The Washington herald., 1908-02-16
BIC LAW SUIT!
L'se Green and Enos MeCraekIn
JeTked UP Before Amos + Her.
J. Of p for Being EssaIt-
ed & Battered

They was a big law suit before our
accomplish legal light and justice OF tbs
peace, Amos Hitler. last Wednesda- az
ternoon, ?. NJ. wien had all the clti.
zins in Bingville on tip toe. as YOU might
say. II was the case Of Enos McCrackin
VS.. Lige Green for assault and batterry
premeditated and matured soon after.
FROM all accounts II pears as II Fnos
and Lige bought quite a large track Of
medder and wood land north OF Bingvflie
some years ago and after owning Il TO-
gether erbout two years each OF them
wanted to sell HIS haff, but as neither. one
OF them could raise enuff money to do
so they put up fence through the cen
ter OF the land and drawed lots 10 see
wich half they would each own SInst
mat time Lige has felt as though he got
the worst of the bargain and Amt been on
good terms with Enos. Even their wives
Won speak 70 each other-except 10 call
names-and the sprained feelings has been
nussed and pUrtUred instead OF being al
lowed 20 wither and die.
Last week one day Enos went out takIn
his gun and his dog TO hunt rabbits and
squirls on his own land As he was a.
goln along lords the woods he saw bfg
squirt leaping from tree TO tree lords
Lige' s premises and takin aim he-bsnpad
away for ali he was worth and landed the
squirt on Lige's land. Enos thort he
might as well climb right over and git
i, so over he jumps and walks to the
place where he saw the sduirl fall. Well
erbort that time Lige run out Of the
mouse and ordered Enos to git right often
his premises less he desired 10 be l,icl,t
on Enos ged he wanted his squirt and
ne was a-going to have Il. IAge sed il
was his squiTi witch he had been feedin
nuts and table leavings to all fall.
hnos said he was a gosh-rammed lar
mat the squirt had been livin in his biR
bird house on one Of his hemlocks since
last faH. Lige sed he wouldn't LET no
buddy call him no liar and he started
Tor Enos. Enos took his gun and
whanged it acrost Lige's neck and n
went of with deefenin explode and
stunned Lige for about a minnit. He
thort Enos had shot at him and he
jumpt onto him and begin to assault and
batter him as fast as he could halter
and otherwise maim and Kill, as set
IoFtn IN the Indictment as charged and
sworn to- EnOs hoIlered for helm on5
MS wlfe' Jerushy, heaTin his yells run
TO his assistants and laying holt TO Idge
H-tTWfn
10 natten his nose, she pulled out
handful OF hair and almost BIZ o7e esr
OIL Lige then hoilered like a st,,clx nIg
Tor help and Lige's wife come N The
rescue. She had been blackin tha stoys
and had a brush IN one hand and a hot
lie OF blackin in 'he other, but that
oldnt matter and she 1T into Enoses'
wife and daubed her all up and got her
face scratched for IL, but otherwise tbev
were uninjured
BY this time all 4 OF the partieinancs
IN the struggle was out OF breth. so taev
cald each other a few names and went
home Enos nitched up his old grav
mare and rode into Bingville ana fol5
everybody he met erbout it and tbac
went TO Ame Killers. where he su,ors
out warrant for Lige's arrest. dead NJ
alive. Seth Dewberry, our lion-heartad
donned his badge and took
reyolvers and went to Lige's house ana
knocked on the door and stood down bv
the open gate after he knockt. Lige come
to the door and Seth asst Iige to coma
out and tell HIM whot Enos McCrs olrIr
shot him for. SO Lige come out and start
ed to tell Seth when Seth Informed hin,
he was under arrest and to march Ga
front OF him to the lookup. Itge sst
seth when the trial was to come of. ana
Seth sed next Wednesday. Then TJgs
told Seth they was no need To br,rr,,
about lockin him up and make more ex-
Denss TO the town for nothInk FOR he
would be mighty glad to come 70 court
wednesday, Seth opined Lige was right
md said he wasn't partickler erbout
Seepin the lookup hst UP and gittin no I
Extra pay for It, and II Lige would pay
him 81 for his services he would LET ths
lrrest go until Wednesday, So Lige give |
Seth the 81 and e little something TO 1
warm hisself with out Of a long neck /
'ottle and Seth departed.
HE lawsuit was wei attended. almost