and his relative
and vii! White A. Ballard Howard father OF
gf eayd CAUSED by the
against 4. Ballard HowarE, and James Howard.
his son. for $40. James Howard had bought
win MS father as security, The note was IN,
msnt RENDERED; The Sheriff returned the
and A; Il. Howard. who wero then good friends.
went into partnership in logging, They got
Seen 5s p W. BIS ssS
Israel the legal partner Of, Baker, SO that his
creditors y, sq4Id not G the logs The HdG
song and thinking he could lcoect Il, as he
knew the logs really belonged TO A. b. Howard.
mortal Offence to buy Sa" iuAsmen G9T AGAINST
SRyetighb9r and It Ia: proved so in this case;
and showed that legally he dwned mo no
Goanty Atorna9 George s e I Baker father OF
Tom. the case was compromised and it looked
As As II there would be no further trouble But in
came. Tom Baker tried to font out raft Of logs
sRe and p ght s he hbd NO 5Ga s,
Toward and his sons on one side and Tom
Baker on the other. Tom was shot in the mock.
George Baker, patched up truce.
"A A few Si weeks later; on Apr 8, 1893, Howard
partnership and two OF the boys went down
the river with them;, while he started home
Aeuulne TWO hOfSeS tie overlook MS son, Will
son Howard, and Burch Stores, who we're
walking, and asked them to ride the un-
mounted horses. They did so. They had not
gone far beyond Tom Bakers house when a
bush. BurCh Stores fell dead. Wilson Howard
was mortally wounded and died that night,
and old man Howard was, so badly wound
cd that his lite was despairef Of for
eoree Baker anG Kes HIM e Tom oB skar m anJ
his, brothers were arrested. but proved an aIbi
and we're released on the examining trial.
Shortly after their acpuittal sid Baker. who
was not related TO the others. met Charley
Wooten, sOn-in-law Of A r. Howard, on the
road and wounded him morally. Wooten In
gered for nearly a year and died. A few weeks
after the shooting, Of Wooten. Will White
had trouble with \! Baker in Manchester.
end, II is said, threatened to kill him
Less Les, W thPn Wa. week later Tom, Baker
him with a ,hfty-callhre big game sun with an
explosive bullet. James Howard. who had
been arrested for killing George Baker. was
released on bond, aud Tom Baker kept out OF
the way OF sheriff White and was not arrested
until tho Governor sent a company OF STAGE
Guards to Clay county last June Tom fakerwas
indicted for killing Will White. got a change Of
venue 10 larhuursville and was convicted there