The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-25
COST OF A KENTUCKY FEUD.
WITH 80 MEN on 4 SIDE 1T WOULD
BE $4,000 ron THREE MONTH";


Howard ieud has now reached stage whore 1t
IL difficult TO predict the outcome. II is con-
coded that the Towards with their allies. the
Whites. are decidedly stronger than the
bakers, but the Bakers and their friends are
the more numerous. and they may be able to
maintain fcuda war against their enemies
such war, however. involves the expenditure
of much money. 1t Is said on good authority
that Fulton French and Joe Eycrsolc spent
about SlJOOOO on the French Eyersole
feud. OF which 100000 was paid out
by French. as he had to hire all his
fighting men. while Eversole had many close
relatives who fought for him without price.
The wages paid these lighting men," as the
actual fighters are called. was 81 day and
found" 1t came out in the testimony BY
found" is meant guns. pistols and ammu-
milton. with bacon and bread. These men
in squads Of three build blinds" along
the highways travelled by their opponents. and
sometimes they wait for days before any mem
bor OF the opposing faction attempts to pass.
1t frequently happens that a squad will lay
out" for week or more and never an
enemy. and they frequently have to move half
n dozen times and make new blinds" before
they get a chance to fire a shot.
The blinds" are made by cutting pole.
fastening it against the sides Of two trees. and
then cutting limbs well filed with leaves and
leaning them against the upper side OF the
pole. These blinds" are usually constructed
about forty to sixty yards from the road, and
new limbs with fresh leaves have to be cut
.,arv ,hroo or tour lave ror tbn nracticed ova
~ ,ho r,oupt,iroor am to,, daad l.ayss NJ n
groat di.,,nca and tbus tho "bIind y could be
dotoc,ol
rrho p,Lors horo M r,onor With which 70
pay men to engage in this sort OF work Even
the Ia,ryors u,ho ,,r,soortod Tn, uow,rd ,or
LilIir, ala ,,o,, ,,,or,a peLaru,ra NOT mid
thar faos and tbov enod Tor tba money and
,,t ,,d,,ocn+ ,rI, to And Tint tba n,lors
who on,rIovod tbor, b,va M yisibIe nrnnartv
euh;oot ., ,,,.nh,,a,. Tho uo,,ords ,ra
Wbitoa on tho n,har hand ara ohundnntIv ahia
70 h,,,, r,,, ristrls md or,r,,ni,in,, Jor ,hoi
man anI 70 rroyi,Io thar, with nrovisiora
hasidas ro,.in., tb,;r yo,,oa roonuin no man
,.i,h rtcag nr1 ro,.,I,,ors -, Az oalilro would
oost With tho ,ecos.,r, ommunition not loss
tho, ca 900 ond II ,,r,,,L roo,,ira S.5no =, ,ro.k
49, 49,, ti. -, IT,. ,ha, nj. =, ,,,,,
hrrtin,, an Sund,vs, IN saw po,hi,g ~
tha onst - roarino tho,, surnIiod Win bacon
and broad Thernf,ro II porld cost to carry
~ . t,rdaI ror ,,i,h ct,r nan an oilo ror
On 'e"ua' war WI" my hion vi. siuo ior
three months not much less than $4,000. AS
the Bakers are now practically bankrupt. and
Or noHe " '"''i ''.''e LI'en"9 WV "u' vance mo
necessary money. IT looks as II this has come
p,L"r t. .ha parh",r,ir,o ,''u ia noorna
Dah's II. ''rr ~" ;",t' oIa ""oIse
his cousins. Bob and Corlo Baker, and Chris
Iaol.,r non, H,ter,s hrother-in.law NJ Ion-
Go or twenty.faur miles away there seems
little likelihood Of the Bakers Offering a very
stubborn resistance lust now,
less than ifty men well armed and equipped
WI" uf' ~ 'heli cpIhiuoilu' MANY VI lhrso
men have been sworn in as deputy sherifs by
sherih hGv "h'te' ana more ac accom-
ua W r' ,h "nu nv u' S o.n u ~, st
G nave "%n nc ths n0 IN H"en
,,I,n'I.,d l., l,,..,, ,,,or,,ora sho.iy o.,
w., wu""'''u III ''t" '"to"'t'ie' '"'i''l Le'
Moard WI" t"o,or 'J trre WIZ Houord u ys
tiIsJ hv the Rarnrs begnn h;a career os a
pistol user wheh ne was not more than 10.
There was n general fight in Manchester. and a
man was slaootns MS S'ei,'",ncr III 'no p.ch
when Bev' VINO had small '3S-caIibre pistol.
began blazing away at the knife user but only
MT MN once before this li1ht way over Dew
step father and man named stivers were
esraped unhurt naugh White. tho Circuit
Clerk. who is now also acting in the capacity Of
pistol users in Clay county. When he and Bay
Whites hrothcr. John &. White, got into the
Sn VIZ" door, 1 ears s ayes auEs
was shot down by a Gullat in tho his fired BY
Jack Hacker Jack tried to 90 up the steps as
| DaHgh sank to the iloor. hit before Hacker
raised himself on his elbow and shot and Killed
| Hacker. his body falling on the landing
| Sid Baker the son n-law of 4 ballard How
ard has also ,mcIlSd powder from hostile
| Charley Wootcn, in which the latter was so
| lady wounded that he can never recover. Sid
| is one OF Bcy Whitn's "depntias George.
| Chad and Doe Hall are also "deputics They
came from Perry county, where the French
Tver,o" trud RACED f'r twelve years and cost
| rtwrru 4 irfyund forty lives The Halls be-
| ionEri 10 the French faction. and have tie
| reputation Of being dangerous lighting men
| Helix nnyI,I ,nn. auIther deru,yT' il a des-
Icrate fighter lie viii ilgh WITH ci.her ?iSGl
| or knife ON onr n"rnSinn h. rmt David Bolu
| in eleven places with n large krifn for which
| he wa. heavily iiuai Ig'yp Chniw"II still
| another ~ Ray Whites ",l.pu-i.-'' wnS IN A
! t"ur-corrnred Nght in which one man on either
side WINS killnd and II is SAID ,hat Cha lwoil got
I his man on that occasion, IiIi Hulinrd ono OF
| MI ia nrrrO 'drD,tirs - shot "A woman on
| thu strnets Of Nanrh-ster thr0W IN both thighs
| Hev Whites latest shooting AFFAIR was in tho
! ward of Mrs. lura, III" Old woman Who knrt
| HotS}, hit was fogcSd T. leavc town and g. 10
| The country II vas lgst .umrnar She had
! sworn i'm court at BarbnTrsyille that Viii