The Elbert County tribune., 1899-10-26
MURDER ENDS A FEUD
a ouEER ELoPsMeNr CASE.
AAry Harlow Kiopcs with n Man OF the
Rival Clan. 50 That Her Husband May
Kfn Him.

JACK Harlow. half-brecd Usage In
uihn' Is IN jail at Tulsa. Indian Terri
.ofy, charged with killing Jim VII
iiams white man. The trouble be-
tween the two men came about over
tnc ciopeinent OF Harlow's wife with
Wiiiiams. The woman admits that
she caused the whole trouble by uer.
sunuing Williams TO elopc with her and
then informing her husband where he
couiu mud Williams In order to Kill
MN. hut instead OF nrrcsting the
woman Tor completely In the crime,
the Officers OF the Usage nation have
given her n gold medal for the diplo-
macy she exercised In bringing TO an
END one OF the bloodlest feuds that ever
existed In the osiigr country. II be-
gan and ended with an clopcmcnt.
Ten years ago, when the williams
family We're the only white Dersons for
hundred miles around la their mart
OF the Usage country. this feud com
menced- A Williams girl elopcd with
an indian named Harlow and the girls
brothers killed the Indian. The red
Skins sworc revenge and the fcud
commenced In earnest. Several more
members OF tho Williams family came
In from Kentucky and bloody warfare
nourished for year after year. The OIL
GERS were unable to do anything TO stop
the fcud. Every month. at least. the
two families would meet some place
nnd engage In shooting Mt each other
for pastime. This was kept mp until
twenty or more were killed, the Donors
being evenly divided. There seemed TO
be no way of putting stop To the
feud.
Mary Harlow was n pretty white
woman who had married Jack Harlow,
one of the feuhists. She wus very anN-
ious that the fighting should stop, so
she formulated u queer plan.
Jim Williams was In love with her
and wanted her TO clopc with him, and
she accepted his offer, Then she sent
word To her Indian husband where he
could ind and XIII Williams. This was
unique procedure but she had intend
ed TO make an example OF some one.
After Harlow had Killed his wlfcs alb
ductor she sent ont written notice
that she wanted every member of both
the Williams and Harlow families TO
attend the funeral. which she would
conduct OF course the shooters
thought this meant more war. hut nci-
ther wanted TO be called cownrdly. so
they attended, gun In hand. Mrs. Hnr-
low conducted the services well. AS
they We're laying the dcnd man In his
grave. with members OF both families
lined up on either side of the grave, she
raised her voice and commanded
silence. The scene was n dramatic one.
She started to talk TO them In Il low,
calm voice, but ms she spoke her voice
rose higher and higher aud the woman
became greatly excited. according to
Osage officials who were there. She
said
''Thls feud between the IInrlows and
Williamses has lnsted long enough.
Both sides can count their scnlps by
the score. The trouble started because
a girl member OF the Williams family
eloped with Harlow. To equnlize
things, have eloped with n Williams
man. AS before. the man was killed.
We are even on that score. Where do
you think this thing win end? II VIII
go on and ON until you are all dcnd. ns
result OF this foolish cnmity. Why
no become fricndsr'
These may not he her exnct words.
but they were the same In effect. The
leaders of the feud looked across the
grave OF the man whose life had been
sacrificed by this woman TO bring
about an end TO the lighting. There
were grim smiles on their fnccs. Then
they dropped their guns and reached
across the grave to shake hands. The
fighting was over II was the strang-
est ending ever known to feud.