The sun., 1900-12-30
THE CLOSE OF A VENDETTA.
Death Takes the Last Participant in a Kansas
Feud.
From the KonsGs Cup Times

From the RansGs Cup Times
BY the death OF Charles Vaughn, fifteen
miles south OF Ccdarvale. Kan. in the Usage
reservation. the last survivor Of a feud which
was fought along the border with all the
ferceness Of a Corsican vendetta for months
was wiped out The participants were. on
the one hand, Jim and Charles Vaughn. cow
boys who were cousins, and Tom Wilbcr
and Dennis Amos. who ran "A "jont" in Caney.
Kan. in 1879 and 1850, and the feud began
in this joint in August. 1850. when Amos in a
game OF poker beat Jim Vaughn out Of $40
Vaughn was by accident unarmed M the
time. but le.t, swearing that he would re-
turn in three days and kill all the Amoses
Accordingly. Vaughn returned 10 the ranch
on which he was working in the Territory.
procured brace of siN-shooters and on
the appointed day went back to Caney The
Amoses. barricaded in their joint and armed
With three double-barrellcd shotgunS. were
waiting for him Vaughn hitched his horse
and. pulling his siN-shootcrs, began firing
and Walking toward the Amos joiut The
shotguDs and when the smoke il. d cleared
away Vaughn lay in the street with his body
fun of buck shot and Tom Amos lay on the
floor with hi- Jaw shattered b. bullet Blood
poison set III and four Neck~ Later Amos
was buried ON The other hand. vaughn.
who was thought 10 have been moriLlly
wounded. recovered, and ia two months
was able 10 go to work again
Vaughn was a crack shot and the Amo~cs
lived In constant terror of lil!. and aCi,r
they found that he had gotten we'll they Swurc
out IA warrant for his arrest which WIS an
unusual proceeding III those day \ d"p'iy
sheriff. WHO wa~ Il warm friend ui the iu.it
keepers. arrested Vaughn and PAT the Auiosc.
ana one OF the!r iricnds on th' lore To guard
INN the night after the arrest. burinH the
night, while the deputy slept. the Amo-cs
shot and killed Vaughn They cllimrd
that he had tried to escape. However. three
of the lvc shots which had pierced the dead
man = body We're fred after be had fallen -
80 the direction of the bullet Indicated
The AmOscS al that time did not know
Of the existence oi Charles Noughu-Who
waS cmrloycd, on rInch ~ T,N4N and.
after they had killed Jam, settled down 10
quiet Life. Wiiber renamed ia tm,y aud
Dennis Amos, with his young wife and clld.
located on farm lu>l east Of 'rdaryil!"
notified Charles Vaughn oi the manner IN
which his cousin had been Killed. and Charles
thercupon boarded IN" ncN1 train uid went
Ia taney. II" remained uriet a day and hv
inquiry learned of the .Wh'rcabpuj> g. The
Ainoses on The. second d"v .. cr his ar
aud walking up 10 him informed him thai
u" was there Tor the purposnE of killing
him. Amos reached for his lin. but NaughG
was too uluCh FOR nim Jad sent Ia-"aliber
bullet through his brain ThD dead man
rad hardly struck the floor before Vaughn
was on has horse riding at brea kncck -pccd
Dennis Amos was cp,ing diuycr when
Vaughn reached hi~ honS". aud without
GHd sent one bullet through D"ufI-'s breast
and Hrothor through lG-Ietd Th" ,uturiatc
COWBOY then picked W The Guild and dashed
it, brain, out against III" iluuI He also
Tired a shot AT th" woman, hNi III" escaped
into the bedroom, and Vaughn, thinking
his pursuers M"r" clos" upon hiWl, mounted
his horse and rode away. Although posse
pursued him tor two days h" wds not over
taken. and his whereabouts had never been
known from that day To the day of hi death
Yesterday, whom after a six weeks struggle
with the fever. he found that he had 10 die
he told his attendants that lac was Charles
Vaughn and narrated the story. which tho
older residents Of this town know 10 be- true.
All neoaSsa-y Rrsl Estate News Is printed In con.
plese detail each day In THE SIN Soi nerd this
VI your bWinrs> No other paper gives such as,ea-
Won " this detail l-Ade