Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-07-30

| 1IOlil Deuluu ana DOluo Dy IOIce ABOUT
fifteen feet from Brown, who, being
now armed with Colts revolver,
cried: Clear the way and let me
XIII the damned rascal" The way was
| speedily cleared and I stood isolated
from the crowd. Now, as Brown mad
nis pistol bearing on me | had eitne.
| 10 run or advance. So, turning my
side toward him, with my leH arm
| covering it, so as to protect it to that
extent, l advanced rapidly on him,
knife in hand. Seeing l was coming,
he knew very we'll that nothing but
sudden and fatal shot could save
him. So he held his fire, and taking
deliberate aim just as ! was within
arm S reach, he fired at my heart |
came down upon his head with q tre-
mendous blow, which would have SILT
open an ordinary skull, but Browns
was as thick as that of an African.
The blow laid his skull open about
it, but not breaking the textures; but
1t so stunned him that he was no more
able to fire. and feebly attempted to
seize me. His fellow-conspirators
now grasped me and held both arms
above my elbows, which only allow
! ed me to strike with the forearm as
struck with hickory sticks and chairs.
But finding was likely to get loose,
they threw Brown over the stone
fence, which, only two feet high 1n
our side. was seven or eight on Il
lower side. So Brown had a Terrible
fall, which ended the contest. Raising
my bloody knife, said: 1 repeat that
the statement made by the speaker be-
fore Browns assault has been proven
falsehood, and | stand ready to de-
tend the truth But neither the speak
! er of the day nor any of the consa
tors taking up my challenge, some of
my friends, recovering from their leth-
argy, took me by the arm to the dwell
ing house, and on opening my vest
and shirt bosom, found only a red
spot over my heart, but no wound. On
examination it was found that the ball
as | pulled up the scabboId OF my
bowie knife, in drawing the blade, had
! entered tho leather near the point
j, which was l'ned with silver, and was
there lodged"
! 'rCwn's skull was cut to the brain
! in several places. one ear was slit near
ly off. one eye gouged out and he had
Cthcr Wounds It is a pleasure to Ie-
member that when Gen. Clay was tried
fer mayhem, Henry Clay defending
l him, BrOwr was the chief witness for
/ the defense and testified that there
was conspiracy between himself and
| four others tC bring on the affray
Son sixty years ago Gen Clay was
editing an abolitionist paper, the
True American, at Lexington. That
man could find. Clay fortified himself
accordingly.
! Il seIet ted for my Office a brick
building and lined the outside doors
with sheetiron to prevent them being
hu. ned. / purchased two brass four
pounder cannon at Cincinnati and
placed them. loaded with shot and
nails, on a table breast high had
folding doors, secured with a chain,
which could open on the mob and give
play to my cannon. | furnished my
cttice With Mexican lances and a linn
Led number Of guns. There We're six
or eight persons who stood ready to
defend me. If defeated, they were to
| had placed a keg of powder, with a
match, which l could set off and blow
up the office and all my invaders, and
this l should most certainly have done
in case of the last extremity
Indomitable, uncompromising in
tractable all his days He missed the
laurel; but he lived his life, fierce of
! late years solitary and without a par
allel An essentially despotic charac-
ter, who fought for freedom
York Sun.