The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-01-25
A FEuD WIPED OUT.
Death Of the Last Participant in a
Kansas Vendetta.
The Lonr and snnEuinnry Warfare
PrecIritated ~ Game OF
Poker-some OF the Tragic
Incidents.


miles south Of Cedaryille. Kan. in the
Usage reservation recently. the last
survivor Of a feud which was fought
along the border with all the fierce
ness Of a Corsiean vendetta for
months was wiped out. The partici-
pants were on the one hand Jim and
Charles Vaughn. cowboys were
cousins-and Tom WILDER and Dennis
Amos. who ran a 'jointn in Caney.
KAN. in 1879 and 1850. and the feud
began in this joint 10 August, 1850,
when Tom Amos in a game Of poker
beat Jim Vaughn out Of $40. relates
the Kansas City Times.
Vaughn was by. accident unarmed
at the time, but left. swearing that he
would return in three days and kill
all the Amoses. Accordingly Vaughn
returned to- the ranch on which he
was working in the territory. pro-
cured a brace Of six-shooters and on
the appointed day went back 10
Caney The Amoses, barricaded in
their joint and armed with three
double-barreled shotguns. were watt
ing for him. Vaughn hitched his
horse and pulling his six-shooters be-
gan firing and walking toward the
Amos joint. The Amoses replied with
a broadside from their shotglins and
when the smoke had cleared away
Vaughn lay in the street with his I
body full Of bucksh0t and Tom Amos |
lay on the floor with his jaw shat (
tered bv a bullet. Blood poison set in
and four weeks later Amos was
buried. On the other hand, Vaughn,
who was thought TO have been NOR
tally wounded. recovered, and in two
months was able to go to work again.
Vaughn was crack shot and the
Amoses lived in constant terror Of
him. and after they found that he
had gotten well they swore out a
warrant for his arrest--which was an
unusual proceeding in those days 4
deputy sheriff, who was a warm friend
81 the iointkeepers. arrested Vaughn
md put the Amoses and one of their
friends on the force 10 guard him the
night after the arrest. During the
night while the deputy slept the
Amoses shot and killed Vaughn. They
.laimed that he had tried TO escape.
However. three of the five shots
which had pierced the dead mans
,ody were fired after he had fallen
o the direction OF the bullets courses
The Amoses at that time did not
NOW Of the existence of Charles :
was employed on !
anch in Texas-and. after they had !
iIled Jim, settled down to quiet life. !
Vilber remained in Caney and Dem !
is Amos. with his young wife and
hid, located on a farm just east of
edarrille A friend Of Jim Vaughn 4
/ the meantime notified Charles Fl
aughn of the manner in which his y
Dnsin had been killed. and Charles \,
lereupon boarded the next train and a
ent to Caney. He remained quiet a n
ay and by inquiry learned Of the Y:
hereabouts of the AmOses. On the X,
.cond day after his arrival he met q
'iIber Amos in drug store, and. y
alking mp to him. informed him that z
: was there for the purpose of kill e
2 him. Amos reached for his gun, H
It Vaughn was too quick for him
ID sent a 45-ealiber bullet through q
s brain. The dead man had hardly b
ruck the floor before Vaughn was Il
his horse riding at a breakneek y
eed toward town. b
Dennis Amos was eating dinner y
hen Vaughn reached his house. and Il
thout introducing himself the Tex
opened fire and sent one bullet i
rough Dennis breast and another b
rough his head. The infuriated Il
wboy then picked up the child and
shed its brains out against The y
or. He also fired shot al the b
man. but she escaped into the bed Il
I'm. and Vaughn. thinking his pur-
rs were close upon him. mounted ns
horse and rode away. Although a -
'se pursued him for two days he !
5 not overtaken and his where I
,uts had never been known from
It day to the day Of his death. One ~
+ lately. when. after a six weeks %
uggle with the fever. he found that lin
had 10 die he told his attendants ret
b he was Charles Vaughn and mar TOE
ri the above story. which the old
residents Of Cedarviile know to be
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