The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-12


square man when he married my
daughter or he should never have set
his foot in my house.
HE had borrowed over $500 from me
to start I'D the art business he has
here, and I had thought for some time
that he was preparing to cut and run,
leaving me to stand the loss. So, late
ly, have been pressing him to pay or
secure me and did succeed in cutting
down the sum between four and five
hundred dollars. This matter had nat
urally aggravated the feeling between
US and we were not on the most friend
ly terms Sunday morning before the
trouble began"
Feeling restless Sunday morning I
took a Colts revolver 1 had and wan
dered out in the woods to shoot some
birds, part of the cartridges were load
ed with bird shot and these L fired out
all but one and it, 1 guess, was the one
that hit the driver later on. I priced
the gun very much for 1 had carried
it on the plains and shot Indians and
knew it's worth.
daughter told me that Jackson had in
a fit of rage torn up a new dress that
she had never yet worn and also struck
her violent blow with his fist.
This made me pretty mad and
went after my son-in-law and gave
him a pretty stiff talking to, L guess.
Maybe my daughter was some to
blame. She liked to joke and have a
which he could never stand, being of a
surly disposition. She had been joking
with him in a friendly way while was
gone.
jackson then left the house for
few moments and when I noticed him
again he, his brother David, and the
coachman were in the coupe driving
away with pair of sorrel horses and
lot of harness that L expected to get
part of my money out of.
Then L was furious but they drove
away so fast 1 could not halt them.
Il went to the house resolving to take
measures to catch him when back came
Dave Jackson and the driver, but my
sOn-in-law was not with them He evil
IDENTIFY wasn't hunting for trouble at
close range.
THE two men started in to the sta
BILE to secure the other horses while at
the same time dray backed up near
the house to get the trunk and some
personal effects of Jackson.
Il went into the barn and told
the men they could not take the
horses. They replied with an
oath that they would over by dead
body.
'Thev then in concerted action
threw themselves upon me and over
powered me, choking me nearly insen-
sible. The marks are yet on my
throat" and he showed the reporter
two long livid scars.
After they had abused me until L
was powerless one Of them held me
Whlle the Otner leo out the hOfSeS anu
the trunk was gotten from the house.
Then I was released. 1 made
quick run for the house and secured
my revolver and came out determined
that they should not take the property
away if L could prevent it.
Il stepped behind the express dray
and just as I did so, heard our driver
shout to Jackson, Why don't you shoot
him. now is the time to get action and
at the same time 1 saw a flash of light
and felt a sting on my arm as if a red
hot iron had been suddenly applied
and I knew it was time for action.
Somehow 1 didn't feel the least excl
ted or nervous and quickly returned
the fire at David Jackson who was try
ing to crouch down behind the horses
in front of me and but short distance
away.
"Jackson's revolver must have been
a self acting gun from the rapidity
with which he pumped the bullets into
me Mine was not but 1 kept firing as
best I could whenever 1 could see
part of his body
Il saw him fall twice during the fray
and then he staggered around the
I saw HON no more nor do 1 know
what became of him nor how bad he
was hurt.
LAS for the driver he fed early in the
fight but 1 guess he got one to make
up for the choking he gave me at the
barn.
when I had exhausted my ammuni-
ton and the foe had sappeared /
went up and sat on the porch awaiting
the officers who, L knew, would soon
be along