Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-05-06
SON SHOOTS MURDERER OF father
kentucky Community Waiting With
eathed Breath for FerthS Clashes
Between Warning Factions Of Fsmi'-
d les Of Harsis and cockriII-eegan
Over an Unpaid Grocery Bill.
(By Associated PressJ

JACKSON, KY, May J.-Resid"nts
Of Breathtt county are in deadly fear
that the bloody Hareis- Cockrill feud.
which claimed two more victims. will
break out afresh and blood will be
shed Word from the mountains Is
to the effect that the clans are gath
ering. each faction armed to the teeth
with Winchester rifles. Crocketts-
vile wore an air OF forced Calmness
today There was a feeling OF i'm
pending disaster. Following the IA
tai stabbing OF ex-Shcrir Ed. Gala
han Yesterday by his brother-in-law
John Spiccr. and the subsequent Kill.
ing of Spencer by Wilson Callahan.
son of the ex-sheriff. there came an
undercurrent OF unrest too often seen.
Wilson Callahan Is all hut free
man today. notwithstanding the fact
that he coolly blew a hole through
Spencer's body yesterday with .3s
caliber pistol. Immediately following
the shooting he was released on bail.
and calmly walked through the vii
lage streets to his home. disdaininR
any suhterfuge. as he said. to hide
, from his enemies. So =
To certain extent the same feeling
exists in jackson. which also got IL
share of bloodshed yesterday. when
Dan White. a Hargis feudist. shot and
killed Jim Fugate In gun battle In
one OF the main streets OF the town.
The crushing blow which was dealt
yestr rday to the Hargis faction makes
II almost supernaturaily plain that
Providence has stepped In to answer
the prayer of Mrs James Marcum,
,, whose husband was killed by the Har'
sis clan. and who prayed over his
dead body to the Almighty that the
entire family might fall by voilent
deaths It was less than six months
ago that Beech Hargis shot and killed
his own father in dispute.
Blood for Blood.
ExJSheriff Callahan and SDicer en-
gagged in an argument Yesterday after.
noon in Callahan's store. judgements
had l-ceH entered against the store
! keeper and he and his wife. who was
Spicsr's sister. had become estrans
ed.
Ed when are you going to pay
| those things up demanded Spicer,
as he talked with his brothra- -in-Iaw.
| Callahan replied with an oath that
IL was his own business. One word
led to another until suddenly Callahan
J leaped over the counter and struck
his relative smashing blow in the
| face Spicer drew long knife from
his belt and plunged IL into Callahan S
body. The latter. summed and pain
! fully hurt. staggered away a few steps
and then fell 10 the floor.
! Spiccr reached-the side nf his l'ody
! with a single bound and plunged the
blade into his enemy up TO the hii'
time and again.
The door opened and Ca!ahan's
| son. Wilson. entered He saw the
| blood and in an instant saw the re-
srlt Of the saneuin" baltic. Whip
ping a big revolver from his pocket he
| took Deliberate aim az Spiccr and fired
; even whiic the latter WAS preparing
| TO plunS upon him with 'hr knife.
White and Fulgatn mot here iu
front Of tho yargis store. Whit" Is
a cousin of Tom White. who is scrv-
| ing a life term in prison at Lexington
for aiding Curt Jcit in the murder n!
Jim NarcrIm. The two mon wno
had long marked each Other for
| slaughter did no; hesitate. hut began
arins Instantly. Eoth V"r" aTUr"d.
FuISaie with Sho; gun. and Whit"
with Winchester rif" The cniirc
srcf ion 81 the state Is in Disorder to-
| day. Further fighting IS looked for.