The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-12
BECAME A HERO PERFORCE.
n KENTUCKY HILITI<MAH DRAGGED
TO GLORY By A MOLE

when show OF Arms Seemed Poweriess Z,
Avert n Bloody Battle tho Perversity %
Animal Nature Came Unexpectedly I,
the Fore and Made tho Man for the Hour
These Kentucky fcuds are, indeed terrible
affairs said the old Kontuckinn, but dcplorabl'
though they may 10 in reality. they are Otter
exaggerated In the description. In depicting
one Of these mountain tragedies the narrator
lays on the coors with such a lavish brush tina
the hatred animatng the two opposing faction,
II represented as Unborn and eradicablo, whereas
Il II In truth often only surface passion capabl,
Of being in1amed by petty details that would
produce bu, tho isintcst glow in legitimate an
taronism. This counterfeit nnimosity Ia fire.
quontly engendered and fostercd by a sort Of
walking delegate who to crafty some selfish
deaire Of his own, allies himself TO one OF Nv @
mildly opposing forces and pandors TO their no
tive vices and works upon their crcdulity and
passions until he whips them into very frenzy.
II only these agitators could be suppressed. In
time II would be 20 sable to avoid untold bitter
noes feeling physical suffering, and even blood
she'd. for with the removal OF a constant and con-
scionoeless irrtnnt tho superficial hatred is pretty
sure TO subsido and give place 10 tolerance and
sven friendncsa
7 speak very earnestly in this matter. and
know what I'm talking about, too for |. myself,
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was found that fully four ffths OF the people
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IN dscl.,. himself 4, readiness ~, action ".
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bo looked upon a. , fin. bo,,
"Durinr tho two J,vs cor,,,r,cd :, r.,.,,,. tho
IN, our csmn,;,, ,,o I.Dr,,J ,h.
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IN The riots WAS The chic, NJ III. v.bc,I., t,,,in
one Ahsalom Hodge uodr. hid b.cr ,h. ,irr.
leader in all IN. raids sine. the irc,r,ior y, ,b
foud Al las, /, seemed that h. ,ss oh,,,, .,
meet p,lnishmcnt for all the sufTrripp that h,d
fallen upon others THROUGH his ,,,cbi,,,;,r.
The indirect csus. of hi, prcs,,, ,,.Iir,n.,,,,s
his wife Mrs Io,I-. had died .,.,ll,rl,. e..
had been buried with equal ,r,Jc,pcss I,dccJ
40 rapdly and unos,ent,,ior.,,. Ind ,Lo,o ,i,,i
events in human his,orv L..n bu,,ieL cI,r,, ,nn,
tn, very ouickn,ss and ,uie,rcss -, ,,.. ,h,,-
caused comment even in Inn, uns.p,iue,,,I
district Soon casual comment d.v.I,r,d ir,o
positive suspicion. As n rcsult of ,bcse ,,,,r.
doubts an Investigation wa. ordered Ms
Hodges BODY was accord,prIv e,burcd and :,
was found tina her dca IN was due 10 poison JIodr.
was Immediately proclaimed ns the nu,d.-c,
He made innumcrabl. statements in HE ov,
defence. the gist of which was that il MIS- Uodc,
had swallowed any poison she. had dopc so with.
,,,,, hi. ,,,r..., - A.. -. vs."
w. MS CONSENT '''he' ny m'S'aNc or ol her own
volltlon, and that II wasn't fair To hold man
accountable for his wiic's inc,nli,ehl, n-oIiIc,
,io, a., ,.,,s 49, ,,.,,.t,
w" :" iH' oa'e VI S"S'hH'hc' but inc au'hon-
ties held different view OF tn" matter and Hodge
was committed TO jail 10 await ,rinI
"rhis ,..., b., ~, ,o., ,..,h,l ~,
""' ""'" 'he 'e"' ""un'' o'Eah' thrice
hod the local court attempted 10 determine by
Jury whether the accused WAS guilty or ippoc.nt
and ,b,c. h al III. u.h..,o, ,,a..,,o., -, ~
N '' ""' "io ""ee'e' icuo'auon borne down
upon the town. dispersed the court, and carried
h.