The Washington times., 1905-10-01

brought it up to the city for sale.
1t gathered, too, the flower of LO ais-
lana aristocracy, or what the war
had left of il, and brought it up to
New Orleans to superintend the
marketing &C the crop. AT.long
others it carried one day Geayeral
Liddell. bound for New Orleans S on
business From dock to dock the
steamer went winding in and out
among the plantations until she
came to the wharf on the pla ce of
Col. Charles Jones, and TO the dis
may of the passengers the crolonel
and his two sons stepped aero IS the
gang plank, ali three of them
armed to the teeth
1t took no prophet to sec. that
there was trouble ahead, nor yet
very cautious man to unde rstand
that interference was not rely to
be healthy. The onlookers, includ-
ing the captain, and he was neither
a fool nor a coward, watch ed the
three Joneses tramp around that
boat hunting for General I1iddell,
with feeling of catastrophe i'm
pending thai they were powerless
to avert
General Liddell was in the saloon
eating his dinner Colonel Jones
walked straight in to him, and in
about two minutes the discussion
became a dispute, angry and ex-
cited The general, unarmed, was
at a distinct disadvantage He tried
to retreat But as he started down
the deck toward ----his~--stateroom.
meaning doubtless to get his own re-
volvers and face the fire, the three
Joneses' guns spoke in quick. sharp
chorus, and the head of the house OF
Liddell fell dead on the deck
The onlookers seem to have been
dazed General Liddell was one OF
the foremost men of the State
Colonel Jones was another. Both
were looked up TO and respected in
the southern parishes. Socially they
were pretty well in class by them
selves. One of them had shot the
other. No one had interfered, and
even now, no one for the moment
went to make sure that the one was
really beyond help nor yet to take
the other into custody. Captain
Carlton recovered himself sufficient
ly to turn his vessel around and head
her back down the river toward
Llanada. the Liddell plantation The
Joneses stood around the body si-
lent. somber. as if they had been
chosen as paliDearers to their fallen
enemy. AT their own wharf, how
ever. they had the captain stop, and
went ashore, free, none disputing
the way with them.
That night Deputy Sheriff John
H. McCabe, who in later years made
his home in Washington. arrested
Col Charles Jones and his two sons,
l.
not attempted TO escape They were
perfectly ready to face the music,
and they were more than ready to
face all the Liddells of Louisiana
But they did not like the idea of jail
They asked Mr. McCabe, as a mat
ter of pefsonal friendship, not to
ronfine them in Jail, and he willing
ly took them, instead, to his own
house
In the night the Liddells and
thcir followers, a small army athirst
for vengeance, and ready to wipe the
Joneses off the face of the earth
came to the McCabe house. Quickly
the Jones family, women and all,
held a conference to plan if possible,
some means of escape. Mrs. Jones
was there as haughtily indomitable
as she had been on the Mississippi
steamer. Relying on the supposed
respect of a Southern crowd for a
woman, she made her husband put
on her clothing, arguing that they
would never shoot at a petticoat.
Nor would they, had not the col
onel's rheumatic limp been noticed
in spite of his woman's skirts,
Thereupon the petticoats ceased to
protect him, and Colonel Jones. OF
Elnly fell as his adversary, Cen
eral Liddell. of Llauada, had fallen
scarce twelve hours earlier.
There was no time to mourn the
dead. the living were TO be saved
1t was decided that VIII should make
a dash from the rear of the dwelling
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