The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-10
COMPROMISE
OF No AVAIL
Desperate Feud in Kentucky
Beyond Mending.
1T is OVER POLITICS
On One Side Is Judge Hargis,
on the Other the COckriIS.


misc. an uniucky word IN TIE history Il
Kentucky eeuds. Is what Is nov propcssd
by leading business men OF Kentucky as
a means for settlinx the deadly factian.al
fight between the Ea-gfses and the Geek
rilis n this 5er-ur-rtdeen cts. Busiaess
IS paralyzed here and With Jackson TIA
disturbing point for half a dozen counties
the elect o. the feud Is felt b. ths
wholesale houses IN eI-xinSton and Loois-
Vile.
The Lexington Chamber u Conmerce
Is agitatinE scheme 20 bring the tWo
factions together. The schene carries
some ray OF hope. Cor 70 Is thought thai
political furnence csn be brought "a hear
ca County Jadge Jim Harxis The Lead
er OF his fect1on. Not only Is jim
! Harsis. county Judge. but NJ Is akswise
a member Of the Democrats state Cen-
/ tral Committee, ard u - throueh hia
political afsliatlons that IL i hoped ne
can be reached.
The Cockrins are uow few Ia aarz-
Der and weakened BY recent losses. ahd
perhaps they might not be ioath 70 set
tie the affair
That the comprcnlss viii have any
Z
/ with fsgd history viii for a moment b.
lieve. In the famous French EveTsols
ieud VIXEN Nuts French and Joe Ever
sole had agreed thst an prosecutions
/ should cease and that there shoaid BE- no
more shooting. every ore thought that
TIE bushwhacking war had eacedt
Not three weeks later Ice" Evereo5s
and Nick Combs. ais friend were nd
/ ing 70 Hazard along a MARROW mountain
read IN Perry county. They ran tate an
ambush and their bodies were loft Ia
/ the road riddied with winchester beliefs.
Ed Callahan now shertE q Breathast
( County and associated with Judge Har-
/ sis = the leadership Of his faction. COM
promised with -oId BHi" strong a..
I leader Of the Strong faction iu the "a
nous Strong-Caiiahan fcud There were
four prosecutions Tor murder IN progress
CT each side. These were xifhfra va.
the arms were given up and were stored
In the law oce Of J. 3. Aarcum. tbs rssn
signed paper declaring peace and Jet
one bright Sunday morning when ~oia
BIN was rang e church with kis Htae
grzrdchiid neid IN froas % hir in tAs
saddle. and with ghs lstfle one's mother
riding a. the side be wss shot from ais
horse and feii deze 10 the road
II grew ous u politician election con-
test. The CockFiiis s~ept the boards "a
the last local election anG comoina-
ton OF disgrlntied Democrats and Re-
publieans were left with the haE % bold
The Sight vas close enough 90 proassos
an election contest and deposifiors wers
icing taken in the oraces q ,. r. Mar
cum ard o n. Pollard srarcsm searr-
seated the RspunHeans ard Pollard ne
Democrats. - the iaw afrn zss divides
against Itself
Al critical moment Narcan. anrsrrd
BY some rernsfks - his partner. started
% strike Rim wilh chair Haraia ar4
Caiiahan. no of the Iemorrafic or
cisis whose places Esrs oeiuk contested.
stopped hirs-somn way wfsh revolver
T. p. CardW~u. tbs CITY Judge srzses
warrants for the arrest q al 10 par.
ties concerned. Caldwell rzs a herssli-
tzry enemy q The Hsrxsses and MS
srxsred Judge Harsia - fhsf whe7
Jim Cockrill. The to~7 rsarshal c2ns
70 arrest and tsks hira befors Csrerssl.
& looked ike serious ffoahis
Ed Cananan ara Harzls vfood en-
ore side ard jim coekru are -
brother Ten" or ths ether All soar
had their bands onthesr s1sfols hat
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